#RUNABOUT FISHING BOATS PRO#

#RUNABOUT FISHING BOATS PRO#

(1) Buster X Yes, I know, I’ve talked about this boat before (see my Buster XXL review or Buster L Pro review) but the reason I keep doing so is that it’s so good – and not in a glitzy, aspirational, showroom kind of way but in a very real, very user-friendly, very affordable way. So before this definition begins to feel more like a headache than a help, I will simply clarify the fact that in selecting five particularly noteworthy runabouts, I have done my best to honour the historic purpose of the type by confining myself to relatively light, efficient, open boats of modest scale, minimal complication and non-specific purpose. It is a certainty therefore that the various types of boat that are defined by their layout (bow rider, centre console, deck boat, walkaround) or by their purpose (dive boat, race boat, work boat, fishing boat) might all still qualify as runabouts in their own right. Well the term actually emerged toward the start of the 20 th century when relatively efficient, lightweight craft were developed to help make the most of small outboard engines – and today, that same term is still generally used to describe a small motorboat designed for modest numbers of people on relatively short journeys.

The Draco 27RS might seem a little expensive and at 27ft, a bit long for a runabout, but she offers a simple, deck-intensive, open-boat layout and comes with a 50-year heritage centred squarely around compact leisure craft.

Runabout fishing boats