DREAM BOAT 2.0! Alumacraft 205 Competitor Tiller With Mercury Pro XS 200 HP - Complete Walkthrough

New boat, new baby. Living the dream my friend!

It is a beauty Jay... and it's the flooring that's the clickbait cause you're like, whaaaaat? Looks sharp!

Good idea Jay, don’t void the warranty on that Mercury Jumk!! You gonna need it.

Hey whats Kades contact info??

Nice boat man super jealous enjoy the boat!!!

I'm in love with my trophy but daayyham that's the perfect tiller rig

Super nice craft and another great video!

I've owned a competitor 185 tiller and this time I went with a 185 CS. I say the CS has way more room than the tiller.

I picked my 205 shadow windshield version up with 250SHO for $43.5k back in 2018. Still one of the best deals today for what it has to offer. I mainly fish great lakes for small mouth and it handles rough water well for what it is. I swapped props to enertia 19p and it seems to offer best performance and ride overall. Runs about 58-60mph on a good day with decent economy. Only complaint on the boat is slow speed tracking, bow gets blown around and screws backing out of front deck. The screws backing out is common on aluminum boats and easier to deal with than my previous glass rig with gel coat cracking. Very underrated boat for big water bass fishing. I still enjoy running it 4 years later.

Dream setup right there. Nicely done!

100k set up ?

If it only caught more fish…ha. Beautiful boat for sure.

Hey Jay, nice rig, I have a question, I am retired now and have never owned my own boat. I want to get a boat now and I just love tillers. I go fishing with a guide in upper Wisconsin in a big tiller and just love the fishing experience. What do you think of a retired guy almost 70 getting a tiller like yours for his fist boat? any opinions from anybody would be much appreciated.

That is one nice boat I’m gonna have to get me one.

Hey great video!!! Id like to ask why you have the Talon and please let me know a few different scenarios you would use the Talan Please , Big Fan!!

Amazing boat Jay! Brilliant walk through too. love it.

Fishing Rigs are simply TOO Expensive for the Average Angler !!!! Sad to see this evolution.
Will NOT lead to Enhanced participation in years to come.

Sad that you have to explain different things for the trolls and haters. Great video.

Possible in the market for a new boat. Pros and cons between sc/tiller? Aside from space saving and $?

Excellent video.

Mercury does warranty one lithium cranking battery from Relion. It’s a 100 amp hour dual purpose lithium but it has to be the relion HP. As far as I know this is the only lithium cranking battery that mercury won’t void it’s warranty. I just bought a 2022 Crestliner raptor 1850 with the 200 pro XS on it. West Marine is where you can find these batteries. I run a helix 15, 12, 10, and a Garmin 106sv with the LS34. I don’t run all the units at the same time but a few are always running and have not had any issue. Great great battery.

Beautiful boat. I'd love to have something like that. I'm a multi species guy and even fish in saltwater, something like that would be perfect.

I think I will get the War Eagle Blackhawk.

I love that deck material. What is that and was it installed over the vinyl or carpet?

what kind of chair is yours?

Hey wicked cool ... love the 200 tiller its like the insane version of my first boat which was a 10 ft v hull and 9hp tiller in 1975, I have a Lund 1775 xs w 115 loaded to the max w gear goes good... that 200 tiller looks shit tons of fun . whats the name of the battery terminal connectors.... they look perfect and exactly what I ned right now. I mean like right now in my driveway . lol

How much did you bought it?

That's a nice boat.

How much is a rig like this run?

Beauty boat. Does the added weight of the talon cause any list to the starboard side either on plane or at rest?

Jay what are you using for mounts for the two sonars at the bow? RAM or otherwise?

man that grin is legit.

Sweet boat and awesome setup!

I would have bought a 2090 warrior king of tillers I’ve owned 3 of them best big wave boat most storage too.

It looks amazing, wish I could afford it haha, (I’m 16)😂

Witch models of aluminum craft you have it's nice

This motor is exactly as advertised, it’s well made, easy to use and very powerful. We are happy

Love this boat

What mounts did you use for your stern graphs? Did you use a sort of backer board?

How deep does the 205 ride? I often fish small to med size lakes and a river that has sandbars that change throughout the year. Any concern getting the 205 vs the 185?

This more gear worship than fishing. As a new boater/fisher this is just intimidating.

Awesome walkthru, Jay!

I just ordered my 1st (and probably last new boat), a Competitor 205 Sport. Now I can't wait to get it.

Also, great video and editing, the best in the business, your video looked like a professional ad from Alumacraft, you should tell them to just use your videos for their ads. lol

do these still have a wood floor and transom?

Do you use anything to protect your transducers when traveling with the boat on the trailer?

It's Mertens steering. Brunswick bought it off the market.

I seee one major thing wrong with this boat. You got a Dewalt AND milwuakeee aka mybackhurts 😂 cmon jay tell me your a Dewalt fella

Wish they made a side console 😪 and not just a sport and tiller......

I have a 16 foot Lund with a 40 tohatzu and a 9.9 for trolling but this is my dream to own a 20 ft with a 200 hp tiller. I like the aluma craft or the warrior 2090BT . Someday I want to own something like this. My lund is nice but that extra 4 ft would make a big difference in room on board or running in rough water . Hopefully someday I can get one

Top video Jay 😊👍 - Scott

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