Yep, Skip and Martha had a beauty!!!
Yep, Skip and Martha had a beauty!!!
I have a 06 188 Elite with the 200 Merc. Absolutely love it. White with maroon arrow and cap inlay, get lots of compliments at the ramp. Maybe not the fastest boat ever, but rock solid, and very stable to fish out of. Going to replace the stock single axle trailer with a double axle one of these days.
2012 Stratos ChampioN 183 Elite
Mercury 175 ProXS
I agree, go with a 188 and a 200.
Last edited by BRETT; 08-18-2019 at 12:16 PM.
The 196 came out in 2001 and had a 93" beam. I believe that was the first beam forward hull. Bad thing was it was rated for 200 HP and really needed a 225 rating, it gave "birth" to the 198.
The 188 is definitely on the short list when the time comes. What I'm see now is both are hard to find for sale.
From memory the 07-10 183 elites were rated at 175, and the 183cx of the same era was a 150 rating, the 188cx was rated at 200. This is what I've been reading from everything I can find online.