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A clean looking Fisher Craft houseboat.

Can anyone tell me if Fisher Craft Houseboats made a good, solid, small house boat? I can't seem to find very much information on them.

I am looking at one to purchase, and wanted to know if anyone has positive or negative comments to make on this type of houseboat. This FisherCraft would be my first houseboat purchase. Thanks.

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Well congratulations on your decision to purchase a houseboat.

The Fisher Craft houseboat reminds me a lot of similar models like the Nautaline, Chris Craft, Holiday Mansion, and Gibson houseboat style boats.

From a "comments" point of view, I don't have any negative things to say, just that I would like to have an older houseboat purchase conditional on passing a satisfactory marine survey.

Other than that, if the price is right, and it suits your needs, than it should be a fun, fast, roomy houseboat, with plenty of potential.

If you do end up buying it, do keep us posted, since we do love pictures of houseboats :)

Lastly, hopefully some of our readers will share and post comments about their Fisher Craft houseboat experiences. Feel free to use the "Click here to post comments." link found at the bottom of this page.

Thanks again for sharing, IAN - from www.all-about-houseboats.com

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If this boat was furniture, it'd be a bar stool. A tiny one.
by: Anonymous

I have a friend who has one. it's 29ft, and he wishes he'd never bought it, it's too damn tiny. You can't turn around in the damn thing.

Every little wave rolls it over, it's squirrely under power and you have to make constant steering adjustments. It's like boating in a walk in closet. Ugh!!!

It's better off on dry land and use it to store your lawn mower. Just don't try to put two of them in there...

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Small Houseboats - big storage and room for the size
by: Anonymous

I own a 1981 29ft FisherCraft houseboat. I will say that the layout of this boat is very spacious and roomy for only 29ft. If you are putting it in a slip at a marina you won't pay much but compared to other boats in this size, this boat by far is more roomy and comfortable.

It also handles very well in the water and also is decent on gas. The only downfall I have on this boat is that the boat leans a little to the right and thats because the water tank is on the left side and everytime the water tank gets lower the boat starts to lean more towards the right.

I don't like that the boat only floats evenly if the water tank is completely full (I guess I can put some dead weight so I don't worry about it) . I also noticed that it wasn't just my boat but I also saw the same thing on another Fisher Craft.

This boat was only manufactured from 1979-1981. Lots of windows so if you're not in a covered slip you may want to get the windows tinted. The waste tank is very small and is not reasonable to use for a family of four as it gets full very fast.

Overall I am extremely happy with the boat and the engine parts are easy to find and don't cost much (volvo penta 225d = chevy 350 engine). I hope this was helpful for future buyers!

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Fisher Craft
by: Brian

It's true that there's not much info on them. I'm also contemplating the purchase of one. Haven't seen it yet so I don't know how it'll be but I hope you have more info next week. If anyone knows more, I'd appreciate hearing from you.

Thanks, Brian

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1981 Fishercraft houseboat
by: Anonymous

We bought a 29 ft. 1981 Fishercraft houseboat last May. It has a 4 cyl. Volvo penta with a 280 out drive. We worked on the boat for about 3 months on its trailer fixing numerous issues which we knew a 28 yr. old boat would have.

After having it in the water for a few months we love the maneuverability, all the windows, and the very low fuel burn, 6 MPH @ 1.5 GPH. That said, the boat seems to be bow heavy and plows through the water.

These boats also had 350 engines which would put more weight in the stern along with a larger fuel tank. Next season we will install additional fuel tank to try and get some more weight in the stern along with increasing the range to about 200 miles, a real advantage on Lake Powell.

A great boat for 2 or 4 folks. Easily beached and maneuvered. Wonderful views while parked or underway. We can't seem to find much information on these boats, maybe not many built for whatever reason.

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Fisher Craft - Is it right for you?
by: justcyn

We also looked at a 30 ft. Fisher Craft and have since purchased our first, a 42? Gibson. Yes there is very little info on them. The one we were considering was touted as one of only 4 or 5 in existence. Perhaps Fisher Craft never made many of them but I don?t know how many.

The one we looked at had been completely gutted on the interior and after long hard contemplation of the seller?s presentation we felt we were looking at a boat in a canal, perhaps broken and sunken, and sitting on the bottom.

We do live in hurricane country and sunken boats are encountered and many are sold by people wanting to get rid of them to the unsuspecting.

We were intrigued by the potential of this houseboat to be trailerable but felt this particular vessel was not sound and restorable. Maybe storm damage; maybe it was simply old, even maybe abused by the seller?s careless use in rougher waters than it was meant for.

Don?t want to burst your bubble and we had lovely initial dreams for this boat. But our guts, coupled with the bits of info we did have, told us that this manufacturer was inexperienced in houseboat design and structure and also seemed to be producing an economy (read cheap) product with a few pretty details to sell it.

Good luck but my intuition wants to tell you to keep looking.

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