At the Minneapolis boat show this spring the family looked at the Lund Crossover 1875 and the Edge 185 Sport. Everybody liked the layouts of both boats. Price, motor, and most importantly dealer were the reasons why we bought the Edge 185. We bought the boat from LaCannes Marine in Faribault. It is the 3rd Alumacraft we have bought from them. They are the best (and free rigging on the electronics)! Mike J. was our salesman. Great guy to deal with!

The Edge was $6000 cheaper for boat, motor, trailer (Lund dealer was also going to charge $300 for electronics rigging) The Lund had a Merc 150 4S and an aluminum prop (for an extra $200 we could trade it for a SS). Our Edge has the Yamaha 150 Vmax SHO with a Yamaha Reliance 14.25×17 SS prop. It’s mounted on the 2nd hole. One other item. After we ordered the boat Nick, owner of LaCannes, upgraded our Shorelander trailer to one with retractable transom tie-down straps and it has the armor coating sprayed on it. No charge!

I have around 12 hours on the motor so far. Alone I can hit 47-48 mph @ 6000 rpms. With 4 adults in the boat I have hit 44 mph. That’s plenty fast for me/us. We do most of our fishing on Lake of the Woods so I rarely go wide open. The livewell placement could be better but it doesn’t bother me at all. I have a round wooden dowel I keep in the side storage. When I need to open the livewell and keep it open, I just grab the dowel and stick it between the seat base and livewell opening. It will stay open all day if need be. We love the boat!

Sorry for the long-winded post and any typos. Haven’t had my morning coffee yet!
Brian
Go Hawkeyes!