highliner
if you are looking for a free drifting boat you should look at a o/b with tiller. you want as much room as possibly. you have so much more control with a tiller and you are always right back at the kicker.boat control is 90% of free drifting.how the boat floats,tracks,runs are all very important. there are only a couple boats out there that i would recommend in a 18ft boat.alumaweld 18 ft super vee lt.thor-built 18 ft.
i have fished in them all and those are the best free drifting boats out there. i sell alumaweld in woodinville and would be more than happy to take you out and show you the diff. and maybe catch a few or two.having local repersentation is something else to think about!!!!!!!
good luck and good fishing
dave lee
three rivers marine