Any testimonals about Campion boats. How do they ride, quality, how they handle the rough. Interested in the 16' center console model. Any perspective appreciated.

I own a 215 Fishing Machine built by Campion and take it to Westport alot. Everytime I take someone new out, the first thing they state, is how nice the boat rides and handles the water. I would like to think it is the driver.....but? Anyhow, the boat is built fairly well, but I would not say it is in the class of my old Glasply or Bellboy. It does have a few stress cracks in the liner that were not there when I bought the boat, but if you hit a few of those waves, uh I mean Rollers, the way I have on occasion, your back would be broken, not just stressed. My boat is a walk-around and I feel for a fishing boat that this is the only way to go, and I have had many kinds of boats along the way.
My next boat will be a 24 foot Grady White or maybe a Pursuit......but then I would have to get rid of the Alumaweld.....okay thats enough dreamin, have to do with the Campion for now.
Good luck with the boat venture, Boaters World will be your next best friend, (Don't tell the wife!)

double haul, i have the 16ft center cosole that boat has been in just about every type of water, been out in the ocean out of newport oregon, been up to seiku, neah bay, canada, been a very good boat for me, have had it in some pretty rough water, got caught out at point no point wind kicked up had to go back to muliketo in about 6ft swells handled real good, (thinking) about selling it to move up, want something i can sleep on

I bought a 1995 18.5 explorer campion just three months ago this boat is really nice to fish from and is pretty well built.I have nothing nagitive to say about it other then
they should have put a built in fish box in the flooring some where.Good luck,
STRIKE ZONE

P.S. My next boat in two or three years will
be a 24' Some thing.