Don't want to ruffle any feathers but just a comparison from someone who has owned an osprey and a CCP. Osprey's are good boats as long as you keep them on lakes, sounds, etc. With the low transom, low freeboards and deadrise, they are not very ideal for any kind of rough conditions or offshore fishing. Don't get me wrong, they are great little boats.
The CCP'S offer a high freeboard, minimal transom exposure from a stern wave attack along with a built in splashwell for added protection. The deep V gives a smooth, dry ride.
As far as the coffin box in concerned, Capt. Bob described what it was intended for perfectly. Mine is used for storage and seating. The storage and seating the coffin box offers, is superior from what I had with the osprey.
Everyone is entitiled to their opinion, and this is what I have found having owned an osprey and a CCP.
I didn't mean to ruffle anyone's feathers either ...
. It's all for the sake of friendly debate, which I'm sure everyone enjoys from time to time. I agree with you dupree about the older 19-6 / newer Ospreys being designed primarily as a bay boat, and the CCP being geared more toward offshore fishing w/ the more aggressive deadrise and higher gunwales/freeboard & transom splashwell. Someone please correct me if I'm wrong, but I would bet Aquasport based the 20' CCP off of the existing 19-6 hull; adding deadrise and a high gunwale cap/new inner liner ( I doubt they built an "all-new" boat). Some say the open gunwale on the older models was not making use of the space available, but in my opinion, there were rodholders already under the gunwale, and the storage in the bow/under the console (front cushion) was enough so as to not require the addition of boxes/storage holes along the gunwale. The gunwale was also not very wide in comparison to the CCP... So, you have an existing 19-6 hull, then you plug in a CCP style inner liner complete w/ a floorspace robbing splashwell and thicker gunwales, and you have what appears to be a bigger boat, but you actually have
less truffle shuffle space inside the boat than you would on a 19-6. A 19-6 Floor plan, especially w/ the sternmounted livewells, gives you much more actual space inside the boat w/o sacrificing any storage. As far as a CCP having more seating available because of the coffin box, I'm not so sure... with my bow cushion, I've had three scantilly clad girls laying comfortably on the bow, 2 people sitting comfortably on the generous console cushion, and two people comfortable on the cooler seat @ the helm... not counting myself passing beers to everyone from a lonely cooler in the stern (please don't tell the Coast Guard :) ) I'm not sure what the Coffin box looks like inside, but my guess is that its not one big fish box.... then you really wouldn't have much storage.
Is it bigger than that fishbox in the middle of the bow..? By how much...??
The CCP is definitely a better riding offshore boat by hull design, but I would hate to be working the creeks in one. I feel that's the beauty of the 19-6: Wanna go offshore? (After all, the 19-6's and 22-2's were THE offshore boats of the day) Sure, but you might need to run a little slower in rougher water because of the semi-vee, but your range of on plane speeds is much wider; also because of the semi-vee (not to mention requiring less HP to obtain similar speeds). Wanna get up in a tight little shallow creek and catch some live bait prior to the trip? You can do that too, with a nice casting deck and a lower gunwale which makes possible things like bow mounted trolling motors. Or you can forget saltwater altogether, and go bassfishing on a lake from a nice stable open fishing platform while Tritons buzz past you chasing after 70mph fish. If there was ever a versatile boat, it's a bay boat. If you're an offshore only kind of fisherman, the CCP will ride smoother.
Once again, just my opinion.
