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Welcome to the club I own a 1996 Dauntless 20 and it's a Dual Console... I heard from my Uncle who has the same boat same year and we bought together and he says 1996-1998 were dual console bowriders and after that our model became the Ventura and now the Vantage... Now I know the 1995 were DC too... Also I have a the original Mercury outboard and it runs like a top... I do have it tuned up on every odd numbered year and added dual batteries and a bunch of electronics and I run the battery odd/even days... 1 for odd number days and 2 for even days... The hull is a bit rough in the chop but steady while fishing or trawling... My uncle has a Yahama 225 and I have a Mercury 225 and his gauges are digital and mine are analog... I added a bunch of stuff and he never drilled a hole in his. Two different philosophies. I go offshore and added 2 more rod holders (4 total), new Garmin GPS/Wayfinder, navionics app with a Ram iPad mount suction cup, VHF (he doesn't even have one of these), Fusion stereo with 6 speakers, and a rocket launcher rod holder attached to the bimini. His boat will do 51 knots and mine will do about 48-49 but I am a big guy. I am going to repower this winter with the new Evinrude Gtec2 DFI and add trim tabs. I live on Long Island and I am on the water everyday the sun is shining and keep the boat High and Dry while my uncle lives on the water and keeps his on a lift. We often boat both together and people give us a ton of compliments. I think these are the best (most versatile) BW since the family is happy riding upfront and I am happy fishing off the back, or the kids have fun tubing. I was wondering what size Dauntless you had? It must be awesome having it on a river with a floating dock. BTW I know the new BW run much smoother since my dad has a 380 Outrage 2016 brand new with a seakeeper gyro loaded but his much larger boat has the same size cleats as mine and it's a great boat but the new smaller ones have small cleats and just seem different. My dad's 380 Outrage is loaded and he spent over 500k on it! BW got very very expensive but the Joystick controls and skyhook is amazing plus the auto trim tabs, we have taken his boat from the Florida Keys to Nassau Bahamas and his boat is called the Jawbreaker III from when he owned a 1986 Outrage and going through chop would make your teeth chatter. It is amazing the technology and engineering though on the new BW, he has a generator and 3 15" flatscreen with a real head and rod storage inside plus AC....BW is the best... He looked into a Jupiter boat but decided on BW because of the wide dealer network.