I had a 1600 tiller. Like any tiller, it’s a wet ride. BUT, it’s super stable and fishes pretty big because of how open it is. It’s also very easy to clean. If I were fishing lakes where you may run a few miles, I’d opt for the full windshield, which is what I upgraded to. Maybe a side console on the 1800 so casting from the bow wasn’t so cramped.
One thing to consider on the 1800 is there is only two places to put batteries for a bow mount. I had a 24v trolling motor on the bow and there is no way to offset the batteries to help with balance until you get the compartments that come on the 2000.
I sold mine to my nephew and bought a bigger windshield boat. I didn’t max out the power on my lund and that was a big mistake. Wide open on the Mercury 50hp tiller was about 26mph. I’m now in an 18 footer with a 115 Yamaha SHO and cruise at 40mph.
