Take a look at the Northriver 26ft aluminum or the Pacific Skiff 26ft. All boats are not created equal. They are not subjective and lots of crappy boats are on the market. For the pacific northwest I'd stick with the aluminum/outboard combo. The bigger 4 Stroke motors are great, with a good warranty to boot. Boating out of the Pac Northwest will be a little different than boating out of corpus. I've done both the gulf of mexico and alaska.............
Make sure you get the toilet for the wife. The suspension seating is a good add-on.
