Might want to look at the WAR EAGLE brand. Boats are made in Arkansas. Thanks Daniel

Oh Man! I picked up a gently used Excel Bay Pro 203 this past November and couldn't be happier with it. The original purchaser put the Mercury Pro XS 150 on the back and then proceeded to only put 150 hours on it. What a boat!

I shopped around for several months and was really close to pulling the trigger on a 20' Xpress H20 with the hyperlift hull. Really glad I didn't.

My nephew owns a Vexus and they are super nice, I'd say it's nicer than mine, but even the used ones were out of my price range.

The Excel boats have one of the thickest commercially installed hulls at .160 than most other manufactures. Even thicker than Vexus. I wanted that extra assurance because I don't plan on babying mine.

While I was shopping for a nice used boat, I got to ride in a couple h2O Xpress models and I can attest to their ride quality. When it comes to tin boats, Xpress hyper lift hulls are pretty slick. The only other tin boats I tried were the Vexus and the Excel Bay Pro. I was super close to pulling the trigger on 20' h2O, but on the test drive, Yamaha F115 on the back stumbled and I backed out of the deal pending repairs. While waiting on the h2O getting fixed, I found a Excel Bay Pro 203 that checked all of my boxes (and then some) and I jumped on it. The Excel's ride quality is as good or better than Xpress, I suspect this is so because the Excel is a slightly heavier boat due to the thicker hull.