This is a well maintained 29 FS (Forward Seating) Regulator. All service up to date and ready to hit the water.
Design and Construction
As with all Regulator models, Lou Codega designed the 29’s deep-V hull. The 24-degree transom deadrise, common to all Regulators, carves through chop with ease and provides a smooth ride. The boat’s 9-foot-6-inch beam provides exemplary stability when drifting, and well-placed lifting strakes keep the bow up underway, ensuring a dry ride.
Cruise speed of 33.7 mph at 4,000 rpm, with a fuel burn of 21.2 gph. Top speed 53 mph at 5,700 rpm. The 29 accelerates rapidly, runs great at all angles to the chop and feels incredibly solid beneath your feet.
Fishing
A 30-gallon livewell sits at the center of the transom bulkhead, with a large bait-prep box to port. A hinged section to starboard flips inward, revealing the boat’s transom gate/tuna door and affording easy access to the engine platform. The lids to the wells come finished inside and out, like all hatches on the boat, and rise on gas rams. Sturdy rubber gaskets ensure a good seal.
This 29 is equipped with a leaning post/rocket launcher and tackle center. It includes ample tackle storage in the form of 10 new plastic trays along the aft edge of the unit, located behind two doors. It also has four pullout drawers for larger gear, two on each side, and a storage tube for charts. A rocket launcher holds four rods, and a built-in knife, rig rack and dual cup holder mounts along the back of the seat, right where you’re most likely to need it.
Alongside the console, a step-up takes you to the bow, and in the step are two storage boxes, one on each side, both the perfect size for holding 5-gallon buckets. A large 130-gallon in-deck fish box forward of the console equipped with a SHURFLO macerator pump and does double duty as subdeck, locking rod storage.
This boat is the FS (Forward Seating) model. Each raised seat contains its own 50-gallon storage area that can be used as dry storage or as fish boxes.