Tracker Targa 185 Sport
First Impressions
by M. Verdon
December 20, 2007
Aluminum boat manufacturers sometimes slap a few seats into the rear of a boat and call it a
family fishing boat.
Tracker’s
Targa 185 Sport seems, instead, to give equal weight to family and fishing. The front is
definitely designed for fishing, with seat pedestals, a 19-gallon aerated livewell, and a 55-pound
thrust Minn Kota trolling motor mounted on the bow. A Lowrance X37 fishfinder is standard, as is a
center-line rod locker for nine rods and an aft 11-gallon livewell. But here’s where the family
comes in.
The 185 Sport has a sporty-looking helm station and four bucket seats that swivel and slide.
There are also two jump seats on the 36-inch-by-69- inch aft platform. Add to that a rear ladder,
deep cockpit freeboard and a nifty two-tier gunwale, and you have a boat that any family will love.
Power ranges from the 90-hp Mercury 4-stroke EFI ($22,395) to the 150-hp XL OptiMax ($27,615).
Boating World tests the boat with the 135-hp XL Mercury OptiMax and records a top end of 42.9 mph.
The ride is good in flat water but gets a little lively when the 185 hits some chop at speed.
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