We’ve all seen boats that are described as lean, mean fishing machines. The Arima Sea Ranger 19 is a fishing machine, all right, but lean and mean don’t quite apply. With an LOA an inch shy of nineteen feet, the Sea Ranger 19 sports a full eight-foot beam, with the fullness carried well forward into a wide-rounded foredeck. Chubby is a better description. Or maybe pudgy.

This broad-beamed design, however odd it may appear at first glance, makes a lot of very nice things possible. Consider, for a moment: Here’s a nineteen foot boat that offers a usable cuddy cabin, a roomy cockpit, adequate walkways for foredeck access, and gobs…