A deep cockpit and high rails add to overall ûsafety. Top speed: 43 knots with twin 225-hp ûoutboards. The T-top with rocket launchers is ûstandard.

We’d always thought of Anglers as being price boats—clean enough of line but nothing fancy; more or less an inexpensive way to get out on the water. But while Anglers are economical craft, they also deliver a lot more than you’d expect for the price, at least in the case of the 2900 reviewed here. There is a difference between inexpensive and cheap, and Angler has come down on the right side of the value equation.

Angler Boats is a modest-sized South Florida operation started by Elio Grillo about three decades ago. Grillo’s a fisherman (he’s having a new boat built for himself right now), and the company has pretty much…