Ok, Now that I know alittle more about what your looking for price wise coupled with the wife and kids comment you might want to look into a G-cat 6.0.



Before everyone wants to howl -- hear me out. Its bullet--proof. Two tramps, beaches easy -- pretty quick for a boardless boat. Good family boat and you can buy them really cheap. Even a 5.0 would carry the weight that you mentioned. Since you don't race then you don't have to worry about classes and the parts are all of the shelve.



Randy Smith use to say that it was the Cadillac ride of all beach boats. I think that pretty much sums it up.



Steve