The answer depends a lot on when you plan on using the boat and how you plan on using it. Winni on the weekends with small kids means you definitely want the 24 ft or you will get tossed around. We have 2 small kids but before them I loved having a deep V bowrider. It was easy to bomb around the lake at 45mph and cut through all the chop.
Once we had kids we started cruising a lot slower and spending a lot more time at anchor. The roll that comes with a V hull was hard for the kids. We just got a deck boat at the beginning of this summer and its working great for us. It is much more spacious than our previous boat even though its a foot smaller. It is also much more stable. When I'm buy myself it kind of sucks for going fast but such is the trade off of being a dad lol.
As thinkx said spend a lot of time test driving them (with kids preferably). Those are all great boats. The choice between them is a personal one.
Have fun!
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