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The Hawk 29 is a fiberglass hull, heavy, with either hard top and side curtains or teak house, some open rear others closed with center door... Single engine, twin and I found one withtwin 250 Yamaha o/b. That particular boat goes W/O at 38 kn. and cruises at 32 at 3000RPM.
I am hot onto a twin diesel unit today and may have bought it.
I have always fished boats at c'hunk, from my 1st. 16 ft skiff and O/b fifty years ago to the Mako with O/B , the Sea Craft with I/O and now the next "Nor-Easter" which is 29' Hawk with Twin Diesels. Years ago the true "Cuttyhunk Bass Boat" was between 18 to 24 ft and pumpkins seed style open ....Today the only open bass boat at Cuttyhunk is Jimmy Nunes with a beautiful 26 ft, Winslow boat that is a real fishing machine...The rest of the guides are using Hawk 29, or Dyer 29 and there is one other about 28 footer.
I have many times suggested beach spots to folks who have asked nicely and many of them were succesful, but as to actually walk the beach and say, "Cast the backside of that pointy rock or to the white water in that hole? No I don't beach guide.
I have never forgotten the warning that was told to me when I was a kid..."Don't fish on the shore cause if you get tired and lay down in the sand and fall asleep, the sand fleas will enter your ears and eat your brains out." I never forgat that warning!
But truth being the only way to go, I did fish a couple times casting the beach with my wife and I really enjoyed the fishing....The walking Sucked....
If you visit C'Hunk you can walk all along the shore and when you see a fishy looking spot, cast it a few times...You can't catch em with the plug at the end of the rod...
Chet
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