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06-21-2017, 02:57 PM
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Idiot
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Glastonbury, CT
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HydraSports
There's a CC listed nearby locally and I was wondering if anyone had any experience with them? Doesn't seem to be much storage, but seems like it's a good shell for a fishing/pleasure craft.
This one is 22'
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The artist formerly known as Scratch59.
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06-21-2017, 06:39 PM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
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I don't know anything about the smaller ones but I've been on a couple of bigger ones and was pretty impressed
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06-21-2017, 07:00 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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Alot are highly respected. Go search tht ...
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06-22-2017, 08:31 AM
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Registered User
Join Date: May 2001
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What year is it?
HS makes 2 models, the Seahorse series and the Vector series.
The Vectors are great hulls, deep deadrise, Kevlar reinforced, they are little battlewagons.
The Seahorse series are a basic price point mid tier boat.
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06-22-2017, 05:04 PM
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Idiot
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Glastonbury, CT
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Billybob
What year is it?
HS makes 2 models, the Seahorse series and the Vector series.
The Vectors are great hulls, deep deadrise, Kevlar reinforced, they are little battlewagons.
The Seahorse series are a basic price point mid tier boat.
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This one is definitely the Sea Horse. After doing some comparisons it seems like this is a pretty no-frills boat and might not be as good a deal as I was hoping. There also seems to be quite a few mentions on THT that the seahorse is not a very stable boat when drift fishing in any chop. Given that I plan to do a fair amount of that from this boat, I'm gonna steer clear.
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06-23-2017, 07:30 AM
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Join Date: Sep 2005
Location: Cumberland, RI
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I dunno... Sometimes I wish I had more deadrise. I've got 16 deg at transom. It's a good compromise, stable at drift vs. smooth running in chop. But Narr. Bay late afternoon chop makes me wish i had a deeper V. Trim tabs help immensely... but when I see Reg's and other Deep V's cruising by me in the slop it makes me jealous. Pick your poison.
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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06-23-2017, 10:20 AM
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Join Date: Feb 2006
Location: marshfield
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There is no perfect boat but some are closer than others... 27' conch
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06-23-2017, 02:42 PM
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Join Date: Sep 2003
Location: Libtardia
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I have fished a lot on a hydrasport 22. Tank ! Great boat.
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06-23-2017, 05:01 PM
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Afterhours Custom Plugs
Join Date: Mar 2004
Location: R.I.
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back in the 90's I had a 2100 cc kevlar, 24 degree deep v with a 200 yami. fast, stable and well- bulletproof  . |
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06-24-2017, 05:49 PM
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Join Date: Jul 2007
Location: Newport, RI
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I like a solid deadrise on my boats for narraganset bay to block island. You'll welcome it in a stiff SW wind over tide. Ill sacrifice a stable drift for cutting through a head sea.
BTW saw a hydrasport in the harbor today with quad 7's!!!!!! drool factor was a 10.
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07-05-2017, 04:12 PM
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Idiot
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Glastonbury, CT
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So I ended up pulling the trigger on another Hydra-Sports last week... the long search is over... but the greenhorn questions are just beginning!
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07-05-2017, 05:15 PM
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Location: Libtardia
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Congrats!
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07-05-2017, 07:10 PM
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Join Date: Jun 2012
Location: Cape Cod
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Best of luck with her
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07-06-2017, 03:25 AM
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Very Grumpy bay man
Join Date: Nov 2003
Location: Rhode Island
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Ian
So I ended up pulling the trigger on another Hydra-Sports last week... the long search is over... but the greenhorn questions are just beginning!
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Fair winds and following seas. |
No boat, back in the suds.  
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07-06-2017, 08:53 AM
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Idiot
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Glastonbury, CT
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Thanks guys, I'm gonna start a new thread for all the crappy questions I'm about to start asking |
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07-06-2017, 10:41 AM
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Good judgement comes from experience, and experience comes from bad judgement -- Keith Benning
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07-06-2017, 07:04 PM
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Idiot
Join Date: Jul 2012
Location: Glastonbury, CT
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Quote:
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I'm working on it, but still haven't figured out an easy way to post pics from my phone
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07-07-2017, 11:59 AM
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Location: Newtown, CT
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Best of luck with her!
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