Opinions - 1988 Proline Walkaround and Suzuki Motor

[thefishingfreak]

looks like a formula they put a hardtop on,, and called it a fishin' boat

little windshield. no wipers.
gunna be looking out thru the plastic on wet days.
hardtop is probly too heavy for that boat. bilge water will drain forward.
600 hrs. is that a guess?
i'll go with you if you want. i'm picky

striper1 has one... we fished it on stellwagen last weekend.
quick decision has one too...

[BEETLE]

little w/shield -true - has wiper but you'd have to crouch down a bit to view thru.
600 hrs yes guess - we both figured this based on his use since new.
Just reading up on THT forums, seems the hulls may have changed since then, but what is you opinion after being on Striper1 ??

[thefishingfreak]

hauls ass.
no wiper.
little livewell.
too much plastic.
nice cabin...plenty of room..
hardtop is WAY too heavy!!!! nevermind outriggers up there.
he has tp keep a 55 gallon drum full of water on the deck, in the slip so it won't fill the bow with rain water.

glass calm when we went out..so can't say about the ride?
seems wet to me???

took one wave in the face from julie and van... but i only drove it in perfect conditions...

[BEETLE]

sounds like the newer models have not changed much over the older.
I read on THT - hard rider w/a 2 ft. chop + wet w/bow quartering sea.
The outriggers and front fighting post would be removed. 30+ gal. livewell comes with boat - so I have the option to leave baitwell full of water on the slip.

How much HP does Striper1 have ?

[Fisherwoman]

FIshingfreak, Sorry about he wave in the face

Beetle remember what I said about the boat rolling side to side alot, you better take a ride before even thinkin of dealin. JMHO

[thefishingfreak]

hi julie

two words steve
SEA--TRIAL....

[Striper1]

Originally Posted by BEETLE

sounds like the newer models have not changed much over the older.

How much HP does Striper1 have ?

Beetle,

The first thing I would look at is the hull and deck. Back then they used wood in some parts of the boat...

I have a 225 EFI merc cruse around 27-29 mph

on my boat I think the hard top is over built and I think the boat was
designed for twin OB

like freek says sea-trial


Freek you would have not gotten wet if the alternative could keep a true coarse

I was staring to ask what was in there coffee

[JohnR]

Beetle - you know my feelings

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[BEETLE]

Thanks Striper1,

There is a 1999 Hydrasport 23 Walk (Seahorse not Vector series) that I had inquired on weeks ago with a 2000 Johnson 200HP on a bracket.... this boat keeps coming to the top of the list... I'm going to give it a shot and take a look at it - just got to go to CT. for it..
It is in excellent shape from what I can see in Pics. and talking w/ the owner, and it's in the water for sea trial.

I'll hold off on this Pro line.. OK boat, but has a lot of stuff on it (tuna gear) I don't need, and it did had some minor issues, that I really don't want to give the time up to rectify.

JohnR - I still have the attraction to the SCs, but I don't want a project boat, and don't want to buy someone else's completed backyard science project.
Case in point - why would the guy with the boat pictured above, rebuild the transom and not close up the transom if he was putting on the bracket ?????

[quick decision]

I would stay away from any pre 1993 proline beacause they used a lot of wood on those boats.