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| Cowboyhannah - 2/22/2008 9:41 PM
Pal of mine bought a 1750 Fishhawk...I was FLOORED at the amount of water that comes over the side of the bow when running in moderate chop....I'm talking LITERALLY GALLONS of water each time we hit a wave....had to duck down onto the floor and he twice needed to pull off the throttle b/c he wears glasses and couldn't see....two times out that happened...anybody else with that model experience that?
Every time I've fished out of a buddies FH on a reservoir here, it has been that way. Though, to me, that isn't as bad as the ride itself with the boat. The hull just isn't built to what I would want. I'm not going to knnock on the boat really hard, though. It's a reasonable rig at a reasonable price, and being able to look beyond the little things is sort of essential.
Again, however, for the same (or less) money I would really encourage a guy to look at the lowe boats. Some of the newer models that I've seen, even fished out of that 178 that made me smile ear to ear when I heard the price, I was really impressed. THe thing that sold me on the Lowe over the FH, was the ride alone. It was MUCH smoother, and more comfortable, in rough water than the FH. Like I said, I'm really considering it for a couple years until some student loans are paid, and keeping it, and getting another Tuffy. |
