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Let’s face it, the brand of motor you choose to power your Weldcraft is equally as important as the boat itself. In conjunction with our independent dealers, we’ll make recommendations based on your usage and budget, but we don’t dictate a specific brand. Weldcraft is a preferred OEM manufacturer for all major motor brands including Yamaha, Mercury, Honda, Suzuki and Evinrude. The choice is yours. here
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If you go to Yamaha's website and work your way through their website they have technical bulletins specific to how their motors peform with the hewescraft and the weldcraft. My browser is having fits so I can't get the link for you. more
Thanks, I have done that, and of course they haven't done the same testing with the comparable Hewes. here
I am looking more for real and personal experince here
I have been on both a 22' et ht hewescraft 150 yamaha, and a 22' hewescraft et ht ocean pro 175 suzuki, and set food on a weldcraft et ht. The regular hewescraft is pretty tippy at rest but still a good boat and takes the seas nicely (that is why it is tippy). (I've got one friend who has one) here
No paint. You can thank me in 10 years.
I think you will like the tin boat as you can really do a lot and go to a lot more places without having to worry about scratching your gel coat.
Here is my question. What is the differance between these two boats? All I can really tell is 3 windshield vs 2.
Please feel free to PM me, I'd be more than happy to discuss in more detail and help answer any questions you may have.
Post by bencamm » Thu Aug 28, 2014 7:52 pm
'09 Hewescraft 20' ProV
150hp Merc Optimax
8hp Merc 4-stroke
Raymarine DS600X HD Sounder
Raymarine a78 MultiFunctionDisplay
Raymarine DownVision
Raymarine SideVision
Baystar Hydraulic Steering
Trollmaster Pro II
Traxstech Fishing System
MotorGuide 75# Thrust Wireless Bow Mount more
Post by scraig1962 » Tue Aug 26, 2014 4:18 pm [links]
storage of the boat is defo up there when deciding how big you can buy but I believe that depends on your neighborhood and how safe you can look things up. I for one would not buy based on if I could park it the garage as ive already had a 20' 26 with trailer and swimstep and that weren't big enough mine was under canopy.
I also think off shore brackets are the way to go that way a 18' boat truly is an 18'er as for hanging over the transom there are steering and throttle options or the ultimate TR1.
weldcraft is a better boat IMO you could also shoot an email to mike boulton you will be surprised how they fair off in price compared to the ones mentioned here.