[THEFERMANATOR]

In the 80's they were all pretty much KEVLAR re-enforced along the keel and the stringers. I believe the 24 HYDRA-SPORTS was a 22 or 24 degree dead-rise hull. There are 3 or 4 25 foot HYDRA's as well depending on the year and beam. The later models went to a variable dead-rise, but all of them still had an agressive entry to take on a head sea. I beleive all of the HYDRA-SPORTS(even mine) suffer from the following sea problems that comes with a deep vee hull. They tend to hook and can jerk you a bit, but if you quarter the seas a bit it isn't a problem. Most anybody that rides in a HYDRA-SPORTS will be sold for life on there sea keeping abilities. Many of the early boats will HAUL A$$ with enough HP, but later on they started putting a hook in the last 8-10 inches of the hull that limited them to about 50-55 top speed. My 2000CC has the hook in the rear of the hull, and right around 42-45 it really pushes the bow down hard and limits me a bit. But how often do you need to run more than 40 with todays gas prices? Another nice think about all of the HYDRA-SPORTS I've rode in, they all have a certain speed you can run in a rough sea where they feel like they are riding on air. Once you find the hulls sweet spot, it's like having air ride suspension in your car.