info on a 2500 HydraSports

cterrebonne · #1 11-16-2008, 08:58 PM

well that 236 coastal i was looking at sold friday. so still being in the market i was curious to see if anyone had any experience with 2500 w/a of cc hydra sports.

THEFERMANATOR · #2 11-17-2008, 12:06 AM

AWESOME BOAT!!! It is a good sized boat though, and is one power hungry SOB. I believe they say that twin 175's is about the minumum power you can run on one to have reasoneable performance.

You can get some good info here for them.
http://www.hydrasports.com/forums/

cterrebonne · #3 11-17-2008, 09:30 AM

thanks ferm. i e-mailed someone who had an 83 for sale they said the boat has a 24 deg deadrie and 165 gls of fuel. that sounds nice right there. at my grand pa's shop they had one over for service and i was able to get in it and feel it out. it seems to have alot or room aft and bow also the cockpit was roomy. like you said i would probably find a pair of 225's 250's to put on the stern if it had smaller.

cterrebonne · #4 11-17-2008, 11:21 AM

ferm you dont know if the older ones were all 24 deg deadrise or they were different among the years. we used to sell HS over here in the 90's and i remember that was when they had differences like the vector versus the seahorse. did they have those differences in the 80's or was the 2500 vector the only 2500 they made?

Airslot · #5 11-17-2008, 12:52 PM

Pretty sure that the biggest Seahorse was 23'. I fished that 25 in a Center Console model with 2.5 Mercs and it was a great boat to fish. Fast as all get out and rode nice.

cterrebonne · #6 11-17-2008, 01:26 PM

thats what i like to hear, fast and good ride. either one i go with it doesnt matter. all i ever fished were cc's i think the w/a would be a nice change, with that boat i would make some winter trips to the lump here in the gulf. that boat looks like it would fit the bill for me and still allow me to pull it with my half ton truck.