My old Hydra Sports

[THEFERMANATOR]

At one time I had 7 boats that were mine, now I'm down to the skiff and a 10 foot jon boat puddle jumper, and thats IT! No more unless I win the lottery, then it's a BIG one if I hot THE lottery. I want a liveaboard like an old HATTERAS someday.

[reelapeelin]

Originally Posted by THEFERMANATOR

Yes and no. many people think the hull was layed up with kevlar, and it wasn't. What HYDRA-SPORTS did was use kevlar strips in the strakes and areas where the stringers atatched to give a stronger joint in spots where the hull wasn't flat or stressed. So pretty much all of the vectors had kevlar in them, but not like most people think. Another thing I found that was weird about this hull was it had a composite transom in it from the fatory. Not a foam one, but a ceramic one. But the rest of the hull was wood cored. I know the 86 I had for parts was all wood, but this one had a grey ceramic in the transom when I checked it.

I glad you clarified the Kevlar construction claim on these hulls...

And that ceramic tranny core...all the ceramic I ever ran across had ZERO flex to it...about as much as a coffee mug...was it that type ceramic material?

[THEFERMANATOR]

Originally Posted by reelapeelin

I glad you clarified the Kevlar construction claim on these hulls...

And that ceramic tranny core...all the ceramic I ever ran across had ZERO flex to it...about as much as a coffee mug...was it that type ceramic material?

Yes, that type of material. The transom in that sucker was SOLID! It never budged even the slightest.