New Marquesa

[captpn]

Hi ,

Well, to throw in my 2 cents here...alot of boats use the hulls from other boats...SK16 was actually an old 17 Mako.
Ive had both the 16 and 18 SK's from the good old days when Mark Scott built them. At the time they were very very good hulls, but today, they are dated. There are alot of other boats out there i would pick over each today.
The 16, while great for Tarpon, was an annoyingly noisey hull to pole shallow, we called her old slappy, and the 18 was a workout to pole. i loved them both , but progress in hull designs have left the famous Silverking in the past. And from what i see of the bottom, there is no resemblence in this new HB Boca to either.
Actually looks to me like a Marquesa split down the center, widened a bit, less deadrise, and then shaved 5 inches or so off the freeboard Looking forward to seeing this new boat! The boat show pics look nice, though id rather have a more traditional tower over the back.

[floodtide]

Saw this boat today at the ramp in Weeki Wachee, hitched to Tommy Locke's truck. I liked it better than I thought I would from the pictures--the lines looked choppy to me in the pictures I've seen, but it's not distracting in person. It's got deadrise at the transom, but it's got a bit of a pad, too. Locke said it will air out on the pad and is claiming 55+ with an old carbed Merc 90.

The published poling draft number are bogus, I suspect. It's got too much deadrise to fit into 6".

[hmaadd29]

Sweet!! I get to fish out of it in mid July. BG

Hows the fishin in WW area. Any big ones caught. How are the numbers this year.

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[floodtide]

A few fish are around this year. We lost a nice one at the boatside the weekend before. This morning I discovered the performance envelope of a Waterman 18 and it does not include running outside H-omosassa in a 20-25 mph west wind. We bagged it early and came home.

[mwk]

Originally Posted by floodtide

A few fish are around this year. We lost a nice one at the boatside the weekend before. This morning I discovered the performance envelope of a Waterman 18 and it does not include running outside H-omosassa in a 20-25 mph west wind. We bagged it early and came home.

Sounds like you need a camien..............just sayin

[orlgheenoer]

I am glad to see that this new hells bay is out, unless its hells bay raising the bar then people tend to complain. This new hells bay is defenetly going to be a great boat for the keys and certain areas. The caimen is really a monster for its size and it will raise the bar as well but, people need to open there eyes to something great that's not from hells bay. That being said hells bay, Gordon, maverick, dolphins and well those 4 are all really respectable skiff makers and make amazing boats but the caimen is really a big monster in a little package.

[IRLyRiser]

[orlgheenoer]

Too wide for conversation, but great boat

[floodtide]

Sounds like you need a camien..............just sayin

So we were out there taking wave after wave in the face, green water over the bow, and some dude in a caimen came blasting by. Gave me the finger when he did, too. I tried to catch him so we could kick his a$$ but we stuffed the bow again and the caimen just seemed to rocket away from us, skipping wave top to wave top.

[Seek_Hunt386]

That thing looks like its going 100mph just sitting still!! I'm diggin the name too!