flybridge (sedan bridge) vs. Sundancers

[Henry Boyd]

Hinkley makes superb power boats..........I never see a blow bote in my future:

Look at all the pages of photographs and there are a couple of videos as well:

http://www.hinckleyyachts.com/Jetboats/t48/t48_gallery.php

A couple of years ago I went on a tour of the Hinckley Boat works on a field trip with the New England Chapter of SNAME. We had a quarterly meeting at Maine Maritime, and that was the carrot to get everyone to drive to mid coast Maine. It was more than impressive. To me it is sort of a sad state of affairs. These boats are so beautiful and expensive, that some buyers will buy just to show it off, and others will buy them because they can, and not give a s__t how they treat it.

One of the guys in our local YC has a Picnic Boat. It is beautiful and really a sweet ride. It is very soft going through chop, very little rolling. The Hamilton jet drive is military grade and moves the boat right along. There is no single versus twin debate with this boat.

And Yes, the damn wood work is what gets me.

Henry

 

[tc410]

Hinkley makes superb power boats..........I never see a blow bote in my future

Haha Frank.... I was pulling your chain. There is nothing better than a Hinckley power boat, but they did get their legs building some of the finest sailing vessels many many years ago. I've spent a fair amount of time in the Portsmouth, RI area over the years and I always make a stop by the Hinckley yard at the Melville Marina District to look at all the eye candy..... Gorgeous.

 

[k9medic]

Richie89 - my slip mate has a brand new 370 venture. That thing is absolutely gorgeous. The amount of room it has both inside and out is amazing. The best part is he can run the boat rather shallow and it's fast and strangely economical. He said he's getting around 1.5 nmpg at 25 kts.

 

[Razzle Dazzle]

Kathy and I are in the same delimma (though a few years away)
our next case of footitis will take us into the 50s
She loves the 500da I would lean more toward a 52-54DB
I love the cockpit area of the DA but with plans to go to much larger water and to be a liveaboard the DB
would suit my taste better and it is in our plans to do the great loop.
She says the bridge boats are old people boats and she hates heights.
In Knoxville we rode in the Meridian 341 and she absolutely hated it..fit finish..sound quality..and ride in general even on the river.
and the ladder to the bridge freaked her out.
Whatever the decision ...she will win
I have a few years to nudge her my direction but....she will win.

If Mama ain't happy, ain't nobody happy. I have a dancer and replacing a full camper enclosure every few years is very pricey. Is Stamoid a better option for Florida?

 

[Razzle Dazzle]

Absolutely! And we've had both.

Like that quote, Brit Lady!

 

[JimmyDubai]

Last post was Oct 2014..... what boat did you purchase in the end? Dancer or the one with observation deck on top?

 

[FootballFan]

@Richie89 - you need to take a look at the new 520 L.

 

[Blkbird]

In this entire thread nobody mentioned that a DA with a camper top, has loads of room and a view all around? Once we had the extended top made for the boat we stopped going down below except to cook & sleep. And even then the Admiral uses the BBQ on the swim platform more than the stove top below.

So for us the "cave" feeling is not an issue.