Fountain VS. Hustler
09-23-2014, 08:41 PM
#221
Drew where do you live? If your are serious about a hustler let me know. If you want to see how a slingshot runs bring some gas, your life jacket and we'll go for a ride. Then you will know, not what you heard on a message board with a bunch of darrs.
09-23-2014, 08:53 PM
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Ok so now for some advice: in response to your question about furthering yourself as a driver/throttleman, The Hustler is the way to go in my opinion. The 388 Slingshot is a hull with a lot of sternlift and is a hull that will defiantly teach you a lot. But be careful. It is a stepped hull (it has 2 steps). A stepped (ventilated) hull is going to be more slippery than a traditional non-stepped hull. Mainly in the corners (when your turning). Do you have to drive it differently? that depends on your experience level. If you really know what your doing and know the hull and have a feel for whats going on beneath you then you can drive the sh*t out of it. In addition Hustlers are premium boats. Build quality is excellent, hull design is excellent. Everything is top notch. And while you wont re-sell it as easy as maybe a fountain, the people who will buy it wont beat you up as much cause they know its quality and hard to find. We (my grandfather) has a 388 and its one of my favorite boats ever. Its just sexy. Also for just some added info, when the 388 Slingshot came out in 1997 it was really the first boat to have all curves on the deck. Meaning no straight angled lines (like a fountain deck or most other boats from 97' earlier). Everything on the 388 was curved. if you look at a pic you will know what I mean. And this boat is what really started the craze for that style. Curved lines. Now almost everybody is doing it. All thanks to the man who designed that deck. Mark Schnepf. Who by the way is a genius. All in all Hustler is the way to go if I were you. Just tryin to give ya some knowledge hopefully this helped. Also, I am by no means saying the Fountain is a bad boat. But I happen to have more experience with the Hustler which is why I have said what I said.
09-23-2014, 08:54 PM
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I would take that offer up in a New York minute. But I'm on the north shore of Long Island . Are you anywhere near me. Port Jefferson
09-23-2014, 08:58 PM
#224
Drew, how dare you post without looking at the date on the posts! Don't worry, if you had started a new "Fountain vs Hustler" thread you would have been cyber lynched.
If you have line on a Hustler I would go check it out before making a decision.
The sister comment was great!
If you have line on a Hustler I would go check it out before making a decision.
The sister comment was great!
09-23-2014, 09:15 PM
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Ok so now for some advice: in response to your question about furthering yourself as a driver/throttleman, The Hustler is the way to go in my opinion. The 388 Slingshot is a hull with a lot of sternlift and is a hull that will defiantly teach you a lot. But be careful. It is a stepped hull (it has 2 steps). A stepped (ventilated) hull is going to be more slippery than a traditional non-stepped hull. Mainly in the corners (when your turning). Do you have to drive it differently? that depends on your experience level. If you really know what your doing and know the hull and have a feel for whats going on beneath you then you can drive the sh*t out of it. In addition Hustlers are premium boats. Build quality is excellent, hull design is excellent. Everything is top notch. And while you wont re-sell it as easy as maybe a fountain, the people who will buy it wont beat you up as much cause they know its quality and hard to find. We (my grandfather) has a 388 and its one of my favorite boats ever. Its just sexy. Also for just some added info, when the 388 Slingshot came out in 1997 it was really the first boat to have all curves on the deck. Meaning no straight angled lines (like a fountain deck or most other boats from 97' earlier). Everything on the 388 was curved. if you look at a pic you will know what I mean. And this boat is what really started the craze for that style. Curved lines. Now almost everybody is doing it. All thanks to the man who designed that deck. Mark Schnepf. Who by the way is a genius. All in all Hustler is the way to go if I were you. Just tryin to give ya some knowledge hopefully this helped. Also, I am by no means saying the Fountain is a bad boat. But I happen to have more experience with the Hustler which is why I have said what I said.
09-23-2014, 09:29 PM
#227
Better yet you live right next to the factory! Call the guys over there they are super nice! I live near Rochester about 5 or 6 hours away is all. This weekend I will be in Syracuse for the chicken wing run so only 4-5 hrs from you. There will be 100 boats there so check them all out!
09-23-2014, 09:35 PM
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Better yet you live right next to the factory! Call the guys over there they are super nice! I live near Rochester about 5 or 6 hours away is all. This weekend I will be in Syracuse for the chicken wing run so only 4-5 hrs from you. There will be 100 boats there so check them all out!
09-24-2014, 11:37 AM
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Ok so now for some advice: in response to your question about furthering yourself as a driver/throttleman, The Hustler is the way to go in my opinion. The 388 Slingshot is a hull with a lot of sternlift and is a hull that will defiantly teach you a lot. But be careful. It is a stepped hull (it has 2 steps). A stepped (ventilated) hull is going to be more slippery than a traditional non-stepped hull. Mainly in the corners (when your turning). Do you have to drive it differently? that depends on your experience level. If you really know what your doing and know the hull and have a feel for whats going on beneath you then you can drive the sh*t out of it. In addition Hustlers are premium boats. Build quality is excellent, hull design is excellent. Everything is top notch. And while you wont re-sell it as easy as maybe a fountain, the people who will buy it wont beat you up as much cause they know its quality and hard to find. We (my grandfather) has a 388 and its one of my favorite boats ever. Its just sexy. Also for just some added info, when the 388 Slingshot came out in 1997 it was really the first boat to have all curves on the deck. Meaning no straight angled lines (like a fountain deck or most other boats from 97' earlier). Everything on the 388 was curved. if you look at a pic you will know what I mean. And this boat is what really started the craze for that style. Curved lines. Now almost everybody is doing it. All thanks to the man who designed that deck. Mark Schnepf. Who by the way is a genius. All in all Hustler is the way to go if I were you. Just tryin to give ya some knowledge hopefully this helped. Also, I am by no means saying the Fountain is a bad boat. But I happen to have more experience with the Hustler which is why I have said what I said.
