whoya

iTrader: (1)

Thanks for the history XT
I have a 89 23'5 Force. I think its the same as a Sport hull? Any history on these?

XT-Innovator

iTrader: (1)

No Sport history.

The first 220 Force was streched to 25' for the 250 Force, then we did a real ugly tall deck on that same hull called the 250 AFT. Only built about 6 of them! The 235 Force was another stretched 220 hull and so was the 265 Force models with or without the fiberglass platforms. They were all based on the original 220 Force.

I also think B.A.H.A. copied one of these for the Mach but they will never admit that. I can just imagine it was!

XT

baja pete

I had heard once that the 33OL and the 342 were the same bottom, any truth to that?

mittens

Was about to ask, what OL is the same a the 342?

XT-Innovator

iTrader: (1)

Yep, The old 320 Force hull was actually used to make the 33 Outlaw hull plug, but we added a rounded delta keel, reversed the chines a couple degrees, added a foot to the nose for looks, and then made the hull sides smooth (convex, not concave). The 342 is a 33ol hull with the molded swim added. We also made the 340 Sportfish by shortening the running surface of the 33ol hull about a foot then adding about two feet of the molded OB tub area.

XT

Yoda_Man

does a 322 share the same hull as a 320 force?

XT-Innovator

iTrader: (1)

Wait! I need to correct myself here. The 226 SPORT was also a version of the same 220 Force hull but we added a foot to the nose, made the hull sides smooth, and added the molded swim platform. In 1990 it was called a 226 ES and after that it was a Baja 240. I can't believe I forgot this model because I have owned a 89' 226 Sport, and a 92' Baja 240 myself.

The Force models I mentioned were all stretched at the transom and not at the nose area like the 226. In 1990 the 235 & 265 were called a DVX for "Deep V eXpress" but the Baja dealers hated that so in 1991 they were the Baja 235 and Baja 265 but they still had the same nose as a 220 Force.

XT

rfgonzo

Look at all the cats being let out of the bag!!! JK,

XT-Innovator

iTrader: (1)

Nope. The 322 is the same model as a 1990 300 ES, then from like 91' to the mid 90's it was called the Baja 320. After that it was called the Baja 322. The 1999 version had a new deck design with a glass windshield option but was short lived.

XT

Nightlife1970

I thought the older 280 and the 300ES were the same hull?