Who is Still making a non stepped hull?
 

I know sutphen and the 30 cig mystique are straight.

I have a customer looking for a very nice non stepped boat
32-38ft range 502-496 mercruiser stock for power. He wants something he can tow with a single rear wheel 3/4 ton.

Im curious who is making new ones, and who has some nice used rigs on the market.

Pantera

Velocity

most custom builder just put an insert in the non step hull's to make step's " cheaper then making complete new mold's , i think most custom builder's can take the insert out of there molds to make a non step bottom boat . if that's what you want

mike

Baja

:) My Avanti. A true, original, classic nonstep boat, w/525's. I got an Avalanche (K1500) towed it all over FLA. 140K.

Call the Sutphen factory. They have a beautiful all red 31 hull and deck sitting there ready to be rigged. It's a twin setup as well. In my opinion the best straight bottoms out there. Why doesn't he want steps?

sonic 31 and 35 are both straight bottom and can be towed with a single rear 2500

NRG they have the Profile molds, just got done with a 30' with TAOD paint. Has a single 496 in it. I can get you more details on it if your interested.

We have the tooling to build the 28, 33, and 37 Active Thunders as a straight bottom; if desired.

Why?

Saber is another that comes to mind.

You want fast buy a velocity. 390 2x 496 mag ho,s 425 hp 79mph.

Sonic models. www.sonicusaboats.com

Saber makes a straight bottom 34. It's a very nice boat.

http://photobucket.com/saber34enforcer

http://i1200.photobucket.com/albums/...nforcer/34.jpg

Progression

Yes I was just going to say Pat at AT and Pepe at Pantera.

X2?

[QUOTE=eddie;3529623]NRG they have the Profile molds, just got done with a 30' with TAOD paint. Has a single 496 in it. I can get you more details on it if your interested.[/
Why a single in a 30'? That's got to be a dog!

CHECKMATE makes a really nice single engine 30ft convincer. There are a lot of nice boats listed but bang for the buck checkmate offers alot.
http://www.kunkelsmarine.com/2004-ch...convincor-300/

Just love the lines of this boat .perfect from every angle. allso Pantera make a great straight and stepped boats in your range ,

Saber ! !
 

One of the best

The best running rough water straitbottom Vhull is the Sutphen. Would easily run in the mid 80's with 2 small blocks or 2 425's. Walter Collins, in his 39 Sutphen won class 3 in the OPA worlds. Richie Sutphen's factory number is 239-574-1155.

Velocity, Progression and Sutphen

Just because they win a race doesnt mean they are the "the best running rough water straight bottom"
Really? How many 38-41' straight bottom boats have you been in in really rough water?

NK

Damn, what an ugly mutt in that pic!!!!!:grinser010::evilb:

The 30 Cigarette Mystique is a Twin Step bottom now. You'd have to find a used one to get the straight bottom version, or have Cigarette custom build one to spec for your customer.

Maybe you should look back to the days when there were no steps , or even to the early days of steps, Richie Sutphen held the kilo record and his boats dominated most classes the ran in !

Huh?

I thought he was very clear. What didn't you understand??

Fountains have won more races than any other v bottom boat builders ever Does that make them the best rough water stepped hull boats ever?
How does a kilo record translate into real everyday rough water ride?

NK

For the record, I can only confirm one buidler that does this. There may be more, but I've never heard of such.

The advantage of this setup for us is we can tune each boat's step as needed based on options, power, and purchase purpose.

Back in the day 80's early 90's. The Sutphen is the fastest best riding and handling non step boat for the power. Any water you could run you old saber in or 41 Apache you could run TKO in.

Well...stepped hulls have a tendancy to spin out easier than a traditional. Some are more likely to than others. I am no expert by any means but a stepped hull may or may not run faster (if not engineered or designed properly). Is it worth the tradeoff for a few MPH? Velocity does not seem to think so. Like I said, I am no expert and I in no way bashing stepped hulls.

there are few other builder's that can do this that have been mentioned on this thread already other then A.T.

IT'S just like some builder's will put a dam in a bigger boat to make a smaller version of it instead of building a whole new mold from scratch . it's a lot easier and cheaper this way unless you are mass producing boat's and not to many builder's are doing that .

mike

I didnt make any comment about other v bottoms other than to question someones opinion so I will ask you how many Apaches and 39 Sutphens with equal power you have had the opportinity to run in really rough water?

NK

[QUOTE=Nauti Kitty;3530718]I didnt make any comment about other v bottoms other than to question someones opinion so I will ask you how many Apaches and 39 Sutphens with equal power you have had the opportinity to run in really rough water?

NK[/

I have not but have seen TkO and a Apache race in a good chop and the Apache had nothing for it. Boxer who made the comment has been racing Sutphen for over ten years and has run TkO and with many big Sutphen's in rough water.

OK
How about we agree that there is more than one good rough water boat?

NK

There are alot of good rough water boats with and without steps.

Agreed

NK