Hawk Boats

[EJHick]

check out bassboatcentral.com then go to the champion boat thread
http://bbcboards.zeroforum.com/zeroforum?id=37 , you should be able to dig up some info. there.

[artcarney_agr]

Thanks!

[artcarney_agr]

Hey thanks again for that link! Sounds like the hull is a good find, but the motor is junk based on reviews.

Apparently an Envirude FICHT is a nightmare! Anyone else feel this way?

[roadrunner]

I have never owned a FICHT but heard they had several problems with them. Kerry Clark At Jetta Marine (270)395-4030 could tell you about them.

[Danny]

Scott,

Just like the first opti-maxs, the first fichts were riddled with problems. Mostly the 200 and above hps had the biggest problems from what I've read and heard. I had heard the Ficht 150 and 175 were excellent.

I'd have the motor checked out, but it is possible it is a good motor.

Good luck,

Tight lines and God Bless

Danny

[artcarney_agr]

Thanks for all the info guys. I decided to pass up the boat. After careful research,I found out that a 1998 Evinrude FICHT is a bad deal and that Hawk Boats had a few reoccurring laminate problems. It is possible that it might make a good boat, but the Magic 8-ball is telling me that "Signs point to NO" :)

[Basswipe]

I've never heard anything good about the Fichts. I have a buddy that had a 150 ficht on an 18 foot Gambler. It was so bad that he wound up actually keeping a spare engine in his garage. When one would go down with a problem, he could swap them out in about an hour.

After both the main and spare blew up, he got out of the fichts.


I've never ridden in a Hawk, but I've heard several good things about them. Nice ride, but not the fastest boat on the water. Not a tub, but not blazing speed.

I'm more about good ride than I am speed, so a boat like a Hawk would appeal to me.