by Oakes1 » Tue Apr 18, 2017 6:46 pm
Something about that boat was nagging at me. It just didn't look right for a bentz. I think I figured it out, but then again I may be wrong. When bentz started building a more affordable boat (the 23 pro, and all the other pro models now) they took a boat that (in their words) took 900hrs to build down to a 600hr. build. Now don't quote me, as its been a while sense I was told all this. The pros have always looked a bit odd to me, and are very easy to tell from a commercial bentz. There are a lot of structural differences but there is one difference that is very obvious. That is the thing that looks out of sorts with the USFS boat to me. Commercial bentz, or any bentz built before the Pro series stared (with the exception of some sportjet sleds) sit on a rocker/sloped bottom. The entire boat is built a bit up hill from the bottom. They look different on a trailer then any other boat, and there is a different way they look cruising up the river at a steady plane. I don't know if maybe they aren't doing that anymore (that would be a shame), or this boat is too big to use that type of bottom configuration. It just looks way to square to me. Maybe someone on here can clear that up for me. Just damn curious.
Now no one get pissy. I'm not saying the pros are weak boats. They are not, and in fact they are pretty damn bad ass. They are just not build the same as the commercial boats are.
Look at the attached picture. Look closely at the difference distance between the lower bead roll and the chine at the back and compare to mid ship.
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