HELLS BAY

SeaMaster · #1 05-12-2004, 04:10 PM

Hey guy, they people across the canal from me just bought a 20 foot hells bay deep v. I noticed it has a hole in the bow under the waterline. it goes from one side to the other of the boat. it is a cicular cut out that water flows through freely with out entering the inside of the hull. does anyone know what this is for?
thanks alot

TUGBOAT · #2 05-12-2004, 04:36 PM

Last time I had a HOLE thru the bow it had a 631 gm bow thruster !!
HMmm maybe a jet drive on a 20 Whoeee that would be nice in all this WIND !!
Scream'n Reels'
TUG [img]/images/graemlins/shocked.gif[/img]

optiguy · #3 05-12-2004, 05:24 PM

I wonder if it's like the Avon Searider Rescue inflatables.
They have holes in the bow and stern and let water in to a chamber to stabilize the boat when sitting still.
Bill

Ynot · #4 05-12-2004, 05:43 PM

Might be for the anchor locker.........stuffed in the bow. They use balsa core..........shure hope they used plently of soild glass around it.....and no core !

SeaMaster · #5 05-12-2004, 06:13 PM

next time the people are down i am going to ask them what it is for. the house is there fishing camp.they live in daytona.

ScottM · #6 05-12-2004, 07:41 PM

Sounds like a bow thruster to me. But in a 20-foot boat?

Ikan Besar · #7 05-12-2004, 08:22 PM

My memory may not be what it once was, but I was previously under the impression that HBB (Hells Bay Boatworks) only made 21' and 27' deep-v boats. Unless that is a custom feature, I don't recall there being bow thrusters in any of their boats - at least none of them that I have fished off of.

Now, it could be an ingenious way of keeping live shrimp alive

Bmoney1209 · #8 05-12-2004, 10:44 PM

Ummm, last I heard (saw) they were in foreclosure. I work at the Brevard County clerk's office, and have investigated this. Hells Bay might want to cut down on their prices a bit!! [img]/images/graemlins/confused.gif[/img]

SeaMaster · #9 05-13-2004, 03:17 PM

hey my bad guy's i meant to put 21 hells bay.

FishinTradition · #10 08-25-2004, 08:32 AM

The hole in the bow is a built-in towing eye. They do not use balsa core, they use corecell, a HUGE difference, Corecell being the best core available for many reasons. The area around the towing eye is solid glass, meaning the core is cut away, (during the layup) and the tube is glassed in-place with multiple layers of sewn bi-axial cloth. This process is done after the hull is completely layed up and vacuum bagged. It is a far superior way to have a towing eye than to drill and thru-bolt a stainless towing bracket.