Hornet Marine

[Steve2]

It's good to see some enthusiasm in these times - GOOD LUCK!

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www.HornetMarine.com

[Offshore Ginger]

Great read .

[OneBadInjun]

Starting small. Building one boat at a time. Its a pop of the old Donzi 18. They are looking to hire their first rigger at the moment, to start building boats. You busy Steve 2?

[dykstra]

Cool concept.

[Steve2]

Starting small. Building one boat at a time. Its a pop of the old Donzi 18. They are looking to hire their first rigger at the moment, to start building boats. You busy Steve 2?

I am always busy...thanks for asking!

[Madpoodle]

Pop of the 16 actually...

[OneBadInjun]

Pop of the 16 actually...

Same difference, lol. 220...221...whatever it takes.

[T2x]

This may ruin his day, but the molds for the old 16 foot Allisons, Eltros, Hydrostreams, Checkmates and many others are still around and can be put into service very quickly if this brand creates market demand. I do like the modest power packages and service commitment and wish this venture the best of luck.

[OneBadInjun]

The 16' Donzi has been "replicated" by many over the years. Legend, etc. Donzi sued to stop every one of them in their tracks, and succeeded. It wasn't but a few short years ago, that Donzi was producing the 16 themselves, after a reintroduction, after many years of building the 18 as their smallest "classic" series. Maybe Donzi has finally thrown in the towel for good, on their classic 16. They could be simply collecting royalties. Time will tell.

[Madpoodle]

Or quietly watching from the sidelines

[OneBadInjun]

Or quietly watching from the sidelines

yeah...really.

[T2x]

I have often thought about the skills that older boat rats learned when growing up. Back in the day you started (often as a pre teen) with a 10 footer and a single small OB. You learned to dock, beach, stabilize, navigate rough water (all water is rough at that size), maintain seaworthiness (bail water), and get maximum performance from limited resources ("rev sticks", hammering cup into props, punching exhaust relief holes into center sections, putting "runners on hull botttoms, shifting weight aft, etc). Later you "scaled up" to 13, 14, 15 and 16 footers, but always using the elementary skills you learned in the smallest hulls. This 16' starter boat idea is a good one. Far too many of today's performance boaters started in a 24, 28 or even 40 foot hull and can't feel the nuances in trim and stability that is second nature to the people who came up from the much smaller boats. Sadly these skills can probably never be learned in a much larger boat.

Food for thought.

[nthdegree]

I have often thought about the skills that older boat rats learned when growing up. Back in the day you started (often as a pre teen) with a 10 footer and a single small OB. You learned to dock, beach, stabilize, navigate rough water (all water is rough at that size), maintain seaworthiness (bail water), and get maximum performance from limited resources ("rev sticks", hammering cup into props, punching exhaust relief holes into center sections, putting "runners on hull botttoms, shifting weight aft, etc). Later you "scaled up" to 13, 14, 15 and 16 footers, but always using the elementary skills you learned in the smallest hulls. This 16' starter boat idea is a good one. Far too many of today's performance boaters started in a 24, 28 or even 40 foot hull and can't feel the nuances in trim and stability that is second nature to the people who came up from the much smaller boats. Sadly these skills can probably never be learned in a much larger boat.

Food for thought.

I think you are so right(again)!!! I had an 8 ft pram with a 3 hp on it, then put twin 3's on it, then added a 15 hp, then added a 25 hp!!!
then a hydro, then a 12', then a 13' Aristocraft!!