78 Sleekhaul

[wetandwild]

Does anybody know about 78 sleek.The under of the haul kind of look's like a cat,but just alittle diffrent.Have a person who offer'ed to sell his boat for $2500 with a 460ford,berkley with diverter,look's nice and sound's good but have not took it for a ride yet.I was thinking of selling my 73Miller with a rebuilt 455 and jacuzzi,ready for the water for$2100 and buying the sleek.A advice.wetandwild

[wetandwild]

78sleekhull.does any body know about this cat lookin hull?

[Jake W]

I have seen some of the sleek tunnels is it a Arstoacrat SST or what ?Does it have a windshield or not.I was thinking a Miller was a pretty bad ass boat and not many made but could be wrong.Sleek tunnels are heavy and a lot of them had a e pump in them.How long is your Miller is it a long deck?I am sure some others can help you out more than me.Jake

[Squirtcha?]

Yes, I had a buddy that had one. It's really what they'd call a modified tunnel I guess. From the top it looks like a semi-V but the hull is a tunnel. I've yet to seen one that was setup to be fast so I'm not sure how well they'll run. The guy I knew had a 455 Olds and Berkeley pump, all pretty much stock. He was probably running in the high 50's low 60's with his. Don't think the tunnels can really show their stuff (air entrapment) til around 70 or so and up. The boat had some great looking lines to it and I always liked the looks of it. So much in fact that I almost bought it before he did.
Here's a couple links with pictures of it.
Sleekcraft picture (http://donspages2.homestead.com/files/Tim1.JPG)
Nudder Sleekcraft picture (http://www.realjetboats.com/bartlett6-2001/bartlett3.jpg)
[ May 13, 2003, 05:44 PM: Message edited by: Squirtcha? ]