Die Werft

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Text ist zu lang und muss gekürzt werden Twenty-two years ago Hustler was born because of our need for a faster, safer, offshore boat with more accommodations than anything currently available.  In the early 80's performance boats when achieving speeds of 50 - 60 mph, but encountered tremendous problems chine walking and porpoising.  The major manufacturers recognized that consumers wanted to go faster but these boats were simply unsafe at these speeds.  The result was the 32' Hustler design.  This model has won dozens of accolades including numerous national and world championships.  In 1982, we at Hustler refined the 32' design and were able to run 74 mph with twin 330 HP engines with surface drives.  In 1984 the 32' Hustler LE was taken to the prestigious Powerboat Magazine performance trials where it shocked the high performance world with an incredible speed of 85 mph.  This performance was the first national attention Hustler had achieved.  For its time frame in history, the 85 mph was shocking, but the way the boat handled at this speed was even more incredible.  That year, 1984, Hustler won the coveted award from Powerboat Magazine for Product Excellence.  The expert loved the speed and handling of the boat, but were even more impressed with its construction.     In 1985, the 32' Hustler would make the high performance off shore would realize that Hustler was the fastest, toughes, best riding V-bottom in the world.  With a pair of 630 HP engine, the 32' ran 106 MPH like it was on rails.  In 1986, the now celebrated 32' raceboat equipped with a pair of 330 HP Pleasurecraft engines hooked too Arneson surface drives went undefeated in the Sportsman A, APBA tour and won the World Championship in Key West Fl.  Their victory was so convincing, their opponents could not believe a boat could run so fast and the entire class protested, but no  avail, and the Hustler 32' was now the undisputed and undefeated World Champion.  In 1989, the 32' Hustler was awarded Powerboat Magazine's Offshore Performance Boat of the Year, for the second time.     In the midst of all this the seed for Hustler's next design had formulated.  Design a bigger boat that would go fast, ride well, but have headroom too!  Hence, the 40' Hustler was born.  We at Hustler, recognized that 40' customers wanted boats that were capable of cruising to further destinations creating a need for comfort and livable quarters.  Some companies designed 40' boats with roomy cabins, but no matter what engines were used, they attained speeds of only 70-80 MPH.  We developed our ventilated deep-vee design which was put into production on the 40' Hustler in 1986.  This was the first use of the stepped hull on a performance boat in the U.S.  The third 40' Hustler out of the mold equipped with twin 850 HP Hi-Tec engines and Arneson Surface Drives clocked aa celebrated 106 MPH.  As a result of this performance breakthrough it was evident that Hustler developed a sleeping giant.       In 1990, at the Power Performance trials, the Hustler 40', powered by three Mercruiser 365 HP engines, outpaced an identically powered competitive 42' pad bottom by 11 MPH. (The Hustler had over a foot more headroom and more luxurious accommodations.)  To further bring into perspective the magnitude of the boats capabilities, Hustler sent a stock 40' boat with everything but electric windows and powered by triple 454 Magnums to the 1990 Powerboat Magazine Offshore Trials.  What was unique about this opportunity was our chief competitor, Fountain Powerboats, sent their 40' Fountain with the exact engines and drive combination.  The Hustler with 6' 3'' headroom and an opulent interior was now going head to head with what most people consider, including all those at Fountain, the fastest offshore V-bottom in the world.  The Hustler ran an unbelievable 82 MPH and the Fountain ran 71 MPH.  Hustler wins the coveted Offshore Performance Boat of the Year!     In 1993 the Hustler 50' was built utilizing the Tek Step concept which was later awarded U.S. patent.  In recent years, many performance boat manufacturers have struggled to achieve performance equal to the Hustler with their own stepped hull designs, but because of our patent, they cannot utilize the benefits of the Tek Step concept and has fallen short of Hustler's performance.  The Tek Step design provides the fastest, most stable ride attainable in a deep-vee hull.  While others still try to lift the hull on its keel or pad which leads to inherent chine walking at higher speeds, the Tek Step hull does just the opposite by allowing the strakes which are set outboard of the keel to carry the full hull load and entrap air under the keel providing a stable ride even at higher speeds.       The Tek Step patent also provides a more comfortable ride in rough water by allowing narrow strakes in the bow area to cut through big water and wider strakes in the stern to carry the heavy engine load.  This design also allows our boats to come on plane with very little bow rise.       In February 1997, we introduced to the public the Hustler 388 Slingshot Twentieth Anniversary Edition Hi-Performance Powerboat at the Miami Boat Show.  The Hustler 388 Slingshot carries Hustler's famed attention to detail and quality of manufacturing by incorporating State-of-the-art construction materials, using vacuum bagging with High-tech, hybrid fabrics such as Kevlar and carbon fiber and vinylester resins in the hull construction.  The 388 Slingshot is the sleekest, fastest, most technological advanced boat to come out of the boating industry in 20 years.  The final design of the hundreds of test runs with subtle changes to the bottom.  The final results was speeds in excess of 90 MPH with twin Mercury 500' and Bravo drives, incredible cornering ability and a rough-water ride better than anything in its class.     In 1999, a Hustler 388 Slingshot christened, 'Team Snap On' powered with a pair of HP Mercruiser 500's, lead the Sarasota Offshore Grand Prix from start to finish.  The F-II fleet was the biggest ever, with 18 entries making  the start, it was the largest line-up in the three-year history of the class.  Ten manufacturers were represented including Fountain, Formula, Phantom, Velocity, Nortec, Sutphen, Wellcraft, Eliminator, Outerlimits, and Hustler.  'Team Snap On' formerly known as 'Team Hustler' has an impressive history of wins in 1998 including an undefeated record with USORA rounding out 10 victories for the season.  The 388 Hustler remains the dominating factor on the Factory II circuit. At 38 feet, she is the largest and still the unprecedented fastest.  Hustler believes that winning is everything and it shows! In 1999 the 388 was awarded POWERBOAT OF THE YEAR by Powerboat Magazine.  This award is the 'Oscar' to the boating industry.     The year 2000, has been a banner year for Hustler.  At the Miami Boat Show this year Hustler unleashed the 344 Cheetah!  The 344 Cheetah was bred from her big sister the 388 Slingshot.  Although similar in appearance, exhaustive and intensive bottom testing bred a new generation of the TekStep design.  The 344 Cheetah with a 34'4'' centerline and beam of 8' 4'' powered by set of Mercruiser 500 EFI's will make prey out of any boat in it's class.  Standard power is the Mercruiser 502 MPI to maintain warranty and resale value.  The 344 Cheetah's most notable traits are her speed and handling.     Also in the year 2000, due to increased sales and expanding product line we have moved 12 short miles from Hampton Bays, to Calverton.  the factory is located in the Grumman Aerospace facility which is the past produced the F14 Fighter jst, A6 Intrduers and numerous stages of the Apollo program including the lunar landing module.  The entire property encopasses over 1 million square feet under roof and has 2 miles of aircraft runway.  the new factory just makes it easier to carry Hustler's same attention to detail and quality of manufacturing into the new millennium.  The only difference is 'the house just got bigger.'