I have an opportunity to buy a barebones 2005 Harbercraft 1625 with a 50hp Honda from my uncle. It's rarely been used and is in great shape. Im just wondering if there are any members here with experience using one. I'd be mostly on inland lakes (kootenay, arrow, slocan) with hopes to get to the island for salmon once a year. I'd be adding down riggers, rod holders, and my own Garmin stryker 5. I've been hoping to find a something a little bigger with a pod but they're so expensive and even though there may be some coming available after cover, everything recently is so inflated. He's asking $20k. I currently use a 14' stryker inflatable with a 30hp tohatsu. Thanks in advance.
Looking for info on Harbercraft
- Thread starter Calmwtrs
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They don't go for much more than that new. Crazy for a 05
Does your uncle hate you?
Perfect for what you want.. other than your occasional ocean trips unless it's flat calm. But mean mean price.
King Crab
Member
I owned a a 2006 Harbercraft 1625 with a 60 hp Mercury 4 stroke. I bought it new from Sherwood in Victoria for just over $20,000 in 2006.
Pros: easy to tow, easily fit in my garage, cheap to run, very stable. Great in calm water.
Cons: terrible in rough water. It would pound in chop greater than 1ft and my back would be paying for it for a few days. With 3 guys amd a cooler of fish, the boat wouldn’t get up on plane. the boat was rated for 80 hp so if I kept the boat I would have put on a light weight Yamaha 70 hp. i think a 90 hp would be too heavy for that hull.
Sold the boat in 2014 and bought a 2009 Malibu Tyee.
Pros: easy to tow, easily fit in my garage, cheap to run, very stable. Great in calm water.
Cons: terrible in rough water. It would pound in chop greater than 1ft and my back would be paying for it for a few days. With 3 guys amd a cooler of fish, the boat wouldn’t get up on plane. the boat was rated for 80 hp so if I kept the boat I would have put on a light weight Yamaha 70 hp. i think a 90 hp would be too heavy for that hull.
Sold the boat in 2014 and bought a 2009 Malibu Tyee.
Pineapple Express
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FYI Harbercraft is now sold as Kingfisher. That boat looks super clean, but that's a steep price for that rig. As others have mentioned it's a perfect lake boat, but it will ride rough in any sort of chop. You'll have to pick your days carefully for any sort of bigger-water trips (either on the ocean or even on bigger lakes)
Thank you Sherwood, that’s the reality I was looking for.
You going to tell your uncle to suck it?
King Crab
Member
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Harbercraft is the same boat as the Kingfisher.
New ones are $43,000 so $20,000 would not be an unreasonable price in today’s crazy market in my opinion.
easydoesit
Active Member
I owned a 16 foot Harbercraft ”Nahanni”. Good boat for lakes and rivers. It pounded on the ocean due to hull shape which caused flexing and ultimately cracks and then leaks. Just my experience. Hope this helps.