Vexus

[rps]

Crawled in, under, and all over several models of Vexus boats at the boat show in Tulsa. In my life I have owned Lowe, Tuffy, Supreme, Xpress, Alumacraft, and Lund boats. The Vexus fit and finish exceeded all of those. I also looked at the new version of Rangers and several Phoenix boats. The Phoenix appeared very well made.

As it happened, the man to whom I addressed questions at the Vexus display turned out to be Keith Daffron, the company president. He struck me as very personable, and sincerely interested in making the best product.

I learned several things worth sharing. First the company is up to 100 employees. 90 are former Ranger employees. That made me smile.

Vexus makes their own trailers to assure the trailer meets their expectation.

The first fiberglass model is built and will be rolled out at the Bassmaster Classic. Keith would not share any details about models or price on these.

The 1980 model (19'10") with a normal load will travel around 50 mph with the 150 (max) and around 45 with the 115.

Rigged out well, the 1980 will be about $40K.

 

 

[fshndoug]

my 19 foot gambler will do 70 with a 150 merc

[rps]

1 hour ago, fshndoug said:

my 19 foot gambler will do 70 with a 150 merc

I am sure that is true.

I do not know of hull design and speed things. Never been a concern to me or important to the way I fish. I was merely reporting what I saw and was told.

[rps]

Oddly I did a little looking on the internet. Vexus owners are claiming higher mph. Maybe the load in the boat? A second person, a full tank of gas, and a full livewell probably makes a difference?