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HauntFreaks.com
05-01-2006, 03:00 PM
I know the brand is Marlin... But does anyone know what the model is? I've done a bit of research and I think its a "sidewinder"?... can someone comfirm?

http://hauntnet.com/temp/7c_3.jpg
http://hauntnet.com/temp/1a_3.jpg
http://hauntnet.com/temp/marlin_01.jpg
HauntFreaks.com
05-02-2006, 10:54 AM
no one has any ideas?? :(
pyro
05-02-2006, 12:05 PM
Looks a little like a Sleekcraft. "Sidewinder" was also the name of another boat company.
Airboater
05-02-2006, 03:00 PM
Larson
Sutphil
05-02-2006, 03:20 PM
The deck looks like a Sidewinder Low Pro 16 with a squared -off transom and maybe a stretch.
Mark75H
05-02-2006, 08:40 PM
Um, he knows who made it. He's just trying to figure out the model.
JRider
05-10-2006, 02:57 PM
It is a Marlin Skier. Had the identical boat! Wish I still had it but the transom was shot. I had a 150GT on it and was only rated for a 110 or 120. Very fun stable boat which responded well to power.

Take care,
JRider
JRider
05-10-2006, 03:00 PM
Here it is.
HauntFreaks.com
05-10-2006, 03:16 PM
Thanks J,

Any one out there have the "Marlin Boats Inc." logo??... I work at a sign shop and would like make a new decal from the factory logo... please let me know if anyone has a pics of it.
fretmonger
05-25-2006, 09:38 PM
SutPhil is right. Marlin "Knocked Off" the Sidewinder Low Pro and squared off the transom.
Sidewinders were brilliantly designed boats including the "Super Sidewinder" About 20 other boat manufacturers thought so as well (ie: Marlin) and ripped off the design. Unfortunately Sidewinder met its demise in 1990.
ptextreme
05-25-2006, 09:48 PM
Bass tracker?????
brocluno
11-18-2016, 01:53 PM
SutPhil is right. Marlin "Knocked Off" the Sidewinder Low Pro and squared off the transom.
Sidewinders were brilliantly designed boats including the "Super Sidewinder" About 20 other boat manufacturers thought so as well (ie: Marlin) and ripped off the design. Unfortunately Sidewinder met its demise in 1990.

Go over to the Tahiti thread and get the real history. Glastron -> Tahiti -> Sidewinder -> the others ... It's well documented that Tahiti had the splash before Sidewinder even existed. Sidewinder did the Lo-Pro deck arrangement though :)