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2002 ThunderCraft Stinger Test Details
| Category | Bowrider |
| Length | 19ft / 5.79 m |
| Beam | 7ft. 9in. |
| Fuel Capacity | 121 L |
| Weight | 1,835 lbs |
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2002 ThunderCraft Stinger Description
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It may be considered sacrilegious by some fans of
the late Otis Redding, but the words of what is arguably his most
famous song, Dock of the Bay, kept echoing in my mind as I drove the
new Thundercraft Stinger. Perhaps because this 19-foot outboard-powered
bowrider will be right at home tied to a dock in a little bay or cove
in cottage country.
Powered by Yamahas fuel-sipping 115-hp four-stroke outboard, the Stinger is ideally suited for water-skiing, wakeboarding, sightseeing cruises or grocery runs. Its a great lake boat and runs best in the one-and-a-half-foot chop thats served up as almost standard fare on most of Canadas inland waters, for most of the summer.
With low topsides, a modified-V hull and outboard power (weighing in at about 1,500 lb. for easy towing), the Stinger has sporty handling and an excellent cottage tow-boat cockpit layout.
Part of the Thundercraft line being built by the sportboat division of Doral, at its Owen Sound, Ont., manufacturing facility, the Stinger also features Dorals Full Flotation Liner (FFL) construction. This construction method replaces wood framing with a fibreglass liner that leaves the boat with gelcoat-finished bilges and locker floors. The system also involves injection of foam between the liner and hull that gives the boat full flotation (it wont sink) and use of an advanced adhesive that thoroughly bonds hull, liner and deck.
In the boat, that translates into a fibreglass-lined cockpit, with moulded-in non-skid, that will be easy to keep clean. Moulded fibreglass units provide bases for the sliding and swiveling bucket-style helm and companion seats as well as the U-shaped wraparound aft seat. Its an ideal cockpit layout for a cottage boat, with room for all your friends and family to come along for the ride.
On the water, the FFL system translates into a solid ride (theres no hull or deck or joint flexing) thats also quiet (thanks to the injected foam). The ultra-quiet Yamaha F115 four-stroke outboard also contributes to the sound of silence, so that cruising at 4,500 rpm (at a comfortable 30 mph) raises only 80 decibels of racket at the helm and 82 dbA in the aft seating area. Most people talk louder than that. Even at top speed, sound readings rise to only 86 dbA at the helm and 90 dbA in the aft cockpit, almost beside the engine.
Performance is good, if not arm-stretching. Another 20 or 25 hp would doubtless push the boat to 50 mph and beyond, but the F115 provides a top speed of 44.7 mph in radar testing (the Yamaha digital instruments agree). Cruise at 27 mph at 4,000 rpm or 30 mph at 4,500 rpm.
As for acceleration, its fine: 0-20 mph in 4.42 seconds and 0-30 mph in 7.53 seconds. It takes over 12 seconds to reach 40 mph, but at that point, its a matter of wringing a few final mph out of the boat.
The best things about the Thundercraft Stinger have less to do with speed and more to do with comfort, tied to the dock of some nice cottage-country bay.
2002 ThunderCraft Stinger Test Specifications
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Test boat engine:
Yamaha F115, 2.6-litre (105.5-cid), 115-hp, V-6, four-stroke.
Acceleration
mph/sec
0-20/4.42 0-30/7.53 0-40/12.2
Top Speed (RADAR)
rpm mph
6,000 44.7
Cruising Speed (RADAR)
rpm/mph
4,500/30.7 5,000/35.8
5,500/39.4 6,000/44.7
Sound Levels at Cruise (4,500 rpm)
helm aft cockpit
80 dbA 82 dbA
Sound Levels at Top Speed
helm aft cockpit
86 dbA 90 dbA
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