Celebrating 30 Years of the Amazing Stingray Evolution
Boating World 2010
You can’t talk about STINGRAY without a long section on its performance. The Z-Plane hull tends to extract more speed with less power than the competition. STINGRAY BOATS took a page from go –fast boats with a notched transom that allows the outdrive to be mounted higher for less drag. ZP-strakes help generate lift and create a zone of undisturbed water, which helped us reach plane in less than three seconds with minimal bow rise.
Hot Boat Magazine 1999
The newest stingray follows the lead of its predecessors in combining a series of solid, ingenious engineering touches with one of the fastest bottoms in family boating today. It is unheard of, even among the west coast’s vaunted custom-performance ranks, for a small- block-powered V-bottom to crash 60 mph. Stingrays execution, remains by our standards, one of production boat-building’s most polished.
Trailer Boats 1999
I have been watching the development of stingray boats for several years. From the introduction of the Z-plane hull, computer aided design and manufacturing processes have made stingray a leader in high-technology boat building.
Go Boating 1998
But what really sets the 220LX apart is the quality of the construction and detailing that seems impossible at such a reasonable price tag. Stingray powerboats has really come into its own, having grown from a1,500 square foot plant with eleven employees to more than 200,000 square feet with more than 100 employees.
Motor Boating & sailing 1997
A longtime user of CAD/CAM with robotics, the Hartsville S.C. company boasts one of todays most advanced boat building factories- a tour of which brings to mind Disney Worlds futuristic Epcot centre.
Hot Boat Magazine 1996
When the hammers down the Stingray is anything but an ordinary family creation. Beneath the water line, there’s no denying that something special is at work. Stingray, in fact, has consistently used smaller, more economical engine and drive packages to outperform its peers.
Power boat magazine 1995
Our test boats light weight was the result of laminates normally reserved for high end sports boats. Stingray laid up the 6.6 with a three ounce skin backed up by overlapping layers of 32 and 24 ounce woven roving around a klegecell core. A layer of coremat kept the laminate from soaking into the gelcoat.
Hot Boat Magazine 1994
Normally boat of the year competitions are close. This time however it was a cake walk for the stingray entry as the 6.6 far outdistanced its rivals and was a clear cut winner in its class. Their boats are priced so reasonably that it often makes their competition wince. So whats the secret. Actually its no secret at all. In fact the stingray difference even has a number- U.S.PATENT NUMBER 5,063,868. This is how stingrays exclusive Z plane hull design is registered with the U.S. patent office, protecting it against imitators.
Hot Boat Magazine 1994
So how does all of this relate directly to how Stingray performance compares to similar family sports boats? The numbers don’t lie. Over the past five years, Stingray has kept copious records regarding published boat performances of all major boat brands. With almost no exception, Stingray models have achieved the fastest top speeds with given stock engine packages in virtually every size category.
The next time you decide to pick on that unassuming-looking family boat, you better make sure it doesn’t carry the Stingray Logo. If it does you could be in for the chase of your life.
TECHNOLOGICALLY DRIVEN / ENVIRONMENTALLY RESPONSIBLE
We are the sole authorised Victorian, Tasmanian and Murray River region agent, dealing exclusively in “new” high class STINGRAY leisure craft! Stingray compete on a global scale producing award winning innovative boats for over 30 years. They occupy over 21,000 square metres of manufacturing facility and are situated on 46 acres in Hartsville South Carolina U.S.A. Their debt free status insures Dunn and Bradstreet’s highest credit rating, a claim that few builders can make.
