Thread: New boat

Love my Xpress H20 Bay! Camo, no carpet, 4 stroke, terrova, Bill will fix it up for ya. Both are good boats, but I will have my express till I die or go broke!

I just recently bought a new boat. I choose a 2170 War Eagle Blackhawk. I had things that I wanted on my boat, high front deck, big insulated live well, narrow back deck for pulling cranks that was easy to climb onto or even reach from the floor of the boat. War Eagle was the only company that would listen to what I wanted and was willing to try to arrange the boat that I wanted. I was able to go down and sit down with John Ward and Nick Cater and explain what I was looking for. I couldn't get everything that I wanted but they had some great options that got me close. No one else would even talk about changes. They were all cookie cutter approach boats take what they offered and that was it. I will be the first to admit that is isn't a speed demon. 54 mph with a Yamaha 150 SHO. The boat would handle a 200 plus hp engine with no problem but only tagged for 150hp. War Eagle boats are built like tanks, they are heavy boats, as far as ride and handling I will put my 2170 against any other tin boat. Do yourself a favor and google search whatever boat that you are looking at. Easy to find problems that others have had with whatever model that you are looking at.

Good Luck with your shopping!

That war eagle sure is sweet. Nicely rigged!

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Originally Posted by JigMaster

That war eagle sure is sweet. Nicely rigged!

Thanks!

I just got my Humminbird 360 mounted yesterday. Waiting on Onix 10 NT SI with remote from BBG Marine. This unit is also going on bow to give more flexibility on screen choices and mapping. I hope to have her completed before the weekend.

Slabmeister
Once you placed the order how long did it take for War Eagle to have your boat ready for pick up?

Originally Posted by Tiger62

Slabmeister
Once you placed the order how long did it take for War Eagle to have your boat ready for pick up?

I ordered the boat on August 5th and was told last of October first of November delivery. I picked the boat up mid December. This was my only complaint with the process. The smaller boats are turned fast because they are kind of cookie cutter designs not near as many options on those units. They offer several options and changes on the bigger boats thus there is a longer wait time on them.

In War Eagles defense there were several things that caused the delay. The dealer that I ordered the boat from became very sick from leukemia and passed away. Very bad and sad situation that caused a delay. I had sat down with Nick and John and talked about different options before I ordered specifics. I then took some time to decided what I wanted and relayed them through the dealer back to War Eagle. The dealer became very ill so we had about a 2 to 3 week delay before I started working directly with John and Nick again on options that I wanted. Things were progressing well than my father became ill for about a 3 week period before he passed away so work was delayed again. There were things that they wanted my input on but I was unable to get back down to discuss them with John or Nick during this period. The building of this boat was a tough birth! It also didn't help that I placed the order at a peak time for duck boat production.

I have owned 5 War Eagle boats. I special ordered the boat that I had before this one. I also worked with John on building that boat. That boat was delivered ahead of schedule and the process was flawless. This one was difficult because of the circumstances that was out of their control and mine also.

I'm very happy with how the boat turned out and feel it was worth the wait. I owe John Harrison and Kent Driscoll a steak dinner for their help and input with the boat.

I am looking at same boat and went this past week and spoke with nick and John, great guys. How come you went with the SHO motor and not the F150 Yamaha?