The hardtop SP635 shares the same underpinnings as the popular SF635 which was a completely new model back in 2020 (see Boating NZ, November 2020 for a review of the SF635). SP stands for Sports Pursuit and SF for Sport Fisher.
3D-modelled by Nic de Mey and incorporating the latest GRP construction practices, the 635 is not just a development of an existing model. Foam-cored composite floors are bonded to the hull and the spaces between are foam-filled for quietness, rigidity and strength, while its vacuum-infused carbon fibre hardtop – a first for Haines Hunter – weighs just 22kg. The hardtop’s side-windows slide back into the carbon pillars at the rear. Except for teak capping on the gunwales and some teak trim, no timber is used in the boat’s construction.
The 635 models are successors to the long-running and hugely successful Haines Hunter 600 of deadrise at the transom, the hull delivers a good compromise between deep-vee rough water performance and decent stability at rest.
