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    Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT

    Buddy of mine picked up this boat. Said it was 1 of only a handful made. Anybody know anything about this model?

    Thing was clean.. had a tunnel hull.. very sharp.


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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (barchief)

    Looks just like a buddy of mines. I think his is a 1985. Has a 150 on it tho and a single axle trailer. It is a 375, not sure on the VT part. His stickers are in pretty bad shape (keeps is outside)

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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (barchief)

    They were among the first models that Stratos' founder built. I think they built them for a couple years. Earl Benz started Stratos in 84 an sold it somewhere around 88 or 89 to OMC, and I don't think they were still being built at that time. I do know that the VT stood for Vee Tunnel Hull and they use to have one they called the VT Rocket. Think it was a 200 though.


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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (datilus)

    Wow that rig is super clean for year model!!
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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (nightbasser)

    he lives right across the street from my mom's house... I will take some more pics next week when I go over there for Christmas.

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    I have 1985 Stratos 375V with a 150 Yamaha on it. That boat kinda of looks like mine.

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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (barchief)

    Looks clean!! Get some more pics of the whole boat.
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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (barchief)

    That's a clean rig First bass boat I owned was a 1987 Stratos 180vt Rocket had a 175 Johnson on it. Man would it get you wet


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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (STRATOS 1)

    You art to driven the 200 vt rocket with a 200 hp motor . It was rated for a 250 hp motor ? Todd MORAGN said they was to heavy to work like a real tunnel v boat should , but they show drive good on a glass finihed lake , but if the water gets a littler rough , boy they are a hand full .That was in 1986 that was before the 201 was built i think i had a 189 v then in 1988 got the 201 which i still have today >

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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (BassRocket)

    And yes they stoped making them around 1986. That year they made two VT Rockets one was a 180VT and a 200 VT . the 180 VT was rated for 90 - 185 HP and the 200 VT was rated for 150- 250 HP . One was 18' 2" with a 90" beam and the other was 20' 4" with a 91 " beam . I heard he stoped making them because of Insurance reason , but i never find out why ?
    And it was around 1989 he sold stratos to OMC and strated Javelin Boats

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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (rchavis)

    If you go to Screamandfly.com theirs a bad ass 20 on their that the Guy played and played with setup finally running good numbers. The Hull was a splash of OMC ultimate guru and tunnel sport builder of the Stoker,like most splashes the stratosphere were to heavy. Go to YouTube.com and their are killer videos of them. On scream and fly a dude took a stratos 200 or 201 and made a offshore type of deck, its for sale and you can't miss it because its stars and stripes its a cool boat because the Hull is so recognized.

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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (foxlakephoenix)

    we need some more pics of this rig

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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (rooster tail)

    More pics

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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (rchavis)

    Clark Marine (BBC sponsor) Has one.... needs work.. def a project boat.

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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (barchief)

    That thing looks super clean

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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (barchief)

    Did you get any more pics yet? Please post em.
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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (MBragg8)


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    Re: Never seen one of these before... Stratos 375VT (thebassoutlaw)

    I had one the same color as that one. It was a 375 VT Rocket.
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    I just bought a 1985 Stratos VT Rocket VT 375
    it absolutely hauls butt! I’m so happy I found I found this boat.

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    I think the 375 became the new 179V boat as of 1986. In 1986 they made 2 VT boat's . 180VT and the 200 VT which was tunnel hull boat's.

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