Top Photo: 200 Sportsman

The versatile Sportsman is Hewescraft's most popular selling boat model. Great for fishing lakes and rivers. The kids will love being towed from behind it too.

180 Sportsman

Jim in New Lennox, Illinois says, "My 180 Hewescraft Sportsman is all around the best aluminum boat for safety, fish-ability, and comfort. Not one person I have taken out believes that it's only 18.5 feet."

Versatile.Tough.Economical.

Versatile - Fishing? Of course, that is Hewescraft’s specialty. Hunting? You wouldn’t believe the game that has been bagged and hauled home in a Sportsman. Beaching it at a remote camp site? Not in a fiberglass boat, but absolutely with a Sportsman. Pulling the kids on the tube on a sunny afternoon? They’ll love it. A romantic sunset cruise on the lake? You’re missing out if you don’t. (Just remember to wash out the leftovers from your recent fishing trip!) Sportsman models are often the first boat you purchase. And they’re good enough to be the last.

Tough - This is not your father’s riveted boat. Sure, Hewescraft made riveted boats at one time. But that was years ago! We have been making aluminum boats for nearly 60 years—true pioneers in the industry. Being first means that we’re often copied, but never reproduced. It didn’t take too long for us to realize that an all-welded boat was superior in strength and toughness to a riveted boat. And feel free to compare us to fiberglass...at 10 times the sheer strength of fiberglass, our aluminum hulls will take you places you could never go in other boats.

Economical - It’s no mystery why the Sportsman is Hewescraft’s top selling boat model and extremely popular with fishermen in the United States and Canada. Whether for use on rivers or lakes, the 16’, 18’ and 20’ Sportsman models are engineered with serious fishing functionality and are the best value on the water. With hull bottom construction of .160” gauge aluminum and sides built with .100” gauge aluminum, these boats are light weight but not wimpy. The size and weight makes them easy to tow, easy to store, easy on fuel, and easy on your wallet. But there will be nothing easy about hauling in all the fish these boats catch!

               

Standard Sportsman seat                                               Wash down system (option)

                                     

                                               Swim step/ladder (option)