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The Valero YT Bowrider and Vasseret YT
were the same; the boat was called the former from late 1986 to late 1988 and it was
called the Vasseret from '89 on. The V-bottom version was introduced in 1990 again being
called the Vasseret V-bottom. The Canadian Edition version is different; they never had a
YT version, and their deck was markedly different than the original U.S. HydroStream
model.
The Vasseret used the
Viking hull. Interesting story about the V-bottom version. Some of the workers
at HydroStream wanted to build one, but Pipkorn said no because he thought it
wouldn't work; he felt the open bow would never fit and work with the hooked
nose construction. While Pipkorn went off on vacation, the workers went ahead
and built one using their own money. The result showed that it did work, and
very nicely. The Vasseret was a huge success and became HydroStream's second
best seller.
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