37 Buddy Davis

hass · 02-20-2009, 12:23 AM

Anyone have any experience with one of these?

Fishovertime · 02-20-2009, 06:41 AM

Interesting...
i did not know they made a 37' would love to see some more pictures of it? power etc...

Andrew.

Lobo Marine Products · 02-20-2009, 08:47 AM

well for one its beautiful boat, i know the 47 was a great boat!! we fish one in tournys up here and its a solid boat. Cant go wrong if the price is right

TunaTeaser1 · 02-20-2009, 10:25 AM

Pretty boat, I haven't seen a 37' from him either. What year is it? There is a 44' sportfish in my marina and I think that's the only 44' convertible he ever made as well. Looks just like a 47.

tunamike · 02-20-2009, 11:11 AM

I do remember he was building 38's. This boat might be considered a 37 because of no bow pulpit. Heard they were underpowered.

perfectscore · 02-20-2009, 01:39 PM

jersey cape bought the old davis hulls i believe, the 38 was stretched to 40 and 44 to 45. I fished on both 38 express and 44 express. I liked both but the 38 was very wet, and the 44 very slow, 22-23 knot boat. But all davis as expected. the 38 is pretty boat and with the right power and price you can get alot of years out of it.

Bligh · 02-20-2009, 02:31 PM

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Originally Posted by perfectscore

jersey cape bought the old davis hulls i believe, the 38 was stretched to 40 and 44 to 45. I fished on both 38 express and 44 express. I liked both but the 38 was very wet, and the 44 very slow, 22-23 knot boat. But all davis as expected. the 38 is pretty boat and with the right power and price you can get alot of years out of it.

I will try to take this one step at a time. Jersey cape bought the davis44 mold and did such a nice job modifying and improving it! It is a 45 jersey cape that wayne put his hard work and Ideas to improve the 44 into a perfect 45!! he modified the bottom so that it is fast with engine HP that is normal for this size boat! Buddy could not do that! The 37ft above was coldmolded I believe in 1984 time frame? He also built a salon 37 yellow hull with 671s around the same time for a friend that I grew up with. around this same time a 39 ft was built with 692s she sunk at the dock at robinsons marina in pt pleasant NJ because the cockpit was about a 1/2 in. above the water level????? Now fast forward to about 1990 and Buddy Davis started building a 38 fiberglass boat from a mold that was very wet and also a little slow. The 44 that he built was a pig! It needed turbines to get that boat on plane? Wayne changed that bottom far far from original. Just like the original 36 jersey devil started as a highly modified 36 jarret bay unfinished,unsold bare hull that needed many modifications from original.Then wayne modified the bow area to make it even drier.He is the man. You cant go wrong with wayne.

perfectscore · 02-20-2009, 02:37 PM

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Originally Posted by Bligh

I will try to take this one step at a time. Jersey cape bought the davis44 mold and did such a nice job modifying and improving it! It is a 45 jersey cape that wayne put his hard work and Ideas to improve the 44 into a perfect 45!! he modified the bottom so that it is fast with engine HP that is normal for this size boat! Buddy could not do that! The 37ft above was coldmolded I believe in 1984 time frame? He also built a salon 37 yellow hull with 671s around the same time for a friend that I grew up with. around this same time a 39 ft was built with 692s she sunk at the dock at robinsons marina in pt pleasant NJ because the cockpit was about a 1/2 in. above the water level????? Now fast forward to about 1990 and Buddy Davis started building a 38 fiberglass boat from a mold that was very wet and also a little slow. The 44 that he built was a pig! It needed turbines to get that boat on plane? Wayne changed that bottom far far from original. Just like the original 36 jersey devil started as a highly modified 36 jarret bay unfinished,unsold bare hull that needed many modifications from original.Then wayne modified the bow area to make it even drier.He is the man. You cant go wrong with wayne.

hey man, i am not denigrating jersey cape at all just answering the man's question regarding the bb 37. I know that wayne modified those hulls but that wasn't the question. I fished on both the 38 express and the 38 flybridge (boys toy) they loved the boat and fished the sheet out of it. when they bought it is was pig slow, but they repowered it and made it respectable. They loved davis' so much they bought the 48 express and then went back to wayne (jersey cape) and bought the newer version of the 40 flybridge. But again the question is not about wayne, i think if i am right the guy is looking at an older model 38 express bd

Bligh · 02-20-2009, 04:33 PM

Sorry perfectscore If I remember right wasnt boys toy one of the first 38 glass hulls and fished out of del.? Greg venturo sold the boat? That one in the picture did not look like a glass hull? If we find the year out we will know? Yea maybe my eyes are going too? Wasnt the 48 a great sea boat but you needed a rocket engine to get her moving and sucked the fuel down like crazy?

alex n · 02-20-2009, 06:30 PM

I think there's one at Brielle Yacht Club right behind the sand bar , boats name is Cast Bronze, nice unit, I've heard people call it a baby Buddy, anyone familiar?

02-20-2009, 11:11 AM	#5
tunamike Swabbie Join Date: Jan 2006 Posts: 10 Credits: 1,499.6	37 Buddy Davis I do remember he was building 38's. This boat might be considered a 37 because of no bow pulpit. Heard they were underpowered.

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02-20-2009, 06:41 AM	#2
Fishovertime I am a tackle Ho Join Date: Mar 2008 Location: Sunny Sunny Barbados. Posts: 18 Credits: 1,511.6 Boat: Custom 27' Inboard Diesel building a Custom carolina Express 38' Home Port: Port St Charles Best Catch: Big Big Wahoo! Occupation: Construction Property developement.	Interesting... i did not know they made a 37' would love to see some more pictures of it? power etc... Andrew.

02-20-2009, 08:47 AM	#3
Lobo Marine Products Hide- My Wifes Logged On Join Date: Nov 2008 Location: SHELTON CT Posts: 138 Credits: 867.9 Boat: 29' Phoenix & 46 Hatteras Home Port: Bridgeport Occupation: Management	well for one its beautiful boat, i know the 47 was a great boat!! we fish one in tournys up here and its a solid boat. Cant go wrong if the price is right

02-20-2009, 10:25 AM	#4
TunaTeaser1 Sit down Shut up And fish Join Date: Mar 2007 Location: Raleigh/Richmond Posts: 488 Credits: 2,234.3 Boat: Viking Home Port: Manteo	Pretty boat, I haven't seen a 37' from him either. What year is it? There is a 44' sportfish in my marina and I think that's the only 44' convertible he ever made as well. Looks just like a 47.

02-20-2009, 01:39 PM	#6
perfectscore Sit down Shut up And fish Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 510 Credits: 2,113.4	jersey cape bought the old davis hulls i believe, the 38 was stretched to 40 and 44 to 45. I fished on both 38 express and 44 express. I liked both but the 38 was very wet, and the 44 very slow, 22-23 knot boat. But all davis as expected. the 38 is pretty boat and with the right power and price you can get alot of years out of it.

02-20-2009, 04:33 PM	#9
Bligh I use a green machine Join Date: Aug 2006 Location: south jersey Posts: 218 Credits: 1,895.2	Sorry perfectscore If I remember right wasnt boys toy one of the first 38 glass hulls and fished out of del.? Greg venturo sold the boat? That one in the picture did not look like a glass hull? If we find the year out we will know? Yea maybe my eyes are going too? Wasnt the 48 a great sea boat but you needed a rocket engine to get her moving and sucked the fuel down like crazy?

02-20-2009, 06:30 PM	#10
alex n Got fish Join Date: Apr 2007 Posts: 196 Credits: 1,756.1 Boat: Dragonfly 36 Jersey Cape Best Catch: winner 07 Beach Haven White Marlin Invitational	I think there's one at Brielle Yacht Club right behind the sand bar , boats name is Cast Bronze, nice unit, I've heard people call it a baby Buddy, anyone familiar?