John Spaeth is borderline retired. Not sure if his son Chris will be taking over. AFAIK visits to the shop is by appointment only, but with no email or phone number, you cant make an appointment in the first place. You just gotta be lucky and show up when someone's there.

@AdamDK would know more whats up. Maybe he will chime in.

I drove by the Brechin shop Thursday morning.
Gate locked. No activity. About 20 boats under tarps. Glad my boat isn't one of them.
Doesn't look good.

Thankfully, people like T Nelson have shown us the way. You can do it yourself.

DaddyG wrote: ↑Apr 18, 2022 11:24 am Hi. I’m a newbie. Ran a old 18 ft sidewinder Would love a new hydro.
Do you have any more info on this or a contact number ?
Thank you
G

Getting in touch with John Spaeth is practically impossible. His shop number is disconnected. His son isn't on social media like Facebook. If you want a boat built, you pretty much need to show up in person at his shop with a hefty deposit and then wait 3 years for him to build it.

You're better off buying an old Stream and restoring it.

Hi. I’m a newbie. Ran a old 18 ft sidewinder Would love a new hydro.
Do you have any more info on this or a contact number ?
Thank you
G

There are a few moulds here in Canada that are useable, Spaeth has most of them, also a v-king mould in Ottawa. There is a little talk right now of the AE-21 possibly making a comeback, I believe it's also in the Ottawa area right now.

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The link to the Venom Performance Boats that Transomstand posted, Earl Henriott and his business partner are working on pretty much an updated Hydrostream Venom. I think they are getting ready to build the molds if they havent already. If your looking for a Hydrostream Venom but better and updated, Then I would absolutely check out Venom Performance Boats at the link above.

Chub also owns Stroker Boats and that is his baby and hydrostream has always taken a back seat to stroker ever since he acquired the brand many years ago. Thats why he was farming out the work to other builders cause he didnt have the time as he was busy with Stroker. I dont know. Its just an all around weird thing now. He has a Venom at the shop thats been sitting in the mold for years now.

Gotcha. Understood. Maybe there's a chance to finally step up the game after all then... Thanks much. Watch this space.

Yeah, Chub Bryant owns hydrostream. He had other builders building for him for a good while but after questionable workmanship, he moved everything back to his Stroker Boats shop and stopped farming out the building of hulls. He was going to step up the game, then nothing happened.

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Hippie459MN wrote: ↑Jan 29, 2021 9:10 pm
But if you ask/look around you will find a few molds scattered around. Howard let em all go pretty much when he closed up shop.

Thanks for all the info! Any idea about the ownership of the brand? Just know some people who might be interested in waking it back up a bit more, beyond just building a boat or two!