The 2024 Stryker Pro 420 with 20hp Mercury

Dave Norona talks about his experience with the 2023 Stryker 420 Pro and some of the cool differences to the 2024. If you have any questions or comments please put them below! Happy Strykering!!

[@JMGENTERPRISES]

Thanks for the review. I am thinking of doing the 380 pro.

[@DaveNorona]

Any time! Great Boat, go bigger than you think!

[@skopjev2]

Awesome video! Is this blacked out color version or storm grey ?

[@jurgentraude4365]

👍👍👍

[@northernsurvivalbackcountr4986]

Great boat bro looking to get 1 not sure what to get the 420 or 470 pro cheers

[@DaveNorona]

Always go bigger than you think as you will use the space, we went bigger as we tow this behind our cabin cruiser and going smaller would not make a big difference and we are sure glad we have bigger when we head out in it for fun!!

[@rileyjones750]

I have a 2023 Stryker Pro 420 with a 30hp Mercury. How does the 20hp mercury do with lots of people and gear? The 30hp is almost too fast if it’s just me or even two people lol. I can go 35km/h with 4 adults and two little kids with some gear in the boat.

[@DaveNorona]

We have my wife and I and our daughter and a dog, 2 prawn traps and line, a foil board and it gets up and goes not problem , have had three buddies as well foil towing and no problems! The 30 must rip though!

[@fast1500mtrs]

20 horse? I saw a Merc 9.9?

[@DaveNorona]

you saw a sticker of 9.9 :) its a 20

[@paulbarela6548]

Why does the Mercury 20 hp look like a 9.9 did you bore it out and put a turbo on it.

[@DaveNorona]

The 20 HP is the exact same as my 9.9, but that is just a 9.9 sticker on the 20 HP for certain reason, ha ha!

[@christiansnz]

What kind of load are you running in this and do you get up on plane ok?

[@DaveNorona]

20 HP 2 adults and one kid and a dog and prawn traps crab traps stuff for the day and foil surf boards, rips!

[@danielmcnulty1185]

How long is your trailer for the Pro 420?

[@DaveNorona]

Good question, its the same as my sea doo trailer was just different bunks, send stryker and email on the size of trailer best. i got it through them

[@jackson4861]

How much raft motor and trailer ?

[@DaveNorona]

strykerboats.com as it depends on what model, size and motor and trailer you choose. cheers dave

[@nathanjohnson3668]

You think an older 15 hp 2-stroke could handle that size boat for 2 adults 2 children? Or probably not enough huh?

[@DaveNorona]

Yes we had 3 adults and 4 kids no problem with the 20 so 1 less adult and 2 less kids for sure, it wont set any speed records though

[@nathanjohnson3668]

Thx for the response man! I had reached out to Stryker and they said not to go over a 360 size with a 15hp motor. Looked at the 380 versions and 360 but just think that will be too small. Think I’ll just do the 420 and see hot the motor does. If I need a bigger one, I’ll save up and buy and new motor. Will probably just go 30hp at that point lol.

[@mmats2001]

The boat it’s made in China not Canada.

[@DaveNorona]

Yes canadian company and product is made in china, they make amazing products a lot less money so you get more value for your buck, china is a leading nation with carbon fibre as my buddy has all his surf skis made there, I never stated the stryker boat is made in canada, thanks

[@cruz47144]

Inflatable boats without hard bottom are not very stable in water and turning is reduced on inflatable as compared to hard bottoms

[@DaveNorona]

You might have to try one of these as we have been using it off our cabin cruiser and all the time in squamish for adventures and crab and prawning, boat gets on step quick, easy to steer, easy to turn on a dime and super fun and light, I am sure a hard bottom is awesome but these are super light and way less money. Happy Boating

[@cruz47144]

@@DaveNorona Sorry there Homeboy but they sell inflatables with ridgid hulls and I've seen enough videos and read articles that tell me as compared to ridgid hulls inflatable hulls are not as sturdy and have puncture issues. Enjoy your raft!!

[@nathanjohnson3668]

RIBs are better than SIBs for sure but SIBs are like a few thousand dollars compared to a RIB that will cost at least $50k unless used (which is a whole nother thing cause you likely will need to retube it at some point). Either way, SIBs and RIBs serve different purposes. For what it is, Stryker SIBs are some of the best out there and most legitimate SIBs are very much ocean worthy vessels compared to lake rafts from intex and the like.

[@cruz47144]

@@nathanjohnson3668 Thanks for that insight