2026 Hewescraft Sportsman 160

WE'VE HANDLED THE SAFETY. YOU HANDLE THE FUN.
The Hewescraft Sportsman is our most popular model for good reason—it’s rugged, reliable, and ready for families who refuse to sit on the shore. It brings the unmatched build quality Hewescraft is known for into a compact, affordable design that outperforms any light-gauge riveted hull. Add the optional removable ski pylon, and you’ve got a do-it-all family boat that’s ready for lakes, rivers, and whatever’s next.

It’s time to chart your own course in the boat built for getting everyone onboard.

Often imitated, but never duplicated, the Sportsman is unmatched in its class and has been our best-selling boat for more than a decade. It’s hard to believe that a hull this rugged can have a bow this sleek and outstanding fuel economy to boot—but that’s exactly why the Sportsman is so popular. Plus, it’s small enough to launch on your own and safe enough for the whole family to enjoy. If you’re looking for a great value, or a boat to pass on to your kids, this is where you start.

We’ve learned that the best way for your family to enjoy the lakes and rivers of the Pacific Northwest is to leave your worries behind. That’s exactly why we created the Sportsman. Offering a combination of strength, safety, economy, and ease-of-use that no boat in its class can match, the Sportsman doesn’t cut corners. Instead, it delivers the proven strength of our all-welded aluminum construction with a design that’s light enough to be quick on the water and very easy to tow. And, with its gunwale flotation system and high sides, the Sportsman is also light on concerns. That’s something every family loves.

Features may include:

• Battery Selector Switch
• Bilge Pump: Single bilge pump with auto switch
• Bow Eye: Double, welded
• Bow Deck: Treadplate, self-bailing, with storage
• Cleats: 8”, welded, four on gunwale, one on bow inwale: 5
• Cup Holders: Port and starboard dash, one on each side 
• Decals: Full-side vinyl side striping with graphics; black, white, blue, green, red, orange, charcoal, maroon
• Door: Walk through, access to bow, 2 latches, one top and one bottom 
• Fish Box: 27 gallon in bow floor, diamond treadplate hatch
• Fuel System: 25 gal
• Glove Box: Lockable
• Grab Handles: Inwale front port side, glove box and windshield
• Horn: Flush mount 
• Instrument Panel:
  -Six water-resistant rocker style switches
  -Fuel gauge and one panel knock-out for additional gauge
  -Power point
  -Six-gang expansion fuse block
• Lights: LED, navigational
• Lights: LED, anchor, removable 
• Paint: Light gray, full inside
• Pre-rig: Side mount control with analog tach
• Rod Storage: Inwale, port and starboard
• Seats: High-back, dry box with lid, swivel, horseshoe suspension
• Steering Wheel: Stainless steel with rubber grip
• Steering: Quick-connect
• Stern Eyes: Welded, port and starboard
• Storage Shelves: Under driver and passenger consoles
• Storage Trays: Port and starboard
• Transducer Bracket: Port and starboard
• Transom: Access panel, hinged and vented 
• Transom: 20” -shaft main engine and 20” -shaft kicker

Options

• Anchor Guard: Welded tread plate
• Anchor Roller: Welded, aluminum, 5/8” max rope diameter
• Anodes: Installed on port transducer bracket
• Bow Rails: 5” aluminum
• Canvas: Deluxe three-bow, with or without top windows
• Canvas Stern Cover: Black, gray
• Canvas Colors: Black, gray
• Carpet: Inwale, gray
• Chartplotter: Garmin 743XSV or 943XSV with with GT51M-TM transducer
• Downrigger Brackets: Low profile, stand-alone
• Fuel Line Pickup: Additional for trolling motor
• Fuel/Water Separator: Single (standard with Yamaha pre-rig)
• Grab Handles: On gunwales at motorwell, port and starboard
• Lights: LED courtesy, two at transom and one at console
• Livewell: Bow fish box upgrade
• Marine Radio: Garmin VHF 215 AIS with antenna
• Paint: Top, waterline, or full-side; red, black, white, admiral blue, bottle green, charcoal, maroon, oyster white
• Pre-rig: Side mount control, multi-function gauge (Yamaha, Honda, Mercury)
• Rod Holders: Six-station mounted to gunwales
• Seat: High-back, side storage box, bellows suspension, swivel, and slide
• Seat: Short jump, pair, 21” storage boxes
• Seat: Long jump, pair, 37” storage boxes (requires long canvas)(only available on 180 and 200)
• Seat: Slide, port or starboard
• Seat: Cushions, pair at motorwell
• Ski Pylon: At transom
• Ski Pylon with Baitstation: At transom
• Steering: SeaStar HC5345 hydraulic
• Steering: Yamaha Integrated Hydraulic Steering (I.H.S.)(only available on 200)
• Stereo: Fusion MS-RA70NSX, USB, antenna & 6” speakers
• Stern Rails with Downrigger Brackets: 27” or 40” aluminum (40” only available on 200)(not available on 160)
• Swim Ladder: With platform, starboard
• Track System: Welded, port and starboard
• Transom: 25” -shaft main engine and 20” -shaft kicker
• Transom: 27” -shaft jet engine with delta pad and 20” -shaft kicker (only availableable on 180 and 200)
• Trolling Motor Power Point: At bow (wired to bow battery storage area)
• Wash-Down System
• Windshield Side Windows: Short window wing (port and starboard)
• Windshield Wiper: Port, starboard or both