lotta good info right there...I've had both the halletts before...the vectors are like howard river cruisers, if you learn to peddle them they will do pretty good...but not as good as the 210's, but the 210's pay the price on the top end speed.... my bet is lucky to see a solid 75-76 mph out of the 210 as is, and for me that would be plenty fast...in fact a guy could build a nice 496 out of the 454 with some heads and make some good power..pretty sure the 500 hp is really closer to 475 hp.. but a ton of torque..the 210's I've owned... both open and closed bows.all get a little loose at the 70 mark..and if tabbed right are pretty nice boats... all of my halletts I put a ride plate right at the drive and it really makes them handle at speed and keeps them from kite-ing off the rollers.. gives it that more of a schiada feel and doesn't crash at the boat rollers..kinda skips across the ruff water...
as far as the gel issue goes,... the 210 is probley the nicest gel of any hallett I've owned..it has a little scratch on the starboard side about 1'' or so long.. and that's it... never beached and garage kept..no fading, checking, cracking or any issues...but fugly colors....don't know of a real for ever fix to gel...once you sand and shoot new gel, I think it gets too think and looses it's durability..that and the extreme heat of havasu will make it crack, add the ruff ass water to the mix and I think it's problems waiting to happen,.. at best, when you spray gel you need to panel shoot it and have a place to kill the edge , and really need to sand it down to the glass and build it up new...I've only sprayed gel a couple of times and it was a disaster.. this is my idea, when you restore something, it needs to be as good or better than new..
that's where i'm at with the 210,...I thought the colors would grow on me, hasn't happened yet.. and it would be a shame to go messing with the gel and cause issues to a true survivor ...the color combos kill the look of what could be a real nice looking boat.... but ,... it is what it is..and I don't like it..
I could have a painted boat with no problems, I take care of my stuff..but it kills resale and makes a lot of people shy away..i wish the 210 was red and white