She's a hottie.Can't wait to see it out on the bay. Good luck,




SZ

So friggin awesome. That rail system is wicked slick too. Clean, doesn't begin to describe it! How many rods do you plan to stash in each rod locker? And would you plan to stow, essentially fully rigged?(minus lead, dipsy's, bling ect...)

The rod holder bracket is the only way to go.

" Note the inside railing which will be the backbone of the fully adjustable slider-mounted custom accessories I plan to install along the entire length and back of the boat. No drill holes allowed! I just realized all the potential hanging space this creates for towels, spare lures/leaders taken out of rotation, or whatever else."

You can't believe all the stuff you can hang there. I even use "fish on", rod holder to allow me to "cleat" one way or the other.

I think my 17' looks big.......not any more!!!!!

Well thought out!!!!!!!!!!

Nope.... too pretty to allow any of that. Vessel will be strictly catch and release, single hook, no bait for her first year in service.

No spillage of blood.... or wine... or grape juice.... or egg juice... or herring brine. Come on... with all that susceptible surface area, we gotta be fair here. That would just be WAY too much work for f4b to clean up after all you slobs.

Although I might make an exception for beer.... or Whistle Pig.

Doc, I have been part of several new boat break in's.

It's not pretty unless you enjoy blood, and slime wiped over every square inch of the vessel.

It must be done! To not do so is criminal.

By then i should be pretty good at fishing 9 rods

Bite ... bite ...

What about paint? What's it going to look like?

Guess if we catch a nice URB buck I'll have to do a reverse Parker and throw it INTO the fish box

Ok you talked me into it ... but only if its clipped.

Dam I almost forgot.... AHFMD.

Now what about that other untouched bait?

Savin' the best for last.

Darn

Oh goody you found another bottle. If they have another we might need to kill it just to see it die this weekend

I'm glad you got married again Doc.

Well get your shades on, boys (OK... girls too)....




Alumaweld Central rolled the beast outta the cave today, and WOW!

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Guide transom/shelf/sink is complete. Latches are installed on the rod-lockers.



That diamond plate trim is sure SHINY!



Here you get a better idea on the full length of the rod lockers. I've been told these are the longest ones ever built for an AW sled. Got twin drain holes for my transom shelf ( last boat only had one on the port side) and twin exit ports for dual automatic bilge pumps for when I eventually take that unanticipated megawave over the bow.



And finally a full frontal view.... well not quite.... gotta cover up that extra 3 feet for modesty, ya know.



Ain't that DP bowguard pretty? Now if i can just figure out how to hook that funny looking Ornamental-sized trailer up to my truck. Maybe the Subaru?

That's going to be o one hell of a ride Doc.

Cant wait to see the finished product.

Pretty cool seeing it start to finish. Should have done that with my Willie drifter when I had it built.Good luck,

SZ

Diamond plate, on the bow and all the flat areas looks oh so good.

Have a question on gas tank and battery wiring......will see you tomorrow.....2 p.m.

They must really like you sir!
Glad nobody tried to test the bilge system! ;-) Hahahaha! I had to say it!