fred slyfield
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Folks Thought I would post a few pictures of my latest project, I started on the hull late last summer and plan to have the whole project finished and ready for the fall season.Once the hull is finished I will be designing a hard sided aluminum blind that will be fully grassed out for the season , I'll be putting a 140 Suzuki prop on it for power. Pat at Speciality marine has sold several of this model to folks in Africa, New Zealand and the US, the guys in Africa put a 200 Yamaha on it and got 70 mph!!
The basic hull is an 17-1/2 X 7-1/2 orca hull form Specality marine in Oregon, all the metal was cut out by Alaskan Copper and Brass in Seattle.
I'm putting the boat together with Tom Emerson and Toms son in law Luis Perez, Tom is a retired boat captain for Alaska Fish and Game and spent most of his career on Kodiak Island, Tom started building custom aluminum boats on Kodiak over 20 years ago and built it into a vey well respected business on Kodiak. Tom's son now runs the shop and daily operations while Tom spends his time between Ellensburg and Kodiak.
This is the second boat I have done with Tom the first one was a 18 foot jet sled that Tom built for the Department I work for as a rescue boat on the Yakima and Columbia river. Last summer we plucked 14 people off the river with the new boat. It's a very stable platform for us to work out of and for our divers to get in and out of,
The boat has a 38 degree bow and tapers to 14 at the stern with a delta pad for getting you up and out of the water when on step
Port side grass rail made of heavy walled aluminum
Combination dog ramp and steps on each side of the outboard, We put these on the jet sled and it makes getting in and out a breeze.
We added a 4 foot bow deck that is stout enough to hold a dance on, the forward hull is totally enclosed with a water tite hatch for storage.
The entire hull is enclosed and full of foam for positive flotation, from figuring the amount of foam in the boat it should float over 7000 pounds.
Hope you enjoy the pictures
Fred
The basic hull is an 17-1/2 X 7-1/2 orca hull form Specality marine in Oregon, all the metal was cut out by Alaskan Copper and Brass in Seattle.
I'm putting the boat together with Tom Emerson and Toms son in law Luis Perez, Tom is a retired boat captain for Alaska Fish and Game and spent most of his career on Kodiak Island, Tom started building custom aluminum boats on Kodiak over 20 years ago and built it into a vey well respected business on Kodiak. Tom's son now runs the shop and daily operations while Tom spends his time between Ellensburg and Kodiak.
This is the second boat I have done with Tom the first one was a 18 foot jet sled that Tom built for the Department I work for as a rescue boat on the Yakima and Columbia river. Last summer we plucked 14 people off the river with the new boat. It's a very stable platform for us to work out of and for our divers to get in and out of,
The boat has a 38 degree bow and tapers to 14 at the stern with a delta pad for getting you up and out of the water when on step
Port side grass rail made of heavy walled aluminum
Combination dog ramp and steps on each side of the outboard, We put these on the jet sled and it makes getting in and out a breeze.
We added a 4 foot bow deck that is stout enough to hold a dance on, the forward hull is totally enclosed with a water tite hatch for storage.
The entire hull is enclosed and full of foam for positive flotation, from figuring the amount of foam in the boat it should float over 7000 pounds.
Hope you enjoy the pictures
Fred
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