Brad Taylor (NC)
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Well I started July 25th and have put in some long days but for the most part she is done. I need to wash the interior and touch up some paint in there but that's pretty much it. The customer is going to be running one of the new Mud Buddy Black Death 5500 surface drive motors. She ought to flat out scoot.
Looking from the transom to the bow...
Hunt Deck. Stainless eye bolts are for attaching the dog ladder. You can see the spray bedliner on the decks. I still need to wire in the onboard charger and the port for charging will be centered on the vertical portion in front of the hunt deck....
Control panel. 14 LED lights throughout the cockpit and in each compartment, 3 fused auxillary 12v outlets, navigation lights, fog lights, instrument/instrument lights, manually switched 1000gph bilge plus one one 1000 gph bilge wired for auto/manual. Small storage compartment at the bottom and also small dry storage right above it (the part with the stereo cover) which will be good for keys/phone/gps/etc...
Quick shot of the bottom. A layer of 5.4oz kevlar sandwhiched between 2 layers of 6oz glass and final coated with an 1/8" of graphite/cabosil infused epoxy. Sanded with 120 to be super slick. Keels are UHMW and are mechanically fastened with stainless hardware and set in a special UHMW adhesive....
Front deck. You can see the non-skid as well as the fuel fill. There is an anti-siphon vent located on the other side of the boat...
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Looking from the transom to the bow...
Hunt Deck. Stainless eye bolts are for attaching the dog ladder. You can see the spray bedliner on the decks. I still need to wire in the onboard charger and the port for charging will be centered on the vertical portion in front of the hunt deck....
Control panel. 14 LED lights throughout the cockpit and in each compartment, 3 fused auxillary 12v outlets, navigation lights, fog lights, instrument/instrument lights, manually switched 1000gph bilge plus one one 1000 gph bilge wired for auto/manual. Small storage compartment at the bottom and also small dry storage right above it (the part with the stereo cover) which will be good for keys/phone/gps/etc...
Quick shot of the bottom. A layer of 5.4oz kevlar sandwhiched between 2 layers of 6oz glass and final coated with an 1/8" of graphite/cabosil infused epoxy. Sanded with 120 to be super slick. Keels are UHMW and are mechanically fastened with stainless hardware and set in a special UHMW adhesive....
Front deck. You can see the non-skid as well as the fuel fill. There is an anti-siphon vent located on the other side of the boat...
Cont...
