Boat Builder Central

The boat has been formally christened! Girls got to tug on some redfish before they got too cold and the fun kinda ended lol. Boat did great.

Got home kinda early, and got after it. Motor started right up and ran it on the muffs for about 20 min. Jumped in the truck and hit Lake Conroe right at dark for the sea trial. Motor ran great. Being in the break in period, I never got over 4500 rpms but did plenty of playing with trim/jp/tabs. The...

Wow! That turned an ugly duckling into a really nice looking boat! I can't believe those bicycles don't have more dust on them, you must have cleaned up. :lol: They've been cleaned up a few times, lol. Everytime I wanted to work, had to go through a 5 minute pull everything out of the garage routine.

Gorgeous! Can't wait to see her on the water! Bet she flies. You should be beaming with pride! Here in Florida we have to have a space between the letters and the numbers on the hull registration. Ask me how I know? Texas may be different... Again, gorgeous!!. Oh man, good catch about the Registrat...

Just fastened the fuel tank down and screwed down the leaning post. It's finished. Well finished enough...still some nice little things I have planned, like gas struts on my hatches, chartplotter, powerpole, better coolers, it goes on and on lol. Thanks for the support and the platform to share my r...

Lol, she's got big plans! As long as she wants to go, I'll make it happen!

The boat's come a long way. Painting is finished!

Been a hell of a month with bow season, football, and family events. Haven't knocked the boat out like I wished to but made some progress the last couple of weekends. Hatch hardware finished, center console got sprayed, and I got my feet wet with some seadek installation on the bow. Charlie, one of ...

It's creeping to the finish line. Got the rubrail installed over weekend with the help from a buddy. Went with the Taco Suproflex, found a "used-good" deal on Amazon. Easy to install, I'm a fan! Adds a nice level of finish. Console is tabbed in, paint next.

Great stuff, Tom. I've had a RXB4 on a previous boat, Hewes Redfisher 18 with 115 Suzuki. Great all around prop. Thank you very much for working up the numbers.

Very cool, Tom. I have a couple leads on props, one being Baumann here in houston, other being Powertech. Baumann thinks their 3 blade blaster series in 16p(double cupped) is the starting point. Powertech thinks their SWW4 prop in 14p is the answer. I'm really curious what you come up with, thanks. ...