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Posted here for completness. This is similar to my previous post in Power Boats.

Bateau CX19, powered by a Yamaha F115B 25" leg (optional transom)
Built with Meranti Hydro-Tek BS1088 marine plywood, biaxial cloth and lots of epoxy resin!
Bright work is Sapele Mahogany. wetted hull has been coated in a graphite epoxy resin.

Started: a long time ago. Launched late summer 2021.
Home Port: Kelowna, BC Canada, elevation 342m, coordinates 49.8339° N, 119.5236° W
Name: Alessandria


Kelowna (Okanagan Lake), BC, maiden voyage


Kelowna (Okanagan Lake), BC, maiden voyage


GA Checkpoint Yamaha, Abbotsford, BC - motor install


Pennask Summit, Coquihalla Hwy connector (1728m) - returning home

Congratulations! She looks great!

BB Sig wrote: ↑Sat Sep 11, 2021 2:44 am Congratulations! She looks great!

Thanks Barry.

Outstanding!
That lake is plenty big enough to make good use of that boat.

She looks great setting at the dock. Looed up your lake and looks like you have plenty of fish to catch. A 20lb Rainbow Trout oh my. they only get 2-4lbs in the streams in my Smoky Mountains. Have fun fishing you have the right boat for it.

Tom

TomW1 wrote: ↑Mon Sep 13, 2021 12:50 am She looks great setting at the dock. Looed up your lake and looks like you have plenty of fish to catch. A 20lb Rainbow Trout oh my. they only get 2-4lbs in the streams in my Smoky Mountains. Have fun fishing you have the right boat for it.

Tom

Thanks for that. I agree, she is a pretty boat - great lines.

Okanagan is a big lake and we've got several other big lakes nearby as well (Kamloops, Shuswap, Arrow, Kootenay, Quesnel). These are all fjord syle lakes nestled between mountains. They are long and narrow and usually very deep. Lots of exploring and as mentioned some trophy rainbow trout around as well. I also hope to use this boat to do some exploring of our coastal waters between Vancouver Island and the mainland.. Many large inlets wind their way into the mountains. One in particular is on my wish list, Princess Louisa Inlet (Chatterbox Falls) at the head of Jervis Inlet.

I’m late to the party but very nice build, she’s a beautiful boat!
Joe H

Great boat, great build, great lake. I have fond 1970s memories of water-skiing Lake Okanagan in the morning and snow-skiing the adjacent ski runs in the arvo.