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she is a real looker. Nice work Peter.

strick

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This is a feature you are really going to like [img]/images/graemlins/wink.gif[/img] Mine was done EXACTLY like that and it is a world of improvement over the original setup.

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BEAUTIFULL!!!!!!!!!!!

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Yes, Jim, this is the motor I bought from you awile back, finally put to use!

Peter

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Peter-

we missed you in Aug, at the get together,,,but it looks like you have been busy!!!

Great job and thank you very much for sharing you pictures.

hope to see it in person soon ( if that is OK with you?)

NICE WORK!!

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Peter, Looks great!!
I raised the deck 2 inches as well. It does make a big
difference.
Good Luck, Ken
PS: More pictures with tools and stuff laying all over the
place. That would make most of us feel at home. [img]/images/graemlins/smile.gif[/img]

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After a lot of hustle last week, put the boat in the water on Friday AM and headed out to Block Island. I cannot express how great it was to run the boat, feel how solid it was, and just enjoy the ride and experience of having a "new" boat. This is my 2nd SF20, so I was ready for how it should go, but I was totally blown away with the changes that I made. The boat was so solid, smooth, the Yamaha 130 is the perfect engine for this hull. It was really great! The trip out there was about 10 knots from the NW, so a bit of chop and swell, but the boat handled it like a dream, so much better than all the other boats I have been riding in for the last 2 years while I finished this one! There is nothing like putting it on the pins, hanging on, and just feeling how awesome these boats handle in rough conditions: totally predictable, smooth, and good natured.

Some shots of the (almost) final result. Still waiting on some Starboard pieces, and I need to mount some rod holders.

Here is the boat parked at the Boat Basin.
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/alarie/BI1.jpg

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/alarie/BI2.jpg

The first fish caught on the boat, a BI schoolie off of the SW ledge. Unfortunately reeled in by my friend Capt Greg Snow, but nice to get some blood on the boat!

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/alarie/BI3.jpg

Stayed until Sunday, great fishing and fun. To cap off a perfect weekend, on the way home we came across a school of Atlantic White sided Dolphin just outside of Point Judith. Litterally hundreds of them swimming west on the surface. We pulled up along them, and they could not have been happier for the company. They swam under the bow, jumped, and raced all around the boat for over an hour. They really liked when you cruised along at about 14 knots, they would just stack up under the bow and you could litterally reach down and touch them! Incredible experience.

http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/alarie/BI4.jpg
http://i2.photobucket.com/albums/y1/alarie/BI5.jpg

All in all, could not be more pleased!
Peter

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Beautiful boat Peter!!! Good luck with her.

And....you need to order some Potter Built HDS [img]/images/graemlins/grin.gif[/img]

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Pete

Great job!! (I didn't expect anything less)

Good luck!!

Paul [img]/images/graemlins/laugh.gif[/img]

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Sweet Ride. Congratulations on a job well done. "Building" you own boat is so much better than just buying a copy. The copy just doesn't give you the same feeling when you step abord.