Re: Stringer/Transom area question
 

Could you shoot some pictures of the tackle cabinets, I am thinking about putting some in my boat, and am looking for ideas.

Re: Stringer/Transom area question
 

JohnB....where are you located.....
I live in Mount Pleasant......I can also get pretty good prices on glass through some friends in the Marine industry.

Re: Stringer/Transom area question
 

I am a little north of Orlando FL. I get glass for 24 bucks a gallon in singles, and epoxy for about 58 a gallon. I hope to be putting my last gallon of glass into this rig tomorrow.

Re: Stringer/Transom area question
 

Well, I have the hatch/cover for the livewell in the cap
http://www.deep-blue-sea.org/seacraft/cap4.jpg
and I pulled the livewell out of the mold. It looks pretty good, and fits within a 1/4" inside the cap. It's square/straight, the picture just came out wierd.
http://www.deep-blue-sea.org/seacraft/livewell1.jpg
http://www.deep-blue-sea.org/seacraft/livewell2.jpg

Re: Stringer/Transom area question
 

Completed the final water test today, ran it for an hour, and she is SWEET....

Gas milage is up 5-10% across the board, I am getting a nice 31mph cruise with a 14.8 gph burn. At 26, I am getting about 2.4 mpg burning 11.1 gph. WOT is 45 mph burning 26 gph. That is pretty good considering the sail/top I have on the boat.

I am assuming since I am using the same fuel manager and setup that these are accurate.

Of course this is with a light load, but I never got near those numbers before.

Min planing speed has dropped, and surpisingly, I actually have a tighter turning radius with the bracket, then without it.

Noise and fumes dropped A LOT. The wife and I made a trip down the St Johns with the wind at our back, and you could still talk, and even with the wind at our backs, the fumes/oil were much less in the no wake zones.

The remounted trim tabs are awsome, and the new short/fast actuators really can bury the nose fast.

The balance seems very good, I will have to put a fuel load and some guys in it this week to do the final test. She is a little nose down, but I think once I get gas/iced/crewed up, she should be just fine.

The repositioned transducer and between the clean hull and the new ducer location, it seems to work much better too.

I could probably go up one more hole on the motor, but I am going to get her in some snotty salt water before trying that.

Well, she needs a final clean up, and I need to finish insulating the fish box, and hopefully, we will see if the dog remembers how to hunt, and can still sniff out the bottom dwellors.

Well I snapped a few shots, and here she is

Bracket and rounded off cap
http://www.deep-blue-sea.org/seacraft/final1.jpg

Profile shot
http://www.deep-blue-sea.org/seacraft/final2.jpg

View back from the cockpit.
http://www.deep-blue-sea.org/seacraft/final3.jpg

Shot of the bracket and cap, check out the trim tabs.
http://www.deep-blue-sea.org/seacraft/final4.jpg

Another shot of the Fishing Bull Pen, nothing to fall over or into back there.
http://www.deep-blue-sea.org/seacraft/final5.jpg

New infloor fishbox, where the livewell used to be. It isn't long, but will hold a 42" grouper. I have another fishbox under the passenger seat, and always have the fishbag for anything else that comes along in the cabin. With the new SAMFC rules, I can probably use lunch pail :why
http://www.deep-blue-sea.org/seacraft/final6.jpg

New in-transom/cap livewell, holds close to 40 gallons. I am really going to miss stepping on peoples fingers when they are crawling around on the floor trying to get a bait out of the livewell, the stepping in it, and dinging my shin on the way down. Probably one of the reasons I hate live bait bottom fishing.
http://www.deep-blue-sea.org/seacraft/final7.jpg