pilot house ?

[pelican]

I am bringing this back to the top because my father and I finally had time to start the pilot house mold for our 23 footer this past weekend. It is going to be a 3 piece mold consisting of the house, top cap, and console. All I have left is the console configuration but I want to fit the mold in place on the boat before I start that process.
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looks good brother...looks good...

i'm gonna do something real similar,next year...i asked the famous "mr don herman",for some ideas...don's the man,he's a flat out genius when it comes to fiberglass-and a blast to talk to as well...

after i make the mods-i plan on making a mold from it...i'm gonna incorporate the console into the enclosure...i have a hard top mold i made a few years ago-gonna use that...

all this is on the schedule for next season-the deck has a few soft areas-gonna pull the deck and do the pilot house installation at the same time...


side note:

these 23's are a great platform-i know i'm preaching to the choir here but,it makes sense,to run a rig like this.ease of operation,cost of operation-these just can't be beat - tuna meltdown's rig is an inboard-nice set up-real nice,big weight down low,low center of gravity-and cheap to run !
with the cost of fuel,even if it hits $5g,it's still a cheap day offshore on these rigs-split the fuel bill 3ways,and it's cheap-real cheap.these boats are gonna do anything the bigger boats are gonna do-granted,a little less "comfortable",but seriously,who needs a flat screen tv,and a surround sound system,when you're fishin' ? if diesel fuel hits $5g,some of those bigger rigs,the fuel bill for the day is gonna top $1,000 3 guys splitting that is getting expensive-figure running 2-3 days a week...

sorry for the side track guys...