pilot house ?

[thehermit]

Its about time

[ScottM]

Its about time

I was thinking the same thing. With all the pilot houses that seem to go on these boats around here, I'm surprised this is the 1st one we've heard of with a Seamark.

Nice going Tim. Can't wait to see the progress on your 23.

[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...

[workinpr0gress]

I agree, a 23 is a great all around boat. A ton of big boat guys simply can not afford all that encompass' owning, running, traveling, maintaining, storing their boats the last few years tons of those big boat owners have downsized, corporate owned or personally owned. There is gonna be widespread downsizing in all classes of boats if the fuel gets crazy as predicted.

[21ftcc]

Pelican,

Nice to see someone jump into this. Can't wait to see it finished.

Here are some pictures for ideas one I was looking at building.


[image]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t99/21FTCC/DSCF0610.jpghttp://[/image]

[Bigshrimpin]

http://www.wellcraftv20.com/gallery/album216

If anyone would like to see one of these on a 23 . . . I'd be happy to show it. There are a LOT of nice things about this console. Head room inside the console with the step down is 70". Visibility through the console is just awesome.

[thehermit]

The Potter Punisher....sweet!!

[natchalkley]

Hey I recognize this one.

Pelican,

Nice to see someone jump into this. Can't wait to see it finished.

Here are some pictures for ideas one I was looking at building.


[image]http://i158.photobucket.com/albums/t99/21FTCC/DSCF0610.jpghttp://[/image]

[Bigshrimpin]

Nat - where are the handles? For you guys building them . . . Nats pilot house is a sweet setup . . . very very functional.

[21ftcc]

Yes, I have to thank you for the pictures of the build. I've been waiting for better weather to start my build.