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Well, since I still have her I put her back in the slip for the summer and managed to get out for the Newport opener to gather a little white meat. Felt pretty good to be back on the water.

Jetty, its welded on over hull plate for looks and to protect from anchor slaps and parking with nose in the brush. Some times we run nose up in the brush on the river and motor anchor while back bouncing or drift fishing, besides it looks cool. The trailer looks tough also and will work well on thi...

Decided against the Bruce Roberts plans , so now working with Cope on redesign of the 36' patrol boat with twin OB's. Sitke Buyer fell through so looks like I'll be fishing instead of building this summer.

Well I had the boat sold to a guy in Sitka, and then at the last minute he found a boat there with only 20 hours that fit the bill and I lost out. Yes I built the trailer also. A guy from Anchorage called friday about boat, but he needs it to be more of a camper then a charter so I'm taking off the ...

No, He's a comercial crab fisherman, but while home he spends almost everyday on the Cowlitz river two miles from his home, this boat is only 19' long with forward tank and 78" bottom. should be a great back bouncer and side drifter which is primarily what he does.

Decided not to bore everyone with another build thread like the last sled thread but here's the boat I'm just finishing for my Brother

Boat will be in Junea AK or Elfin cove the first three weeks in June if it dosnt sale before then if and AK buyers are interested.

Just ordered some study plans for a 37'X12'8" coastal worker with twin diesels so Price lowered to 155K Cant order aluminum til this one goes, will consider partial trade up to 50% so I can fish this summer while building new commercial boat ( 541-771-7051)

Lots of Dance Floor for sure, with seating for 7 up front

Can a cold plate chill 100 tuna to 34 degrees in two hours ?

I like my paint

I to Thank all who have served this once great country.

Only problem with utectic plates is the amount of fish that can be loaded into the hold at one time can overwhelm what an utectic plate can cool. but I'm still researching.

Would love to as soon as I know more, I have a freind who modified his bowpicker holds to include RSW this season, but he did it with two small 12000 btu/hr units that a local guy built and they seemed abit light for what I want to do. They are pretty simple by design but require enough generator to...

Actually I really like coldwater boats , and my brother fishes on one of the two 35' bristol bay boats they built for Kiwi and Bruce last year , But I really enjoy building my own and I am a comercial refrigeration tech that owns a sheet metal shop so kinda hard to higher it done when you have the t...

Mike, I like the cats but I think for resale here as a comercial tuna boat I'm thinking mono hull with big fish holds and RSW or even freezer holds, not set on design yet, and as said this one has to go first or I'll keep fishing it. Thanks for the input though ,always looking for ideas and plans. I...

Refrigerated sea water in the holds, eliminate the 1200 lb's of ice I currently haul, just as heavy coming in but empty going out.

At a cruising speed of between 24 to 28 I'm getting about 1.5mpg to 1.75mpg average tuna trip this year has been around 70 gallon as where the old seasport would average 100 on the same trip, I love the boat, but I want RSW and fish holds for 500 tuna for next seawson. Its a great sport or charter b...

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OR another one, custom built/ home made Rick Whelin design, fishit all summer 50 miles offshore average 10 hour days trolling, averaged 70 gallon fuel burn, average cruise between 24 and 28 knots WOT 46 knots stayed out and fished when most didnt, hull performs incredible and turns like a race car.

Reel Song II for sale,2011 custom built 30-1/2 X 9.9' pilot house . twin 2006 F250,s with Glendening controls, 190 gallon fuel capacity, 4 batteries with dual blusea charging relays, dual 3700gph bilge pumps, wash down pump, macerator in 80 gallon fish hold, aft station, rear slider door , huge cock...

Not sure what happened but I have not been able to acess this site for a long while and low and behold its back, not sure if problem was on my end or sites, but happy to be back on here. Those who know me know I'm about to build another tuna boat if my last project sales so I'll start a BUILD THREAD...

Finally put her on the big river Sunday and popped the proverbial Cheery. Love the new ride and seems to be a little fishy.

I guess I should not paint the next one to fit in here, but I still think she looks good this way, and there's no bondo or fillers, to each there own

I dont know, I painted both my builds cause I thought it looked good. And my diamond plate floors in my last willie were still turning my extra tuffs black after 8 years. I like them either way . Oh and I didnt need to grind or hide anything. Definitley one less thing to worry about without paint.