23' custom aluminum pilothouse restore. Builder???
Posted: Wed Apr 01, 2015 1:08 pm
GRAYLIGHT (newly named) is a custom, double hulled 23' aluminum pilothouse that was originally born in the Pacific Northwest as a harbor patrol boat back in 1989 (this is what we have been told by the previous owner, and the boat has changed hands at least 5 times since new). Naturally she came to us pretty used and abused but we fell in love with her immediately and knew this was the investment we were looking for.
I have contacted numerous manufacturers in the PNW trying to find the builder, but nobody has claimed her yet. As suggested by "Omakase" on another fishing forum, he recommended I join this forum and reach out to you guys. If anybody has a clue who manufactured her, I would greatly appreciate it.
The DIY part of this restore was countless hours of sanding, grinding, and painting her inside and out. Painting this girl just about killed my partner and I and I'm not sure I would recommend taking on a project like this unless you're 100% committed from start to finish.
We also added new trim tabs (nautilus smart tabs sx), custom kicker mount and Nissan kicker motor, racor 60 gph fuel separator/filter, fuel sender, 2 new bilges (auto and manual), 3 way bilge switch, hasp lock, door magnets, fans for pilothouse, powder coated the bench seat, deck hatch, new batteries, and a life ring (among other safety items).
We repowered her with a BF 225 Honda last week. She absolutely flies! Specs so far are 25 knots at 3400 rpms and 40 knots at 4800 rpms. We couldn't even redline her since she was chine walking (and squirrelly) at 4800. Although she appears way overpowered, the sea trial was done with only 2 guys (we typically fish 3-5), and no bait tank filled (375 lbs of water normally).
Hoping to be a regular on this forum now that I switched over from NON ALLOY (2 previous Boston Whalers) to our new aluminum boat.
Cheers
Scott
I have contacted numerous manufacturers in the PNW trying to find the builder, but nobody has claimed her yet. As suggested by "Omakase" on another fishing forum, he recommended I join this forum and reach out to you guys. If anybody has a clue who manufactured her, I would greatly appreciate it.
The DIY part of this restore was countless hours of sanding, grinding, and painting her inside and out. Painting this girl just about killed my partner and I and I'm not sure I would recommend taking on a project like this unless you're 100% committed from start to finish.
We also added new trim tabs (nautilus smart tabs sx), custom kicker mount and Nissan kicker motor, racor 60 gph fuel separator/filter, fuel sender, 2 new bilges (auto and manual), 3 way bilge switch, hasp lock, door magnets, fans for pilothouse, powder coated the bench seat, deck hatch, new batteries, and a life ring (among other safety items).
We repowered her with a BF 225 Honda last week. She absolutely flies! Specs so far are 25 knots at 3400 rpms and 40 knots at 4800 rpms. We couldn't even redline her since she was chine walking (and squirrelly) at 4800. Although she appears way overpowered, the sea trial was done with only 2 guys (we typically fish 3-5), and no bait tank filled (375 lbs of water normally).
Hoping to be a regular on this forum now that I switched over from NON ALLOY (2 previous Boston Whalers) to our new aluminum boat.
Cheers
Scott