New Eliminator 25' Daytona Standard Deck

This one is going to be fun and we hop to give it some extra coverage.

Customer out of Louisville KY is building a 25' Standard Deck Mercury 565, and going with Old Skool Flames on Electric Blue base.


Open Bow / Walk Thru

The molds are in excellent condition and prep has begun.

Larry started Monday laying out the design from the rendering and other info / talking with the customer / etc







He lays down the basic pin lines, consults with the customer again, the starts the full taping process.

Amazing how he creates the curves with tape ... each gel color/spray has to be coordinated in his masking job.


Coming together ... the black area is the mold and that will be the Electric Blue, which will be painted last (eh, right Gelcoater?)


Finished mash ... might be hard to see, but there's little "pull tabs" where he will pull then spray the various colors.


Likely he will spray tonight or early tomorrow, depending on his schedule. It goes straight to lamination the next day.

I loved my 25 single step. Probably the most popular tunnel of all time??? I think 樂樂
When was the last time a 25 standard deck was built?

MrMayhem said:

I loved my 25 single step. Probably the most popular tunnel of all time??? I think 樂樂
When was the last time a 25 standard deck was built?

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2007 according to my records ...

Using the old skool hull as well? Or going with the newer hull and older deck??

2-Step bottom and new(er) deck with innerliner mods

shueman said:

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Coming together ... the black area is the mold and that will be the Electric Blue, which will be painted last (eh, right Gelcoater?)
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Finished mash ... might be hard to see, but there's little "pull tabs" where he will pull then spray the various colors.
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Likely he will spray tonight or early tomorrow, depending on his schedule. It goes straight to lamination the next day.

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Close enough, Gary.

Blue was back ordered, so last night the making on the deck was mostly completed.

Best looking cat design of all time 25 std deck!

namba860 said:

Best looking cat design of all time 25 std deck!

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I agree!

If I had the pockets, I'd LOVE to habe one with twin DBR 300xs motors.

namba860 said:

Best looking cat design of all time 25 std deck!

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AGREED!

ballpark starting price with a merc 600 ???

rclvlhc said:

ballpark starting price with a merc 600 ???

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$155k or there-a-bouts

shueman said:

$155k or there-a-bouts

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Hey Gary?

Round about on a pair of 300 outboards?

25 with twins ... will do !!

Remember this one? He's still around the lower river ...


Nice package ...

Gelcoater was in the booth over the week-end ... lamination likely done already

shueman said:

$155k or there-a-bouts

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Good to know if there comes a time for me to list mine. I always see people say "would cost $xxxx to build new today"....

Can you post a pic of a standard deck vs a non standard deck looks like? I would like to know what the difference is.

I believe it's as simple as, "canopies or no canopies".

This is my old standard deck 25 Daytona

MrMayhem said:

I believe it's as simple as, "canopies or no canopies".

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Correct
Congrats on your new boat, gonna be killer.

Thanks.

What power did you have in your 25?

Gelcoater finished the hull Friday night and it's already laminated ... over the week-end!!



Today:

Since I was there today, got to get some pix as he was laying down the color ...







Deck laminaton starts tomorrow ...

MrMayhem said:

Thanks.

What power did you have in your 25?

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NA 598" 740hp ran 105 and got their quickly
This 25 is gonna look great.

Nice numbers.
Yes, this one will be beautiful. I see quite a few 25's at Havasu. Still a fantastic looking boat.

A little white added to electric blue.


This electric blue blend should pop.

MrMayhem said:

I believe it's as simple as, "canopies or no canopies".

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Thanks. I would prefer the standard deck myself. Looking forward seeing the build progress.

Done-it-again said:

Thanks. I would prefer the standard deck myself. Looking forward seeing the build progress.

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I would too.
This deck has a bit more under deck area head room wise.

Not that there's much but more than the canopy deck.

This is one of my favorite models, to me a timeless model.

It's good to see one getting built and maybe it will spark a fire in someone else?

Gelcoater always leaves his "moniker" on the deck ...


Laminator progress today ...


About a week or so to cure ...

Warm temps helped and she came out this morning ... :thumbsup

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the colors are so vibrant...love the yellow!






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All pinned up, tanks and bulkheads going in, then off to gel detailing and polish. Customer coming next Friday to pick out the "drapes" ...





The orange area on the deck is where the Open Bow will be cut ...


Merc 565 power ... gonna be a nice runner back in KY :thumbsup

Wow GC. Amazing work and execution. Stunning:thumbsup

On this build?

Flipped it over to Speedcoat the bottom this week ... Flo-coat the engine bay is next ...

shueman said:

Flipped it over to Speedcoat the bottom this week ... Flo-coat the engine bay is next ...

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What does "speedcoat" the bottom mean?

Yes probably a dumb noobie question.

Is there a difference between flo coating and sanding the bildge smooth? If it's just a coating what is the up charge?

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What does "speedcoat" the bottom mean?

Yes probably a dumb noobie question.

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It's a coating that when applied has a texture to it that disturbs the water enough that it aerates it. The belief is that it makes the boat faster.

I couldn't tell much of a difference on mine.

CobraDave said:

Is there a difference between flo coating and sanding the bildge smooth? If it's just a coating what is the up charge?

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There is a difference but sanding is definitely involved, like hours and hours of it. Itchy damn mess.

rivrrts429 said:

It's a coating that when applied has a texture to it that disturbs the water enough that it aerates it. The belief is that it makes the boat faster.

I couldn't tell much of a difference on mine. .

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Thanks, not what I expected. I thought it was some slick new surface coating, similar to the lubricant used on the sled in Christmas Vacation.

Boat was on display at the Open House ... now in rigging ...

Made significant progress this week ... :thumbsup





More later ... internet SUX here at the shop

Here's some catch-up pix ...

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Boat looks great. I might have left the stainless part of the rub rail off. You could always put it on later if the paint on the rub rail got chipped.

Absolutely gorgeous and with that power it should run amazingly.

This looks great!

shueman said:

$155k or there-a-bouts

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Whats the speed with a 600

BLOWN HOWARD said:

Whats the speed with a 600

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I believe Grads 25 closed bow with canopies ran +/- 93mph. I'm not exactly sure because he would never run against my naturally aspirated 25' Daytona. I even gave him full disclosure that I would be wearing my safety lanyard, lifeline, and a helmet but still couldn't get him to line them up.
This new 25 looks fantastic. I would guess it runs mid or maybe upper 80's with the open bow.

Hopefully we'll get in a good lake test before this ship's out ... early next week

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