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Sirbob's 26' Ultra Shadow Deck Build

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So here I sit on a Sunday morning looking for inspiration.

Trying to decide on the graphics for the new boat - I have received John West's concept drawings - I'm checking out old drawings from the last boat - I'm checking RPD for updated pics of the newest boats in Miami this week, please keep those coming!

Checkers - no
Tribal - not
Flames - nope


Leaning towards darker colors - no reds - orange - yellow...


Better pour another cup of coffee...
 
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The design is done and they have started spraying as of yesterday - build pics as it moves along.

Love it or hate it this is what we are going with .... I'm on the love it side of course - went for simplicity and elegance with a clean look...

Thanks to John West for his creative pen!
 
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Hull is skinned. Cup holders and seat backs coming along nice.

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Out of the mold.

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A few pics from today, a little better color than the first shots out of the mold...

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The latest updates

Interior work well under way -

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all the jewelry (hardware) laid out...

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The latest updates...

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Some pics with the rub rail painted. Now just to finish up the rigging and install the stereo. Trailer should be delivered today too.

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did you put under water lights on the boat.

yes! pretty cool sitting in copper canyon (or similar) all the way in the back at night with the underwater lights on ...

Im a big fan of underwater lights.:thumbsup Here is a pic of the old boat with them and you can see them on the new boat in the other pic

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The last 3-4 weeks have been really busy around my house - my not noticing the comments for more updates have nothing to do with anything other than I have not been on the boards much in the last month or so...

Dave - thank you for your defense of this thread and keeping what ever stinky shit you are ref to off of this thread. 🍾

Now on to the updates...

We did run into a glitch with the hatch that was made to fit a 496HO - as I am sure most of you know they do not make that motor anymore and the replacement is a 502HO or 8.2HO. The new motor comes with a new exhaust manifold that meets the new CARB requirements and as such has a higher riser on the manifold causing a clearance issue. A new hatch design has now been developed to to allow for the clearance we needed and we should have the boat done soon.

Here are the latest pics from today...


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Update...

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More photos from today.

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Well we finally had a chance put the boat in the water & to do a pre run before desert storm.

Big thanks to everybody that helped to build this boat: John D, Danny, Joel, Quality Performance Marine, Chris, and a bunch of people whose names I don't know but I appreciate the work they did.

Also of course John West came through many times on this project, from the original drawings to setting up the test run. Big thanks for sure!

Last weekend Jason and I had the enviable task of making sure everything was working properly - It also looked like the perfect time to take a few photo shots of the boat while it was in the water. Jason invited a friend to pose for a few shots, here is a preview of Jason at work. I'm sure he will create more cool videos and stuff with the footage and I cant wait to see what he comes up with.

I cant wait for desert storm and to really get to have fun in the new boat!

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