History of 28 AT
12-06-2007 | 11:32 PM
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New Moon mods
Previous owner made the bow rails, exhaust deflectors and kel plane; his welding and powder coating is very clean. He made some custom upgrades to this boat. He also added the drive gate to the trailer.
12-07-2007 | 08:10 AM
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As Cosmic12 stated above...the original 28's were pulled from the Active Fish Mold. The newer (I believe 2004 on) were pulled from the 32 mold. The 28's Topdeck mold was built in 1998. Both are great running boats. I believe Spillmans 28 with twin 350 magnums was the first 28 delivered. (Used to have a deranged "Bam Bam" decal on the deck. I had the pleasure of working there while the topdeck molds were being built....long, tedious process. Nexttime someone complains about the $$$$ of a new boat, invite them over to watch molds/plugs being built!!! The 28's from the Active Fish Mold had more rocker, you had to run the tabs a bit but the sharp entry would crush rough water...the 28's from the 32 molds had a longer straight on the bottom. The first 28's cabin was stickbuilt...later came a cabin liner mold. You can't go wrong with a 28, no matter what year! Nothing else compares in size, cockpit depth, cabin size/height or rough water handling! They're great boats!!!!!
I was at the Sunsation plant many times during the construction of the bucks for the F-4. The man hours you have to put into that process is just insane. Between the construction of the bucks and the final molds I believe they ended up with @ $1 million invested before they pulled the first hull.
12-07-2007 | 04:52 PM
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Thanks, Jup. This is the type of information I am looking for.
I was at the Sunsation plant many times during the construction of the bucks for the F-4. The man hours you have to put into that process is just insane. Between the construction of the bucks and the final molds I believe they ended up with @ $1 million invested before they pulled the first hull.
I was at the Sunsation plant many times during the construction of the bucks for the F-4. The man hours you have to put into that process is just insane. Between the construction of the bucks and the final molds I believe they ended up with @ $1 million invested before they pulled the first hull.
12-07-2007 | 05:06 PM
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12-07-2007 | 05:57 PM
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I want one of those 21s bad------- Pat won't let on where they are except the one that Harry has that he won't sell. Do you know where they went? I tried to get the tooling for the little cat when he was moveing everything from up north and now he tells me he just junked it.
12-07-2007 | 06:04 PM
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http://www.offshoreonly.com/forums/s...d.php?t=146900 This is where you mwill find the only pics I know of
12-08-2007 | 08:26 AM
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I want one of those 21s bad------- Pat won't let on where they are except the one that Harry has that he won't sell. Do you know where they went? I tried to get the tooling for the little cat when he was moveing everything from up north and now he tells me he just junked it.
My personal boating habits have changed and all the guys I hang with have smaller (18-24 feet) outboard powered boats...Hydrostreams, Checkmates, Talons, Actions, STV's, Allisons, Quartershots, etc. etc. Hydrostream has come back with a vengence...their new Venom hull is winning all the races and looks and rides awesome. Most of the Venoms are running upper 90's low 100's in a 20' boat!! Talk about a white knuckled thrill ride!! Many of the small boats are air entrapment hulls...no one is using a step! (except the old Checkmate Starflites). I bet I could sell the Active Thunder 21 if Pat would produce them!!! There's alot of speed junkies that just can't afford big offshore boats but they're spending some good money on smaller stuff!!
