I'm sure some wonder in the back of their head why? But it's new, different and in a lot of cases that extra "foot" can mean a lot. But when you have an expendable income it's easy to say I want something different whereas for the average joe it's hard to fathom changing what were running now. But if you want that little extra foot you will go out of your way to get another awesome product from AT. Just my 2cents

stationing for extension.

Chop-chop.

It's not so much the "one foot" but the extra space in the cockpit, which now will be 8", and the extra room to get around the engines, which is now 4" in front of. Those were two of my biggest gripes.

And, of course, you have the benefit of the DDC step-hull.

Both big pluses.

Looks great, itchy very itchy but great!:ernaehrung004:

Love the project, always wanted to build one from scratch.

Tap Tap Tap anybody in there?

Just curious why only Mercury power? If a customer wanted big power from an aftermarket company would you say no? Looking forward to seeing how this boat comes out, should be a very nice boat. Good luck.

This is an interesting question. We've built custom power boats before; but things never turn out exactly as planned. I could answer more, but I'll let Pat explain it better.

We have the back-end where we want it now.

Starting on the front-end modifications.

coming along nicely!

Are you hiring test pilots?
If so I would like to apply and I'll pay or the gas I use on the test runs.

still wondering if it is going to have one single I/O or outboards?

I think Pat posted the boat is gonna have a DDC hull and single 502 if I remember correctly

Love that deck and I almost hate to see the center go away. Look'n good Pat thanks for the update.

It's not going away! Just going to add 2" of headroom down the center. Just like Big Bro' :evilb:

liking the 2" extra idea, I'm tall and getting old, bump my head alot in the cuddy! Looks great so far, just got my powerball ticket so you never know!:coolcowboy:

I understand, just being sentimental. or maybe just mental;)

There goes your sentimental....:party-smiley-004:

It kinda looks like you took the non-skid off, hope not.
Also that beer has the wrong label for you:ernaehrung004:

Very observant but that's not my beer!

Using fresh tooling non-skid. If you try to pull the mold with the old stuff it can stick.

Brings back fond memories! Looking forward to the finished product!

Me too!

I thought at the beginning Pat was asking for preference. I would love to see what the cockpit would look like with twin 350's off the back. You could almost set it up as a poker run boat with an extra set of bolsters before the bench.

Would this be possible Pat?

First boat will be a single BBC. Outboards are definitely an option. I have some neat ideas I want to do with an OB AT. Pat and I wanted to do them on the OB 33 a short time back, but the customer wanted the traditional bilge compartment for storage of large fenders to tie off to his mother-ship.

In duratec.
 

and getting closer.

A pair of 500hp all aluminum LSx engines would be perfect in that boat.

More reliability than a similarly powered big block
redundancy for solo, or ocean boating
easier docking
decent economy
2 aluminum LSx's weigh approximately the same as an all iron BBC

I agree. Just make sure they say Mercury and have a warranty!

Looks good! I was going to ask if you were leaving the 3 sections for the old deflectors but I see now that you are. Hate to ask but how is the pitch now for drainage off the rear by the fairing? Great job Pat can't wait to see it shiny.:ernaehrung004:

Does it count if it's written in sharpie?:whistle:

How's that Florida weather treating you OCD?

Just for you, brother! I didn't lose the AT look at all!

If I had a spare $116,255 laying around this thread would convince me to spend it.

and we all know that $116k is a smoking deal on it.

Compared to the price list I have for new 28 savages it's an incredible deal

Awesome! And no you didn't lose a thing. I like it in Hot rod Black :-) very stealth.

Yeah, me too. I vote for flat black gelcoat on Numero Uno-29.
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Looks Great!!!

Looks good!