i know this may sound nuts but check out the wake boats they are way ahead of most offshore builders for interiors

Man that thing is beautiful!

Sweet. What did you decide to do in the cabin? Seems most or all the 2000's were 1/2 cabins. Wonder if there was a reason???

Great idea on the wind screen, be careful cutting it down to much, boat is beautiful.

Thank you! Everything had to be replaced on this boat I still laugh when I think about the ad saying turn key mechanic just went thru.....
It pretty much will be all new very soon. Thank you

I am going to be checking out some new wake boats next week thanks!

Thank you

Cabin is on next winters list, will update cabin interior and put a sleeping area up front.

Just a bit to tall I don't have interior in yet but feels like it might be right in my line of sight sitting

Just get some Platform Shoes!!

LOl, I may need to sit on a telephone book when I am sitting!

Absolutely gorgeous!!! You nailed the paint scheme too!

I have been watching the steps of this build in person and it is amazing! very meticulous on every detail! Get in line I got first dibs on it when he does it all over again with a 39 next year

Updated pics ?!

Where do I start I do not have the time to list everything, getting ready to go on a vacation tomorrow from the last month of working on boat everyday, just say this everything is brand new LOL. I mean everything. Only thing left from when I bought would be the wiring harness and trim pumps which I had rebuilt.
Finally got my trailer yesterday so boat is off getting its brand new interior in the next couple weeks.

One of the biggest ads I ordered was Whipples last week, I could not bring myself to have all this work done and put back together to go in the low 80's just did not seem right.
Whipples will be here next week, engines will be completed and interior should be done by June 20th, 2 days after that have some more welding to be done and boat should be in the water by the 27th I hope.....

I will share many pics when boat is 100% complete.
Here is a couple.
I was really wanting to wait until complete to post pics, there is things that are out for paint ect now..
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Thanks Hilgy, First ride will be here soon...Just another 2 weeks LOL, then another and another and another....
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Looks amazing!!!

I like those battery hold downs, where did you get them, or are they custom made/machined?

A company called get real out of California makes them, same place I bought my new trim reservoirs from.
I also bought the tops that hide the wires.

Incredible build. Great job.

is phil around taking notes lol jk...wow!!! boat looks amazing. i was interested in the boat when it went for sale. looks like it went to a better home than mine!!! congrats.

Thanks for the compliments, I am lucky to be friends with a guy who has extreme talent and a passion for offshore boats, not to mention his connections are endless. Without him I would not have done this project.
Boat is done right thanks to him. I will have him with me at LOTO this year if someone feels the urge to spend piles of cash on a correct restore...lol..

This ride is truly bad ass! Congrats and well done. Look forward to seeing it at LOTO.

Just read through all of this and all I can say is you have done an amazing job sir. One of the sexiest GUN"s I have seen and like someone said in the beginning that is the top of my food chain too.... Maybe our next one we can step over in to one. Beautiful ride man, enjoy and thanks for keeping another classic alive! Cheers!

I think this boat defines the term "taken care of with an open checkbook"
Damn, nice work

You guys better stop you are starting to make me blush lol... Seriously, thank you for the compliments. It is turning out better than I ever thought. I cannot wait to see how XT Innovations finishes out the interior. I am like a kid at Christmas morning waiting to open presents. It is going to be a long 2-3 weeks until complete,I should get to hear engines run next week sometime so that will help.

Hope to see it this summer if you come to our islands...

XT did a great job with my Gun. First time out Saturday night and had many people comment on how nice the interior looks. Nice job on the boat Yamie24.

Looked awesome, was only at sandbar for a little while and didnt get a chance to tell you.

Thanks JMACK hope to run with you in LEOPA spring run this Saturday!!!

I am sure going to try, with the late start in season we will see but I want to

Jim, will we see you this weekend?

Yes for sure. Let me know if you need anything

Sounds good. I think I'm good. Thx.

any more interior pics please.

Here you go, I cannot say enough about Dave and the guys at XT did amazing work, nothing like the chumps around me who have really no idea what they are doing.

Right now boat is getting some touch ups done at Mitcher T, another amazing business to deal with, then boat heads to XT to get the cabin redone to match exterior interior........ Then I take boat down to Chief engines to get my new motors installed, sometime in February, going to do all my tuning and testing with Chief, do some boating in Florida, then just wait patiently for spring to arrive....

I will actually have a boat 100% put together this year.

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frikken badass ,, kuddos

What are the new engines? Looks like what you have is already pretty stout. Nice boat!

Well...... Boat ran great and I have put approx 40-50 hours on boat, with that being said....

Salt Water Salt Water Salt Water, after some exploring found major rust flakes building up all over engine. I actually knew better then to do this to those old blocks, this is not my first time in this situation, but I did it anyways.

Since summer is so short I decided to buy some brand new 540's from Chief to prevent a failure in the middle of the season next year. I am not looking for anymore speed,I am at 98-100 with 4 blades,
I am happy with those #'s, I just do not want to miss any boating time next season.

Now I find myself looking at other boats as this one is almost 100% done, I need to just stop LOL.



Thank You!

Gotcha, I figured you had the setup pretty well nailed. Awesome boat, interior looks similar to mine..... XT is great to work with, real guys with talent and deliver a nice product.

Love that boat Yamaha!!!

Thank You!! I think I have myself convinced I need to keep it LOL... I need winter to get here so I can get out on the sleds, this down time with nothing to do has me looking at other boats!

Must have been some serious flakes...never heard someone replacing motors for this reason...

some people want perfect, I mean look at that boat, I would kill to own that boat and have it perfection...