From Cat to Console, a Nor-Tech CC is in my Future
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He told me it screws with the in floor fish boxes on each side too and those would require a change. If I could redesign it I would make the stern entrance in the middle, then offer an L shape seat on both sides. Then figure out the storage boxes from there.
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Took the advice of some others who have upgraded their storage condos and splurged for a blacked out ceiling. I think it's a big improvement over my current condo. All the iron and sprinkler pipe has become rusty there.
Rough plumbing and loft construction begin in a week or so. Should be 100% complete and settled into by the time the boat is finished.
Rough plumbing and loft construction begin in a week or so. Should be 100% complete and settled into by the time the boat is finished.
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2 New Evolution Trailers in production side by side. One will be mine and the other is also for a new Nor-Tech 340 CC.
Cross members have been relocated to the bottom of the main C-Channel Frame Rails resulting in a lower CG and overall height.
Having this one built w/ a Barker Power Tongue Jack and a few other custom add-ons.
Cross members have been relocated to the bottom of the main C-Channel Frame Rails resulting in a lower CG and overall height.
Having this one built w/ a Barker Power Tongue Jack and a few other custom add-ons.
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Recently developed adjustable bow stop allows you to retract the bow stop for launching and run it up to the hull once the boat is on the trailer. IMO it's more of a fine tuning option that keeps you from having run the boat all the way up against the stop while loading under power as well as exhaust yourself trying to winch the weight of the entire boat against the stop while on the ramp or horizontal surface. The fine tuning mechanism resembles that of a tongue jack crank.
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The boat still needs to be positioned in the proper location on the trailer but I don't think that ends up being the exact spot each time one loads especially for those that drive on blindly.
I tend to float my boat on and off the trailer most often. Even though I may have the boat tight to the bow stop in the water, the boat is floating and the trailer on a down angle which most often results in a gap once I climb the ramp & get on a level surface.
This allows one to take up that 1" gap with ease. In the past I'd have to brake check to get that last inch which doesn't seem ideal to me.
There are also some boats w/ Windlass Anchor systems & high bow eye's that end up w/ anchor / bowstop interference loading and or launching so this provides them with a good solution for that issue.
I tend to float my boat on and off the trailer most often. Even though I may have the boat tight to the bow stop in the water, the boat is floating and the trailer on a down angle which most often results in a gap once I climb the ramp & get on a level surface.
This allows one to take up that 1" gap with ease. In the past I'd have to brake check to get that last inch which doesn't seem ideal to me.
There are also some boats w/ Windlass Anchor systems & high bow eye's that end up w/ anchor / bowstop interference loading and or launching so this provides them with a good solution for that issue.
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Girls where ready for the first ride .. Lol .. Boat ran great and is now at American Custom Marine for final prep for Boyne Thunder next week. I will but a pix from Boyne I hear there will be 7 Nortech CC there.
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Pic from this afternoon.
Next in line to enter the rigging area.
Thinking about a trip down to N. Fort Myers during the rigging. Believe it or not the riggers actually appreciate owners who take a sincere interest the completion of their boat and the attention to detail those guys put into the finished product.
Next in line to enter the rigging area.
Thinking about a trip down to N. Fort Myers during the rigging. Believe it or not the riggers actually appreciate owners who take a sincere interest the completion of their boat and the attention to detail those guys put into the finished product.


