Unique 48-Foot Doug Wright-Built V-Bottom Ready for Paint
 

Most boats from Doug Wright are unique, but this new "throwback" 48-foot V-bottom that was just delivered to Visual Imagination in Missouri for paint takes the cake.

https://speedonthewater.com/new-boat...eady-for-paint

I think the "old boat from the 80's" comment is referring a Glastron Carlson Scimitar

Hull looks wavy

I agree...along the rub rail it looks to have some issues.

I think its styling resembles the Canopied 38' Signature from the late 70's by Tommy Adams, and yes, the waviness in the hull just under the rubrail is unacceptable. I am guessing he still isn't using CAD/CAM (big mistake)...nobody in their right mind would have let that boat out of the shop for pics with those issues. And paint won't cover that up.

Doug Wright uses CAD/CAM and cuts all the plugs for his mold on a CNC router. This is a one off deal. The issues will probably be handled at paint if they haven't been already. The photos look to have been taken before the hull and deck were bonded together. I've worked with Doug and his crew on the original Dragon project with Craig Barrie and Scott Smith. Doug's work is second to none.

Looks laser straight compared to the Profile Poker Run boat from the early/mid '00's I saw at LOTO. That boat looked like two different hulls depending which side you looked at. Those imperfections are easily body-worked out in paint.

Thats more than an imperfection, thats bad work... and thats more than a quick sanding from a paint guy.

Don't get me wrong, the boat is awesome looking and offers some fresh styling, something different than all the others over the past decade. But this is unacceptable with todays technology and the cost of these boats. And I don't want to hear how it will look "wright" when completed, there is no excuse for that wavy, bumpy, surface. Jus' Sayin'

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The waviness that you're seeing is an illusion, its just a shadow and the focal length of the camera shot is magnifying the shadow by a thousand

When you see it in person you would not see any waviness







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Illusion? Nope. If that were true then the rear angle would not show the exact same issues in the exact same spot. My guess is, the eyes don't see the waviness as easy as the camera.

If indentations/high spots exist along the joint area they can be filled and sanded as needed to level them out.

I personally walked by that boat over a hundred times and never had that jump out at me like it does in those pictures. The tooling was perfect (I watched it from its conception). The only thing that I can think of is that the boat was spot primed in several places before it went to Mark's and it cast some type of weird shadow in the pictures. Neither Doug or the owner of the boat would except that type of obvious imperfection. The boat has been a true dedication by its owner, Doug, and his crew to be completed.

Joe

I would really like to see another set of pictures just for my own curiosity. I'm not trying to light this thread on fire either, as DW builds awesome boats and his record speaks for itself.

But I can't believe what I see in those pics...either it wasn't cut on a machine, or it was damaged after-the-fact, and that should have been fixed before it rolled out of the shop.

I can't wait to see it finished, would be cool to see some art of how it will be finished... I hope they don't ruin it with a wild paint scheme as this boats line need to be the "design" and use some cool base colors with minimal to no art.

The owner is a pretty high class. I doubt it will be done in poor taste.

Joe