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I really love this boat ... I've owned quite a few in the past 23 years but this is a really great boat, well made, solid and runs well.

Couple more ...... everyone's probably sick of me by now but I'm throwing more up now that pics are working again ....:cool:

Awsome job Mike !!! Cabin turned out very nice. Sunpad really matched well.

Enjoy it this Summer.If you need anything else just let us know.

Regards,

JO

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Originally Posted by JO - PANTERABOATS (Post 2615199)

Awsome job Mike !!! Cabin turned out very nice. Sunpad really matched well.

Enjoy it this Summer.If you need anything else just let us know.

Regards,

JO

Thanks for everything Jo ..... you and Pepe really made the difference!

Glad we could help. Now show that Pantera 28' off in Lake Huron Michigan for us.

JO

nice job, the cabin looks great,and very easy to maintain.:ernaehrung004:

Wow!!!! I like it, the boat looks saweet!!!! what do you have for power on that bad boy. Everything clean and detailed. I see two plugs on the transom n ext to each other, was it a dry exhaust system before.

Albert

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Originally Posted by mikeb4 (Post 2613903)

Had a week off for the 4th and got a lot of other stuff done on the boat. Finished the cabin area off except for the white vinyl cushions that have to be made yet. Turned out very light and very plain with carpet and a simple porta potti but perfect for a all-day boat with two women/girls on board.

My cabin area is unusual because I have three bulkheads for strength and as a result three smaller sections under the deck, not two large sections like I believe most rec boats.

For simplicity I just continued the grey carpet the factory used in the first section, into the next two forward sections. I just used a very light plywood floor base and biaxial taping using West System epoxy. Not counting the porta potti it has to be less than 100 pounds total added but lot's more usability and I did loose weight with the elimination of the blower and super chiller.

Here are two afters and a before .......

Looks absolutely great!!!

How did you fasten the floor? Is it glued to the stringers and glassed to the freeboards or is it removable?!

Pretty much exactly the same bulkhead setup that I have in my Pantera. The only thing I can see is that I have bigger sheets of balsa core in the freeboards and that you fuel fill might be further up front since the box for the fuel fill hose is on the next bulkhead. (In mine it's on the cockpit bulkhead).

Thanks for the comments, it's very simple and plain but it fits the boats image of simple, functional and light. It should look much better with custom white vinyl cushions in all three sections and embroidered vinyl snap-in at the bow end and entry bulkhead.

For power it's only 532 HP in a 502 but I wanted a 70+ MPH very reliable boat it used to have a 750 HP blower motor and the dumps were for the intercooler. They came in handy for my water pressure relief valve!

I mounted the floors to the stringers and sides using West System Biaxial tape, very light but very strong. I just noticed the floors and bulkhead openings look crooked in one pic, must be the camera being angled.

Thanks again .... Mike

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Originally Posted by mikeb4 (Post 2615378)

For power it's only 532 HP in a 502 but I wanted a 70+ MPH very reliable boat it used to have a 750 HP blower motor and the dumps were for the intercooler. They came in handy for my water pressure relief valve!

Thanks again .... Mike

Mike, great choice for power, no matter how fast your boat is there will always be someone faster that one day. I know, I ran 95+ in my boat and many times I saw many rooster tails pass me like if I was standing still.