I had the opportunity to head up to Douglas and Grand Rapids this past week and had unprecedented carte blanche access to the Skater factory. Pete even gave me the keys to the warehouse!

Hope you enjoy the pics! im not a pro like sharkey and jayboat so these are all point and shoot and iphone

Craig at Appearance Products has an amazing shop and does some really cool custom work. These pics show some of the custom things he did to his 36 Skater.

We also met up with Tom at Boat Customs...He has a shop that is just unreal. Boat Customs has the ability to where he can literally do anything to a boat or helicopter, especially lay down some nice paint. I Cant show you what is really going on at the shop(like his new bad azz Mystic) but i can show you this Heli that is in for a new paint job

Lots of re-fits going on, from 28's to 40's. Wrap around windshields and more seating seems to be what everybody is wanting

boats in the mold and layup pics

New boats - a few 388ss getting Mercury Racing 700's, 1100's and 1350s

Looks like an awesome place to visit. Thank you for sharing the pictures.

The new brand Skater seats...and they are comfortable!

New dash layout with the speedo and tachs. The rest of the info is on the merc smartcraft