F4 at Richmond
 

A few pics of the newest F4 at the Richmond show...

Were you there?!

We were just informed of its arrival this week. It's a fellow club member's boat. Been looking for pics, but would like some more. Thanks!

I'm sure I will be seeing him out this spring. :D

No, I got them from Joe Shaldenbrand asking me to post them on Sunsations home site, but they are having a server problem with posting pictures today, since their hosting site did some server upgrades yesterday. So I posted them here, and posted a link on their site to OSO. As I get more I will post them.

I saw some pictures that Mitcher T posted earlier (the server upgrade wiped those out too)...Craig's boat looks outstanding. Your club members will really like it.

Please do! Reckless invited us to go to Richmond today, but I had intentions of going in to work. (Got a big project submittal coming up.) My wife tagged me to go with her to get fire wood instead. :(

Damn winter.

More pics!!!

Here is a few more pics of the show. One of the F4 and the others of a new SSR. I will see if I can get some more.

Two more...

Alright...that suxs, I'm dying to see the F4. I'm 12 miles from the show, when the wife gets home we might have to run down there. How long are the door open tonight and what's entry cost???

Oh yeah!

Don't know Craig well enough to know his level of ego...but it will be interesting to see if he knocks Mr Smarty Pants, BillR, off his perch as badest boat in the HRPA.








Just kidding Bill. :evilb:

If you haven't seen one it would be well worth your trip over there. Let us know what you think...:D

The level of customation coming out of the factory and the artwork from Mitcher T the last couple of months is mind boggleing. They have raised the bar for all performance boats and I am proud to own one.AMAZING

Great pics John. The F4 looks great!

Please relay to Bill what a great job they did on the booth. It looks really great from the pics.

Any pics of the power plants?

Tom

Here is one I had not posted. When I talked to Joe I told him if he took more pics I would post them here. Appears to me that by the left top corner mirror there is a Westerbeke genny sitting on the starboard side.

I looked at the F4 today. Beautiful, awesome, a big step up on the Wow! factor.

Looks like your right John. There certainly is enough room for it. Is the red lighting part of the boat or for the show? That looks really good.

It's a really nice boat and Joe the owner of Sunsation is a really nice guy. I can see why you guys enjoy dealing with him and have great things to say about him. :cool:

I went today and the pics definitely do not do this boat justice. The attention to detail is absolutely incredible...

Craig is definitely a proud papa. This boat being in Richmond was actually Craig's delivery of it and the poor guy had to watch everyone crawl around it all day! Thankfully, Joe and crew kept everyone off it (except me of course :)). It's amazing though how some people will just let their kids loose on these things.

Congratulations to Craig....a beautiful one of a kind F4. Also, kudos to Bill Braun for having a really nice disply and a great selection of boats (he had 1 of each). In just a year, he has introduced several Sunsations to the area and I look forward to running with them all in this years Poker Runs!

This is exactly what my wife said when I told her he was putting his new boat in the show. Do you get some kind of compensation when you allow your boat to be shown like this? Just curious.

I could not go to that show because I just had surgery on my ankle. I am hoping to make the boat show at the Richmond Raceway (fairgrounds). Does anyone know when that show is???? I am a big fan of the Sunsation and have not seen one in person yet.

Hey Macklin - Happy New Year to you!

I don't think so. However, the flip side to that coin is that everyone that passes thru is in awe and it makes you feel incredible. I witnessed this 3 times and was only there 15 minutes. Of course, Joe is top notch and I am sure they had a nice steak dinner downtown after the show :)

Beautiful boat and Congrats... These F-4's are well engineered boats. Great bottom design, and alot of Eye Candy...damn I got a sweet tooth.:D

Back at ya Shawn!

Yeah, I was just thinking that. Proud papa showing off his new half million dollar TOY! :cool-smiley-027:

Can't wait to see it!

Standard LEDs in the engine compartment. They are in all the F4s.

Thanks!
 

Thanks to everyone at Sunsation and Harbour Marine. The boat looks great! Thanks as well to everyone from the HRPA and the RPBA for their warm wishes! Hopefully I'll repay your kindness by keeping docking incidents to a minimum, although those drives sure are close. Craig.

Don't even THINK about scratching that paint!! :(

Congrats Craig! I'll be sending out an updated roster soon with our new members listed. Guess I need to update your profile. :D

Where will you keep it? Will it fit on the blow up thingy you kept the 32 on? :evilb:

Plan to keep the boat at the same place. Sold my 32 airdock to another Sunsation owner and bought one to fit the 43.

Saw the boat yesterday.....Crawl on it like I was walking on glass!!! Awesome attention to detail!!! As word spreads I'm sure alot more Sunsations will be sold. (35?, 37?, 39? hint, hint!!)

I was there Saturday from 2-4:30pm and have some pics to share once i take the time to download. I captured Activeshack crawling around after sneaking back from Colorado. Spent time chatting with Joe and Craig also. Joe is a hoot. The new 32 SSR was pretty swank as well.

Their plan is to not only do this display, but to also participate in several poker runs over the course of this year. Should be doing some orientation rides with Wayne this week and I may be tagging along depending on weather. Craig is also sometime over the next few months, take Tres Martin's course which will be a good idea.

Beautiful boat, and it's gonna draw lots of attention around this area. Gonna be an interesting summer.

Here's some I took upon first arriving. Joe was up in the boat entertaining questions like..."HOW FAST DOES IT GO?"

Here is the proud poppa who was just quietly standing back admiring the boat (first look since leaving Michigan) and also the admirers. Note the license plate being held by Joe that Craig had brought up with him...:ernaehrung004:

Couple more from all around...

Some of the command bridge...

Bow, throttles, and circuit panel under the helm...

Down below...

More....Activeshack chattin' with Joe...

Some more of the bizness end...

Final of the F4...

Uh, did I mention there was a pretty sweet 2008 SSR there too...

Couple more of the SSR from Harbour Marine...

Plays better with attahcments...:grinser010:

Last couple of the SSR.

See everyone at the "Chill Out" next weekend....:cool-smiley-027: