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I know she isn't a B31, and I miss my B31 "Anna E." but this is what I have to play with. She's laid out just how I envisioned, and the foredeck came out pretty fair--not perfect though. My paint job is, at best, mediocre. Kudos to Harry and the rest of you that can paint. I'll have her professionally done at some point...Here she is:









My under foredeck rod storage:


Last winter:


Where she started (on Huntington Harbor for you LI guys):

Wow, you brought that look right up to date.

Looks great! Now go get some fish blood and guts on that finish!


Carl

Beautiful

john looking great, i like it

Wow. Asome. One great looking ride.

John, very nice. you did a great job. best of luck with her...Russ

a nice bass boat, or as you say down there rockfish

Wow, John, that looks fantastic, the proportions came out really well, I am glad you went for the clean foredeck, it looks very sharp and the boat looks functional. Well done, it sure does not look like a 1 of 1, you have a good eye.

Very nice, John. Will she raise rock?

Great!! I love it!!

John it Looks great,,, but you gotta straighten that VHF antenna......sorry I can't help it I'm a boat snob

John, the ole girl looks great. You really did a good job.

I'm counting on you putting a million hours on her this summer and posting lots of fish pic.

Congrats, its time to enjoy the fruits of your labor.....go gettum! !

hb

Thanks for all the comments guys. She fishes well. JP--I screwed up the antenna mount, putting it on sideways. Drives me absolutely nuts. I can either put in a spacer, or I can remount it and have holes in the console to fill. The right way is to remount it and paint the console--but that's just going to have to wait.

Looks real good John!

I like that a lot!

Very nice work John. And pretty unique as well- bertram bay boat.

Wondering to myself what she'd look like with a poling platform over that yamaha, and a 22' stiffy held along the gunnels by retractable holders.
B20 Flats/Bay... who'd a thunk it? That would be a great Keys boat... bring her down, we should do some R&D!

Thanks again. Rod storage in action. One thing I've never liked about small center consoles was the lack of protected rod storage. You can't see the rods at all from in the cockpit.

John, Thats a sharp looking ride...you should be proud of all your hard work...love the rod storage idea..now go get her loaded up with bass..BH

i think it looks great i love how it came out.

Wow, she turned out nice. Just in time we hit a 36, 34 & 28 rock around channel marke 83 today!! VERY SLOW bite, but they're out there!

br,
JohnD

Thanks again. Got out tonight for a couple of hours. She's caught before, and she did again tonight. Slow, but no skunk. First time fishin' on my boat this year. And yea, I'm holding it out so it looks bigger....

Your smile tells the ENTIRE story! ! !

hb

love the boat, nice job on the fish. Joe

John.
Nice job on the boat and a good full moon stripper, congrats on both.
Pete

VERY nice !!

way to go john, good eating size

Pretty, pretty work! I love the rod storage - lots of thought and imagination at work in this sweet ride!

That turned out really nice!

John

Looks good. Wish I could glass and paint that well.

Looks great, hope to see it at Kentmoor!

nice job! I want one!

John F. wrote:Thanks again. Got out tonight for a couple of hours. She's caught before, and she did again tonight. Slow, but no skunk. First time fishin' on my boat this year. And yea, I'm holding it out so it looks bigger....

John,

If you didn't say anything I would have thought you just had real BIG Hands...

Thats is the ONLY way to Christen a Boat !! Nice, very nice!

Carl

Nice job John... Really nice....

Ray

First you make a roux . . .
Had rock last night. Damn good!

Nicely done, John!