B20 - Chesapeake Edition

John F. · Post by **John F.** » May 5th, '12, 10:40

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):

Carl · Post by **Carl** » May 5th, '12, 11:41

Wow, you brought that look right up to date.

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

Carl

mike ohlstein · Post by **mike ohlstein** » May 5th, '12, 11:55

Beautiful

Charlie J · Post by **Charlie J** » May 5th, '12, 12:04

john looking great, i like it

Brewster Minton · Post by **Brewster Minton** » May 5th, '12, 12:13

Wow. Asome. One great looking ride.

Russ Pagels · Post by **Russ Pagels** » May 5th, '12, 12:54

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

Charlie J · Post by **Charlie J** » May 5th, '12, 13:30

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

Rocket · Post by **Rocket** » May 5th, '12, 14:55

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.

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » May 5th, '12, 15:02

Very nice, John. Will she raise rock?

Morning Wood · Post by **Morning Wood** » May 5th, '12, 16:37

Great!! I love it!!

JP Dalik · Post by **JP Dalik** » May 5th, '12, 23:28

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

Harry Babb · Post by **Harry Babb** » May 6th, '12, 07:15

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

John F. · Post by **John F.** » May 6th, '12, 07:22

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.

CaptPatrick · Post by **CaptPatrick** » May 6th, '12, 07:34

Looks real good John!

MarkS · Post by **MarkS** » May 6th, '12, 08:48

I like that a lot!

Buju · Post by **Buju** » May 6th, '12, 08:49

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!

John F. · Post by **John F.** » May 6th, '12, 14:00

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.

Bob H. · Post by **Bob H.** » May 6th, '12, 18:58

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

bertram 20 · Post by **bertram 20** » May 6th, '12, 19:39

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

JohnD · Post by **JohnD** » May 6th, '12, 19:49

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

John F. · Post by **John F.** » May 6th, '12, 20:07

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....

Harry Babb · Post by **Harry Babb** » May 6th, '12, 20:33

Your smile tells the ENTIRE story! ! !

hb

Joe E · Post by **Joe E** » May 6th, '12, 20:42

love the boat, nice job on the fish. Joe

Pete Fallon · Post by **Pete Fallon** » May 6th, '12, 22:56

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

Bertramp · Post by **Bertramp** » May 7th, '12, 05:06

VERY nice !!

Charlie J · Post by **Charlie J** » May 7th, '12, 06:14

way to go john, good eating size

TailhookTom · Post by **TailhookTom** » May 7th, '12, 08:52

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

Rawleigh · Post by **Rawleigh** » May 7th, '12, 09:23

That turned out really nice!

Tony Meola · Post by **Tony Meola** » May 7th, '12, 21:51

John

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

BOBMX · Post by **BOBMX** » May 13th, '12, 01:26

Looks great, hope to see it at Kentmoor!

SteveM · Post by **SteveM** » May 13th, '12, 12:53

nice job! I want one!

Carl · Post by **Carl** » May 14th, '12, 06:07

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

tunawish · Post by **tunawish** » May 14th, '12, 08:16

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

Ray

Mikey · Post by **Mikey** » May 14th, '12, 10:33

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

Harv · Post by **Harv** » May 22nd, '12, 22:42

Nicely done, John!

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