Brudnlaws new boat
 

My brother in law, Seaham, is getting a new 26' Calcutta built. Here are some of the pictures in the factory.
When finished, the builder is bringing it to the Miami Boat Show, then it is coming to it's new home in Grand Isle.

dats nice ! real nice !

how long is that trolling motor shaft gonna hafta be?:D:D

When we going out ray????

nice looking boat, what does it draft?

LOL, gonna have a good commissioning trip first. Then it's on.
I sent him a link to the offshore rod post you have up.
I gave him all my old bottom fishing rods. He is almost set up now.

13"

http://www.calcuttaboats.com/

Very nice looking boat!

Nice boat

that is sweet!! I hear the calcuttas are the driest riding cats.. don't know how true it is, i've never rode in one but I hear the twin vees are kinda wet.

Sweet ride tho, what will he have pushing it?

nice!

Sweeet

One day when I am rich I will be able to afford such a nice boat!

Nice nice Ray..come out to Ursa...

i keep saying that when i win the lottery i'll have one but i guess i'll have to start playing to win so

I think it will be twin 115's.
He has two choices, Suzuki's or Honda's.

suuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuuzuki !!

yep i'd go with the zukes, curious to see how it would ride into a stiff 4' headsea

That sounds kinda under powered......I'd def go zuki as well, but much more power.......

I was wrong. His choices were Etec's or Honda's.
Not sure which ones he chose. I said Honda's would be a lil betta.

spending that much money his choices are anything

that's a weird HP restriction on that hull, looks like the demo boat has F150s? maybe they are 115s

wonder what the top end is with the 115s

honda !! he needs (2) 300's on that thing !!

thats what im screaming....they better put what i want for the price of them boats

Go etec over Honda anyday........2stroke 4ever!!!!

sweet ride. I hope you mean twin 150's

I am pretty sure he said 115's.

115's was in the picture

Max HP is 260 HP.
The pictures showed twin Yamaha 115's.

my guess is that this boat is designed to compete with the Gause built. inshore/offshore florida style inlet/coastal.

should work good in the gulf, freeboard a little low for the nasty stuff tho.

Overall Length 26’3”
Beam 8’6”
Maximum Draft 13”
Weight 2,800 lbs
Fuel Capacity 126 gallons
Max HP 260hp

I don't like being offshore in bad weather on any boat.

nope but cats were designed for that stout 3 foot gulf chop, they eat it up like butter

PERFORMANCE DATA:

WITH TWIN 90-HP MOTORS: Top speed 40 mph. Cruise at 30 mph at 9 gallons per hour. The top speed running on one motor is 25 mph.

WITH SINGLE 200 HP MOTOR: Top Speed 43 mph, Cruise at 30 mph at 10 gallons per hour. Cruise at 20 mph at 5 gallons per hour.

115K ??

Little more cause of all the electronics they installed.

Before it hits the water get tell them to angle the radar dome a couple degrees forward for up and running. Also becareful as the gps antenna is almost in line with radar antenna. Best to get the antenna above the radar antenna as it could knock out the gps

I didn't notice the radar being level. I'll tell him to get them to install a wedge under it.

yes honda baby!!!!!!

they make sweet boats we have the 37 calcutta in cocodrie only the second one that sam made hes the guy who builds them i think steve owns calcutta but a prince just ordered a 37 and is coming to cocodrie to take a ride in march some time. Sam has told me the 26 is a sweet riding boat been telling my father in law that i was gonna sell my blazer bay and that we should go in half and get the 26 calcutta decked out the same as the 37 sitting in the shed. had a world cat 27 then searched for a year for a better cat and found calcutta they had our boat in the miami boat show last year. that show is sick

i would put 2 130 yamma hammers!!!!!!!!

He is leaving tomorrow to go test run it in Fla. with the manufacturer and bring it home.

Whats the word on the boat Ray? Was he satisfied with everything?

Yep, it is sitting in his shed outside Sunset. I am going to go take a look at it next week.
I will brang the camera. I got some offshore fishing equipment to bring him.