a few pics from the boat show...

[Chris Havoc]

We had a good time walkin around the boat show yesterday!! Spent wayyyy too much money at the marsh works booth, met W briefly and I found my dream boat!! Now if i could just win the lottery to buy it!! Lots of boats there, I guess i expected to see a few more manufacturers there.....looked at the contenders and fountains, but no yellowfins or Cape horns. I spend over an hour drooling over the 25 Shearwater though! Not much i could find about it that I didnt like!! On another note, i won a 100 bucks on powerball, so i guess thats a start toward the shearwater eh. oh, and a big Thank You to Chris @ Marshworks!! Him and his staff worked very hard to help and educated anyone and everyone that showed interest in his products!! Cant wait to try out these new squillas!! Your the man Chris!!! If you need any help getting your stuff on local store shelves, let me know, I`m more than willing to help out any way i can....and if your going by the boat show today, dont forget to stop by and check him out, you wont regret it!!

[mikedatiger]

Those Shearwaters are beautiful but the price tag sure is UGLY!!!

[Chris Havoc]

the shearwater in the pic was tagged at 65, 500 for the show i believe, and retail was somewhere around 75k

[Reel Bender]

You'd need the money for the last one to pay the fuel bill of the 1st one.

[fishinpox]

i didnt see ya there maybe next time!

[Sea-Trac Offshore]

I went earlier right when they opened with one of my little future fisherman. STopped by the booth but W was off playing on Bourbon St or something. I think someone mentioned him getting free drinks at the Bourbon pub? ha

Stopped by Marsh Works and stocked up. Everything is built to last really. Cant wait to go throw some next weekend.

I had the chance to get a Shearwater last year. A good friend of mine had a 22 decked to the gills with a 225zuki and got ill. 2 yrs old with less than 40hrs and could have picked it up for less than 30! Should have then but wife was prego (again)

Boat show was nice. Plenty of good looking boats. Me being in the marine electronics biz I like to dig around in the hulls and see the attention to detail. One through me off. I really like the Majeks but man o man, clean up that wiring mess in the bilge!

[Ray]

I saw a Twin Vee in there. I thought they went belly up???

[fishinpox]

Originally Posted by Ray

I saw a Twin Vee in there. I thought they went belly up???

the did and the orig owner re-bought em or something of the sort i talked with them over ther that 22 bay cat is pretty sweet strictly fishing not much storage not very pretty

[Sea-Trac Offshore]

Good friend of mine has a 33' tv. Stay away from them. His is 2 years old and takes on water on one side and fuel tank leaks due to ethanol eating through a fiberglass tank. Now the owner told him the worst part is that the wood throuout the boat will probably rot. They want him to sell it and buy an Americat. Tvee will not honor the warranty from past boats. He used his 5-6 times.

[Ray]

It is a well known fact that E-10 eats up fiberglass tanks. I can't believe they still put them in boats these days. Boats from the 60' and 70's had them, but most boats started using alum. and steel in the 80's.

[Sea-Trac Offshore]

Yeah he is upset. I went to his boat shed to check out some electronics and the left side of the boat was full of water and strong fuel odor. (again) When he talked to them they even said they are learning from their mistakes. I would be past mad.

[Sea-Trac Offshore]

What really surprised me is how much wood is used in the hull.

[Zachary Boy]

Originally Posted by fishinpox

the did and the orig owner re-bought em or something of the sort i talked with them over ther that 22 bay cat is pretty sweet strictly fishing not much storage not very pretty

I was fishing with my friend in Perdido Bay last year when we saw a 32' catamaran ripping thru the bay. We were just commenting on how ugly the boat was. When it got close enough we could see the name on the boat, "Butt Ugly". Funny stuff... I hear they ride sweet.

[Sea-Trac Offshore]

They do ride great. I ran a 26' after Katrina for Sea Tow. I put that hull through hell and back. They are definitely a stripped down boat for fishing thats it. No fishing boxes unless you get the option behind the leaning post.