Ground up bowfishing boat build

[AimLowRobin]

Can't forget about a trailer...

 

[mmf]

whoa! this must be costing you a fortune, but looking good so far!

 

[AimLowRobin]

I made the drive to OK to Redneck's shop to finalize some stuff and get the wiring done. Wow! I am floored by the way my boat is shaping up. They are working all over it so it's tough to get pix but I will get plenty before I head home tomorrow.

 

[bulldog]

Looks amazing. Built like a tank. =D> =D>

 

[MOBowhunter]

Robin,

Any pictures of the finished product yet?

Matt

 

[AimLowRobin]

I have a bunch of new pix and I reorganized my Photobucket folder which caused the earlier posted pix to go away. When I slow down a bit I will catch up on posting pix. The boat is supposed to be getting paint today, then the motors mounted and the final stuff like gauges, etc. We have a big trip next week to LA hosting an editor from North American Hunting Club.

 

[AimLowRobin]

Ok everyone...life's been hectic as can be lately, trying to get this boat finished up, some health issues in the family, etc. But things are calming down, everyone is home and healthy again, and have my new boat in the driveway, freshly salted down in the marshes of south LA. So...I am going to get this thread caught up with the build pix that got lost, some updated build pix, and some of the "final" product. I say "final" because as you all know...no boat is every truly final.

 

[AimLowRobin]

Side storage boxes and lids and also the center console going in.

Shooting deck beginning with kicker motor steer stick.

 

[AimLowRobin]

Shooting deck coming together in this pic. The deck has what is known as an enclosed light rail, basically means the deck is raised but is part of the boat rather than sitting on top of the boat. You can kinda see the raised video stand behind also, but I will show that better in another post.

 

[AimLowRobin]

This stand is for our cameraman, raised so they can get over the shoulder views of us shooting fish. One thing about my last boat I did not like was trailering with the video stand way up in the air. They guys at Redneck Airboats came up with this solution - a stand that we can fold back in minutes for travel or just to get under tight bridges.

 

[AimLowRobin]

Well...I have a ton of pix that I'd love to show you all, but the forum restricts the size and I don't have time to go and resize all of the pix that I took with a real camera or my Iphone. For those that want to see the build pix from start to end, feel free to take a look at my boat build folder in photobucket at https://s763.photobucket.com/albums/xx280/aimlowrobin/Boat%20build/. I will have to skip ahead for now to the so called finished product. We still plan to line the interior with a roll on bedliner and also do a vinyl wrap on the outside to make it even sweeter looking.

 

[Anonymous]

Woah. And woah. That's a fine lookin' beast you have there !

 

[bulldog]

Holy CRAP!!! That thing turned out amazing!! Congrats!

 

[AimLowRobin]

Thanks guys. Went out for a few hours here locally in the StL area. The reaction of people that see the boat really tells us what an incredible boat Redneck built for us.