Sea Hunt boats are wildly popular for good reason. But there’s still room for upgrades, and Sea Hunt owners purchase lots of parts and materials from Boat Outfitters to customize their boats. This article highlights 5 of the coolest upgrades.
My project boat was a 1993 18-foot foot C-Hawk center console. Prior to purchasing my boat, I knew the deck had some soft spots and would need to be replaced within a few years. Read this article to learn more about replacing a wood-core deck with Coosa board.
As is often the case with center console fishing boats, his 2021 Sea Fox 248 Commander had plenty of storage in and forward of the console but not much in the cockpit, where fishing tackle and tools are most commonly needed. The obvious solution was to add tackle storage under the aluminum-framed leaning post.
Potter’s visibility over the bow was fine, but for his captains and crew, visibility from the helm could be challenging. The obvious solution was to give the captain a higher platform to stand on. “I wanted something that looked like it came with the boat. The fact that Boat Outfitters allowed me to customize exactly what I wanted made it perfect for my needs.”
Over the years, the carpeted plywood ski locker lid gradually deteriorated on a 2001 Wellcraft 200SS. Smith was already familiar with Starboard as a fabrication material so he knew he could cut and shape it with the common woodworking tools in his garage.
If there’s one thing you can count on when refitting a boat with updated electronics, it’s that the new units won’t fit in the same cutouts as the old ones. That means marine electronics shops like NautiNav, often have to figure out how to cover old cutouts before installing new units.
When Central Florida inshore angler Stephen Foster made the move from a 17-foot Ranger poling skiff to a 23-foot Skeeter SX230, he was surprised to find that the bay boat actually had less usable tackle storage, not more.
Anthony’s beautiful custom Dorado 25 meets his needs perfectly, but after several years of use, he identified several upgrades he wanted, including a new helm box. As Anthony and Jason worked together, they began to design a helm box based on a box Anthony had seen on a SeaVee, then modified it to meet Anthony’s needs.
Installing a Boat Outfitters inset, face-mount storage unit is well within the abilities of most DIYers, but it does require a bit of forethought and careful measurement.
If there was one thing Joe Capalbo missed about his previous boat, it was the recessed tackle storage units in both sides of the leaning post, readily accessible from the cockpit. He needed more room to store jigs, weights, hooks, leader, knives, pliers, and more within arm’s reach of the cockpit while fishing his Chesapeake Bay home waters.
When John Mahoney bought his 1998 Regulator 26 back in the fall of 2013, he knew it needed a little help. Structurally and mechanically, the boat was in great shape, but after a decade and a half of use, it needed a cosmetic and functional refresh.
After completely de-rigging the Whaler 13, painting the hull and painting the decks with Tuff Coat nonskid, Porter started working with the Boat Outfitters engineering team on the new Super Sport-style interior, methodically recreating each part in Starboard while also making several strategic improvements along the way.
As is often the case, the owner found that the changing room just wasn’t very practical. Family and friends simply wore swimsuits under their street clothes if they thought they might want to get in the water.
Over the past eight years, Luke Taylor had replaced the lights on his bass boat trailer twice, with the same inexpensive incandescent lights it was originally equipped with. This spring, he decided to take a different approach dropping a bit more money on a set of LED lights in higher-quality housings.
If you’ve ever stalked redfish, bonefish, permit or other skinny water predators, you know how spooky they are. Because of that, designers of poling skiffs work hard to make their boats quiet by eliminating so-called “hull slap.”
When Louis And Megan Caruso purchased their 2005 Silverton 42 Convertible, Sweptaway, from the original owner last year, they inherited a minor dilemma along with her: a small, non-functioning icemaker in the cockpit.
Despite your best intentions to remain a fly/light tackle purist, chances are you’ll eventually run into a situation where you need a decent rod holder or two on your flats skiff. One interesting option for adding rod holders to a flats skiff is a relatively new product that combines a flush-mount rod holder with a cleat
Garbage in, garbage out. The phrase was coined in the early days of computer programming to convey the idea that, since computers couldn’t think for themselves, no machine could produce good output based on bad input.
The final design, arrived at after several iterations, features a deep center bin for towels, jackets, and other bulky items. A vented front makes it easy to see the contents and allows plenty of airflow to let wet items dry out and keep mildew and mold at bay.
Renowned Florida Keys guide Capt. Greg Poland runs mainly inshore charters but has done his share of offshore fishing, too — particularly kite fishing for sailfish. So he knows how a dedicated rocket launcher can streamline the game by positioning multiple rods in one location.
Replacing electronics, and helm components can make a 20-year boat feel brand new! Here we go over Julie's helm upgrade project for her 2001 Silverton Motoryacht 453.
This project boat, an older Andros Backwater 18, was purchased from the previous owner with no hatch supports of any kind. here we go over how we added gas shock supports to the single large hatch in the forward deck, three hatches across the back deck, and the Livewell lid.
Adding a swim platform and ladder to an outboard or I/O-powered boat is well within the abilities of the average do-it-yourselfer, but it does require some careful forethought and planning. Here we go over the mounting location, ways to use your platform, and some additional considerations to keep in mind when shopping for swim platforms.
