That is SWEEEEET.Hope you can enjoy for years to come.
Phin, what a beautiful boat! Two weeks ago I discovered your Mojo rebuild; many days after reading a section I was at times exhausted yet at other times elated. Thank you for sharing your rebuild and your life with us. You have done what few have or will ever do.
Your thread is also a display of the great people out there that are willing to share their knowledge and self in helping others. I hope to meet many in the days to come.
Thanks again!
Sea Hunt Ultra 211
Great looking boat. Looks like you got the weight distribution dialed in perfectly.
13ft Whaler with 25hp Johnson
If you’re lucky enough to be fishing, you’re lucky enough.
Awesome, Phin! Just awesome. Really needed a tissue after reading your build thread and all this. Beautiful lady. You built her. You know she’ll take care of you. Enjoy!
Matthew K. Mizell
Columbia, SC
Sea Pro 190CC
Johnson 115 4-Stroke
It’s about time for another post, 
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Beautiful boat and wonderful story!
Saerboy
Mako 261
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Originally posted by Got2GoIt’s about time for another post,
It’s been a year today since the boat was first splashed, engine broken in w/ 3ft seas and the boxes broken in with snapper.
Pretty incredible to look back at it now…
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Luke 8:22-25
Phin, what did she finally come in at weight wise?
She’s a beauty! What is her length?
19ft. Carolina Skiff
w/115hp Yamaha 4stroke
27ft. Contender
w/twin 225hp Yamaha 4stroke
25’6" and no idea of weight
Took 40 gallons of fuel capacity and wet fir and balsa wood coring out and added four stroke and hard top weight. Moved fuel cell forward 8" and added eurotransom design to make motor fishing easier.
Replaced a bunch of rotten balsa core in the bow with cabosil and milled fiber putty and chopped mat and/or divinycell.
She likely was more stern-heavy back in the day but probably near the same total weight after all the storage and structure I added.
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Luke 8:22-25
25’6" and no idea of weight
Took 40 gallons of fuel capacity and wet fir and balsa wood coring out and added four stroke and hard top weight. Moved fuel cell forward 8" and added eurotransom design to make motor fishing easier.
Replaced a bunch of rotten balsa core in the bow with cabosil and milled fiber putty and chopped mat and/or divinycell.
She likely was more stern-heavy back in the day but probably near the same total weight after all the storage and structure I added. The boat likes a lot of trim and speed. Typically runs 40-45mph offshore. VERY good riding but it gets wet if ever forced to run under 30mph with a hard cross wind.
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Luke 8:22-25
Big for a single engine. Some boat builder should use your ideas for a single engine boat.
19ft. Carolina Skiff
w/115hp Yamaha 4stroke
27ft. Contender
w/twin 225hp Yamaha 4stroke
Thank you. I have had a few builders tell me that they loved what I had done with the layout, storage and access- and knew my boat was built perfectly for what I do. Apparently, that’s not what the market wants though.
When I was running a 21 Mako, E-free gas was 3.95 a gallon, and I had water on the deck if I had live bait and 4 guys on a trip. There were also sea states I often hit that would be 1-2ft but killer interval for making good time. I wanted more room and fishability but the same cost to use it. I got it, and it’s becoming more and more worth it as I get to spend time on the boat.
It took 2 years, but there was a lot of wasted effort and anguish in there because I kept trying to be a minimalist. In the end, more got cut out and redone, and I had to do it that way since I was so far into it already. Approached it as building a boat to last me 20 years rather than a boat to last 2 years. Every single part of the boat was thought about for days if not weeks before it came to fruition.
If I did another one today, it’d take only 6 months probably, and I would be much more efficient. Air is three times faster than electric tools, and there are some tasks that are better for others to get paid to do in a day rather than you spending 2 weeks. Learned about all of that, and when people ask me about what I “have in the boat,” I just chuckle and look down before looking up and explaining how it isn’t the money that was so costly- it was the time. We all can get more money later on. We can’t get more time… you’ll always have less of it. The boat cost me more than I could ever count.
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Luke 8:22-25
Nothing like making something from scratch. It always looks and tastes better. Awesome job!
State Farm Agent
N Myrtle Beach
Freak’n awesome job!! I bought a 1970 22’ Mako two years ago to fully restore. I said it would only take me 6 months. Ha! Yep, I’m still working on it. She won’t be no where as pretty as yours. You have sunk a lot of coin and time into that boat, you’ve earned “that feeling” you get on your first trip out. Awesome job again!
I just recently read your build on CM.com. Very impressive indeed.
How has the line-x held up? Does it still clean up the same as when new?
10% of the people catch 90% of the fish.
Greatest of all of all of your posts, Wes. You’re good people. It’s a pleasure to know you.
EdgeWater 245
“The Mighty Fin”
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Originally posted by SSFieroI just recently read your build on CM.com. Very impressive indeed.
How has the line-x held up? Does it still clean up the same as when new?10% of the people catch 90% of the fish.
The Line-X XS-650 has been everything I hoped when I took the boat way down there and paid for it.
It has to be bleached after a trip, but I’ve never scrubbed it. I spray bathroom cleaner on all of the interior, wait 10 mins, then rinse it. Done. Can’t hurt the stuff. Brian told me if I ever want him to put his new system on top that makes it less prone to staining, he’d do it for free. It isn’t worth it to me to pull it back to Sarasota and remove all the hardware and all that at this point. What it does is sort of stain like a white cooler will if blood or bait. You get home, and scrubing won’t take it off but some spray bathroom cleaner for a few minutes will make it rinse right off. I have tried cheap stuff and “eco” stuff, and they all work the same. Just have to spray it and let it set for a few minutes before rinsing.
Boat stays outside uncovered 24-7, and I’ve never put any protectant on either the interior or exterior finishes. I have gotten on other boats to install outriggers a lot lately, and especially when it’s been raining… I REALLY miss my line-x. Can barely stand on a boat’s gunnel to stick outriggers on, but with my boat you aren’t going anywhere unless you mean to. Same thing with stuff on deck. Can’t hurt it unless you take a knife and cut down into it. Best way I can describe it is like a thin layer of hardened 5200 all over the boat as far as toughness goes.
It’s the low maintenance rig I sought, but it’s still a boat. Going to redo some of my plumbing in the bilge over winter I think. Getting rid of PVC drain valves for my macerator system and have an a
Great job Phin
Well done on the boat and great perspective look at what it means
to acheive a goal set and ultimately accomplished.
Fish on my friend.
“Destiny” 35ft
Contender and “Scintilla” 20ft Keywest, Manning SC