Weldcraft: Building "Great White"!

[Duck]

I can't wait to see it. I'm eagerly awaiting to hear what you think of the autopilot setup after some time on the water. I'll definitely be at the boat show to see your work. Our 28 Duckworth build starts in Feb.

[Nelly]

Finally, finally...FINALLY get to take Great White fishing!

Here I am..at long last... launching Great White at Washington Park heading for Friday Harbor and the Resurrection Derby!

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How did we do? Well,... you're going to have to check the Fishing Report Forum for that!

[Boat Nazi]

Nice ride NURM! You've come a long way from that old wood flat bottom................

[Nelly]

Wow! It took a while, but there's the first reference to "ol' blue"...
A blast from the past for sure!

[SCHANKER]

God! Forgot about "ol blue". I dont miss helping lift that thing up and flipping it over to re-do the glass bottom. But do miss the days of fishing the red rocks and grandy creek. Dont talk to me!!!

[Nelly]

The new Weldcraft is starting to feel like "home"!

You know, that "old familiar" feeling you get with a good piece of gear that's really working for you..?

Here's a shot of my last trip of 2013 (I'm takin' today off...) scootin' across Rosario Strait.

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We shot an episode of Root Sports ProGuide Outdoors yesterday which premiers Sunday at 8am.
Or, you can come to the Seattle Boat Show and watch an episode on the Simrad NSS12 display right on the dash inside the boat!
Happy New Year!

[Brandon]

You gotta simrad that will play fishing shows in your boat??!! Man I really need to upgrade in that area. Looks like I know what I'm doing with my tax return.

[Nelly]

The new HDS Gen 2 Touch screens have a video input capability. The HDS 10's? I don't know

Simrad offers complete electronics integration in a single unit. We're talking Sonar, GPS/Chartplotter, AIS, Audio (with Sonic Hub), Sirius Satellite weather and Autopilot control. That's major electronics firepower and amounts to some serious space saving on your boat.

Here's what the ramp looked like at Washington Park in Anacortes yesterday as we launched.

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[trophymac]

Kind of looks like " big foot" hiding behind the piling.. I don't see the friendly deer in the back ground but I know they are there... The boat looks awesome....

[Nelly]

Well, We're getting down to the final prep work for the Seattle Boat Show!

At Harbor Marine in Everett, here's the progress of the graphics package on the outside...

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...while the shore power and inverter package gets installed on the inside.

More on that with pictures later...