Adventure Paddle Tours says: The Swamp Rat turned out pretty awesome!!! We will be in the #everglades in two days! #bostonwhaler #bostonwhaler13 #microskiff #skifflife #everythingbostonwhaler #fishingboat #fishing #shallowwater #shallowwaterfishing
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stevejones82
#creekslut
rafaael__p
Where did you get that poling platform custom? I see you took an angle into account is that because of how the boat sits in the water?
rafaael__p
@marquez__daniel_
adventurepaddletours
@rafaael__p it’s funny you ask that. I wish I had spent the money on a custom platform, but this was not, it was a $100 Craigslist purchase hopping it would fit. I would have saved three days and untold frustration if I bought a custom platform. I had to build up the floor in the back between the transom and false floor, so I’d have confidence in its security. This boats walls are thin! Where the feet sit in the back are tight and it was almost impossible to grind down to glass so I could add new glass and filler. It’s angled because the footprints are so built up in the back and I ran out of time and material in the front. I have to get on the road today to open Florida by November 1. I will be adjusting it when I get down.
adventurepaddletours
@rafaael__p I still have to adjust the platform, put on a taco marine rub rail, add a grab bar (built that footprint already) and a longer tiller extension
mynapstarr
This turned out awesome
adventurepaddletours
@mynapstarr thanks, I think so too, but there are a few things I still need to add but at this point I need to get down to Florida and open up for business.