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Hi Dave, You're not hijacking the thread, they're good questions. Hewescraft is in the same position as the other builders that make boats to accept multiple types of power. They already have models with full height transoms (no motorwells) to handle the inboard engine with the jets (or even...

Hi Joe, I've been away a couple of days...sorry I didn't respond sooner. Of course there's not answer for the first question. Well there is but it's "whatever colors the owners think look best". Truly. That's why there's 31 flavors of ice cream at Baskin Robbins. As to the second question...

Goodness Bill, I'm familiar with that boat and with Karl Stambaugh (I own several of his plans). In fact I first found the 28 when you could still buy plans for it, and almost did it. Now I wish I had since they're no longer available. I looked the boat over pretty carefully on the North...

:) May the powers-that-be forever hold me in enough favor to keep me from ever wanting to build a 45-footer. Les

Rob, This is good stuff and thanks for taking the time to post it. I do want to know what folks' dream boats are (in the sizes we're contemplating). And oddly enough, it's not about building what I think we can sell the most of in a purely bean-counter kind of way. I want to build boats...

Roger, There's nothing wrong with a well designed bracket when retrofitting an existing boat. The one on Tom's boat works great. My comment regarding brackets was only intended to take in new boats. Unless (as a manufacturer) you're going to offer a boat with a full-height flat transom so...

Hey! I know that boat! :) I went to pick it up in Gig Harbor when it was purchased and towed it back here for some upgrades to get it ready to go for the new owner so I got to be around it for some time. The complaint I normally get on a pilothouse boat (like this one or a Nordic 26, etc) is...

Hi Greg, Thanks for the thoughts. The berth in the Marinaut 255 that was in my teaser drawing is 6' 6", I'd try to stick with that even if the boat ends up at 25-feet. Funny you should mention the Tolly 26. It has the 4-person dinette, a decent galley, a large berth, a large cockpit, and...

Thatcher Pas is the one the Washington State Ferries travel through on their runs from Anacortes to the San Juans. It's between the north end of Decatur Island and the south end of Blakely Island. Les

Larry, Thanks very much for posting those photos! :thup It's great to see some action shots...something I haven't been able to get yet. Les

Betty Ann is in Anacortes. I'll be seeing them later today. They have extended their time here and will now cruise to around October 12th. Sounds like they're having a great time exploring places like La Conner and Anacortes and I believe the plan (loose) is to head to the San Juan Islands...

I'm conflicted. (Sheesh...sounds like a sitcom.) I started down the path of a larger Marinaut thinking about just making the 215 about 30" longer to accommodate a head compartment, and that would have made the boat about 24' in length. The next iteration was to give it a bit more length...

Ok, same question as I asked Rob then. Given that we're going to arbitrarily restrict the width to 8' 6" on the M25 or M27 what do you feel an M27 could offer you that a M25 couldn't? My first inclination is that the difference wouldn't be in more specific things but rather a bit more of...

Oh goodness Rob, I was just being facetious! Just thinking about developing another boat is enough to give me heartburn! :mrgreen: It's about $150,000 a pop to produce the plug and molds for a new model though a M27 might be a bit less expensive since the hull would just be a stretched M25...

Here's a teaser. This is NOT the final design, in fact it's just the preliminary concept: One of the main changes would be a lower cabin top and this one was drawn at 25' 5" rather than 25'. Les

Why does the extra foot in length make a difference? I'm not following what's not in the 25' version that could be in a 26' version? I can already get 100 gallons of fuel (in the side tanks) in the 25, we can already get the head in there, we can already provide a 6' 6" berth. The challenge...

The passageway (aisle) on the Marinaut 25 is about the same as the the M215; you're right, it doesn't need to be wider. Some sort of settee with a table would be easy to do. In fact it would be easy to have a settee along the port side with a nice copilot seat forward of that. Depending on...

By the way you all...this is helping me tremendously. I just wanted to take this opportunity to say THANK YOU!!! :thup

Hi Rob, I really don't know what we're talking about money wise. Right now the Marinaut 215 is $46,400 and based on the last boat we built that will have to increase somewhat. Based on the price per pound that we're currently paying for the 215 hull I think we'll end up with about $6,000 to...

Hi Tom, The honest answer is that the answer is "it's very situational". Every hull has its good points and its bad. It's really difficult to make a blanket statement about how Hull A is always going to be better than Hull B. It may be sometimes but not always (unless Hull B truly sucks)...