Well, while Shawn and Ric have been busy catching all the nice fish, I've been stuck at home with severe fishing withdrawal pains that have obviously led to dementia - I was considering buying another boat. Not a new boat, but this boat.
This would make a perfect Rocky Point fishing boat. The Airslots have a unique cathedral style hull and were touted as being one of the smoothest, dryest riding boats on the water, able to slice through a moderate chop with no pounding. About your average day out on the water in RP. I've never actually ridden on one, but from everything I've researched on them, they are said to be fairly heavy, super stable and not a lot of rocking, either. Boston Whaler used a similar "tri-hull" design for several years. In fact, there was controversy over who actually owned the design. The cathedral hull was designed by Richard Cole and was produced by a few manufacturers - the Airslot was a Wellcraft boat. They were thought to be the "wave" of the future (no pun intended), until deep-vee hulls became "the" standard for offshore fishing boats. Sales of the Airslots gave way and the general public tended to view them as ugly when compared to the sleeker lines of the deep-vee hulls.
The one in the link could be yours for mere $2500. Needs a new motor. It's currently an I/O with a Mercruiser. My thought was to bag the I/O setup, patch up the transom and bracket a pair of new fuel efficient four-stroke outboards on it. Add a T-top. You'd have one hell of a nice fishing machine!
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This would make a perfect Rocky Point fishing boat. The Airslots have a unique cathedral style hull and were touted as being one of the smoothest, dryest riding boats on the water, able to slice through a moderate chop with no pounding. About your average day out on the water in RP. I've never actually ridden on one, but from everything I've researched on them, they are said to be fairly heavy, super stable and not a lot of rocking, either. Boston Whaler used a similar "tri-hull" design for several years. In fact, there was controversy over who actually owned the design. The cathedral hull was designed by Richard Cole and was produced by a few manufacturers - the Airslot was a Wellcraft boat. They were thought to be the "wave" of the future (no pun intended), until deep-vee hulls became "the" standard for offshore fishing boats. Sales of the Airslots gave way and the general public tended to view them as ugly when compared to the sleeker lines of the deep-vee hulls.
The one in the link could be yours for mere $2500. Needs a new motor. It's currently an I/O with a Mercruiser. My thought was to bag the I/O setup, patch up the transom and bracket a pair of new fuel efficient four-stroke outboards on it. Add a T-top. You'd have one hell of a nice fishing machine!
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