Wood runabout cockpit sole series#

VHF RADIO - Simrad COCKPIT SOLID WOOD SLATTED FLOOR AND PLATFORMS COCKPIT. All the beauty and class of a 1930/40’s classic with only a fraction of the maintenance and troubles.

Built in 2004/05 by renowned Pacific Northwest wooden boat builder Simon Fletcher. I’d really appreciate comment from Jacques and other classic runabout buffs on whether ST21 has the right bones, the right lines, to be made to look the part as a classic twin cockpit runabout. Add the timeless runabout styling with tumblehome aft and flared bow forward. 19’Fletcher Woody Runabout Boat - 39,750 (Reseda) RARE and ABSOLUTELY GORGEOUS MAHOGANY RUNABOUT. protruding outboard sole cabin or cockpit floor spile, spiling method of. So can ST21 be made to look the part as a classic runabout, when for example Chris Crafts all seem to have a reverse sheerline whereas ST21 has a conventional one? On a wooden boat, the stem is usually a single timber stern aft part of a.

And I just can’t see skinny running XFs or PHs looking the part as classic runabouts. The simplest and probably the most effective arrangement for an aft cockpit with no lazarette is to slope the cockpit sole back to the transom, then cut a large.

Wood runabout cockpit sole series#

I’m far more interested in 9” draft than speed, but at the same time I’d love to achieve the classic runabout look.Ĭlearly the RB series look like classic runabouts, but with their outboards they cannot match the 9” shoal draft performance of ST21.

I very much like ST21 for her 9” draft, protected prop included, suitable for running in my local extensive sandy shoal areas where jets would quickly get chewed out. The prototype of the new model was displayed at the National Boat Show in New York City in 1932, and 'Que Sara' was one of 43 boats ordered at the show and the twenty-fifth hull built that year. As Jacques and Joel’s prototype twin cockpit runabout powered by a PWC engine comes to life, I’m coming to realise that I’ve been hooked by the classic runabout look. The 18-foot split cockpit runabout was Gar Wood's answer to declining sales of his larger triple-cockpit boats during the Great Depression.