air conditioned cockpit on flats or bay boat

I am a boat designer and recently a famous fisherman has requested a canopy enclosure that he and his wife can sit down in. A low profile cockpit like an ocean racer. I asked do you want it air conditioned and he immediately said yes. My boats are produced as one offs with two different hulls. They range from $62,000 to $75,000 and up. We are like Jessie James motorcycles or Orange County Choppers. These boats are very customized and more like functional hotrods.

[wdnboatbuilder]

wood or glass?

[yipster]

was that the question?
i aint gettin it, not even a picture

[wdnboatbuilder]

not sure what the question was . I just thought I would reply with glass or wood.

[cyclops]

I think the post is more of a self acknowledgement about his company.

[PAR]

A/C on a boat now there's something that hasn't been thought of. Two of my last three designs had A/C. One was a typical compressor driven unit, the other was a pump up, raw water device, which was pretty neat, with very low energy draw. This is Florida, we don't do 'nutten without A/C down here. In that price range, they must be reasonably small, one off "hot rods" with A/C. Hell, you'd be hard pressed to get a plain Jane hardtail from West Coast Choppers for those dollars.

[dougfrolich]

On a flats boat? Sounds like a sun shade, or more likley a wide brimmed hat and a saltwater spritz now and then.

[cyclops]

Why don't they just fish off the Mother boat?

On a flats boat?

Yep - I got that! Ya see - thats what the holes in my shorts and jocks are for, - to let the air condition my ring gear!

Works a treat at speed!

Yup yup yup, bin dere,done dat!

Designer holes in his shorts maybe? Could that be the sorta air conditioning he designs?

I'm not sure I wanna know where this is going!

Cheers!

[gonzo]

If they truly were one-offs, he wouldn't have just two molds. Each boat would be different. The engine, steering and other parts of the mechanical system add up to about $25.000 plus installation. Then the electronics about $5,000.00 and fishing gear maybe $4,000.00. I can see an adequate boat built for the price Tarpon1 claims, but not a hotrod or customized boat to the standards of Jessie James motorcycles or Orange County Choppers.

[wdnboatbuilder]

The only flats boats that i know of for 70,000 dollars are the Hells Bay boats and I would not give you 10 cents for one of those. If you run A/C and have a canopy how the hell are you going to cast your lure? the lure would attach itself to the canopy in the back swing

[JR-Shine]

pictures please

[PAR]

He seems to have been an unregistered poster, Joel. He didn't leave any way to get in touch with him or his boats. Not a very effective marketing ploy, if that was his intent.

[cyclops]

Why get bogged down in the details. If any.