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Horsepower: 36
Boat Brand: Uncle J
Boat Size: 18x54
Boat Layout: Wide Open

Additional Boat Specs:
-Flat Pipe Front
-1/8th Sides
-3/16” Bottom and Transom
-Tall (20”) transom
-22” Sides
-4” Cat Walks with 1" square tube outer gunnel rails
-1/8" Full Welded Floor
-Battery Tray Back Rear
-TM Bracket
-LED Shark Eye Lights
-Removable Grab Bar in Catwalk
-Drink Holder in Catwalk
-Two Tripod Seat Bases
-Cajun Camo Custom Paint - Max 4 Pattern
-5’ Extended Front Deck, 40” Dry Storage, 20” Stow Under Deck Extension
-Boat rigged and wired up by me

STOCK Speeds:
I've only taken the boat out a few times since I got it and never ran it by myself yet, so here are a couple speeds I've observed so far. All speeds taken with iPhone Navionics GPS. I will update as I get more time on the rig...

- 2 People, 6 gallons of gas, light load: 26.5-27 mph steady, mostly deep water. Boat bumped over 27 in shallow, but never did get to 28.
- 4 Adults and 1 nine year old, guns, shell buckets, no decoys: 21.5-23.5 depending on water depth (I was surprised it even got on step with this load)
- 3 Adults and 1 young teenager, full hunting load (guns, decoys, etc.): 23-24.5 mph in mostly shallow water (8"-10" depth)

**STAGE 1 SPEEDS:
So after running this boat for a while stock, I decided it was time to upgrade a bit to push this barge of a boat I have. I brought the boat to Jamie B. and he put his "Stage 1" voodoo on it, and I am more than impressed with the results. Keep in mind I've only run this boat with these new mods for about 10 minutes, so I'm sure there's a bit more to be desired. Speeds were taken with Navionics GPS app on my iPhone.

-Light Load: Me (185 lbs), 6 gallons of gas, and a prop that's worn a bit - 32.0-32.7 MPH
It bumped 33.1-33.5 MPH a couple times also, but those were not constant.

-Me, wife, 2 kids, 50qt K2 full of ice and drinks, 9 gal of gas, 3 bags charcoal, plus all the chairs, etc. running steady 28-29 MPH. It was running a tad faster with that load than it did empty stock. I like it :D

This boat is solid. I wanted a simple, open hull with no permanent boxes or anything to take up floor space, so that's what I had built. This boat is a night/day difference compared to the 1652 Alweld boat I was previously running with my PD. I'm really impressed with how this boat handles a load compared to my previous hull, and it also jumps on step a bit faster despite being a larger, heavier boat.

All BS aside, when it came down to it Jason was a great guy to do business with - despite what others may say from time to time on this site. I told him what I wanted, and about 3-1/2 weeks later it was hooked to my truck - just in time for hunting season. I'm very satisfied with the outcome of the entire process and product.

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Here's a few Jason sent me during the build...







Ready for Paint...







Finished Product...














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Please tell me that's a beer holder in the catwalk next to the grab bar!? If so that is awesome!!!!!

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Good lucking rig man.. Maybe this weekend you can put some hrs on it.. Water might be low and we can go ride


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Thanks man

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Definitely like the looks of this boat. Looks good without such a tall rake


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Nice rig bro!!


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Dang good looking rig. The more I see J's builds the more I want one.

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Nice looking rig

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CJB,
When are you going to take me hunting in it?


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Good looking boat!


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Like it

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nice clean looking open rig. love those seat bases too!

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nice rig man. wide open layout is the only way. congrats.

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love it. great looking setup.

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Beautiful rig Cody !!! Uncle J did a killa job on it. My have to get me a new boat built !


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that is one bad ass boat. I hope you don't mind but i'm thinking real hard about one almost exactly like it in a 1748.

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If I am th level headed one things are gonna be bad lol.

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Nice looking rig.


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just curious how does it turn? Already touched base with uncle J about price and such, just wondering?

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It's a square chine boat, so it'll slide forever if you let it. However, it doesn't take very long to figure it out and make it turn like you want.

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he was telling me something about crimping the 3/16 some how and making a form of taper. Mine will be use in a deep water with stumps and trees mostly and needs to turn.

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is the space betweent the false floor and the bottom of the boat sealed?

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real nice .got the same paint(great job Jason)

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Nice rig man

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Wow,wow,wow, that is perfect.

What makes it a "bateau"?


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Everything that makes it not a skiff


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The rake then?

We don't have skiffs up north. I hear they are the devil.


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