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 16.5' x 46" Instagator Review 
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Post 16.5' x 46" Instagator Review
Well the boat is finally through. I should be finished with mounting the winch controls today. It's been a long process but after running the boat and getting everything finished, the performance made it worth the wait. With having the refuge restrictions here in Tx, I told Jay I wanted the best performing hull that would perform with the 25 GTR. So far I have ZERO complaints. If anybody once additional pictures of these guys work, please let me know.

16.5' x 46 Instagator

-- All .100 gauge construction
-- Reaction Chine
-- Performance Crimped side
-- 60" front deck
-- Smittybilt XRC 3.0 winch w/synthetic rope
-- Shark-eye navigation lights
-- Gatorbase w/G2 Gatorglide (Graphite)

***Shadowgrass Paint w/flourescent green from Camo Designs. Big Thanks to Ricky. The boat, motor, and trailer came out awesome. Can't say enough about the job he did and the detail he put into it. I was kind of skeptical about having the trailer painted but it really does look bad ass. It's not for everybody but it's grown on me. I love it.

'13 25 GTRRR w/32" shaft and reverse plate

I've only put about 3 hours on it so far. I'm getting slammed at work and still hooking up lights and winch. Still tweaking on the motor. So far i'm very impressed with the hull. The boat jumps on plane quick and has a lot of lift. The chine Jay puts in allows it to turn on a dime. Still having a tough time finding really shallow water with all the rain lately. I'll get a few more updates with conditions change and I get some more time on the motor. With the season a few weeks away, i'll post some numbers with how it does with a full hunting load. The G2 I'll add is slick as shit. You guys weren't lying about leaving the boat hooked to the trailer. It's a bitch loading and unloading when you're by yourself.

Speeds: 27-28 consistently when running deep water; 28 consistently and bumped 29 a few times when I could find water around 2' or less.

Big thanks again to Justin (Take 'em Gator) for getting me the motor, Jay (Instagator911) for the boat, and Ricky (CamoPicasso) for the paint job.


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Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:34 pm
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Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:36 pm
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Man that camo looks awsome!!!

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Post Re: 16.5' x 46" Instagator Review
Wow! Awesome boat! Looks excellent!

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Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:49 pm
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Few more...



The magic tilt sticker was removed and the 2' space was painted over.

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Wed Oct 23, 2013 1:58 pm
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Post Re: 16.5' x 46" Instagator Review
looks good and im sure your very happy with it. impressive numbers for the motor still needing tweaking, are you going with a Xrated exhaust or do you just plan to gut the stocker

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Wed Oct 23, 2013 3:21 pm
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I'm leaving it all stock for now...;)

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awesome boat and cool azz paint job


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That paint job is sick. You're making me wish I had gotten Ricky to do a camo job on my boat vs one color. Nice boat

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Wed Oct 23, 2013 8:23 pm
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Whole rig looks awesome. Great choice on camo. Ricky did a hell of a job!

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Nice Camo


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Looks like ya got luce's boat and put eljefe's paint
On it.. Damn fine rig dude

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Thanks the guys did awesome

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