MM Brand: GTR35 Stock
Horsepower: 35
Boat Brand: Aucion's
Boat Size: 1948
Boat Layout: open floor, 3/16 bottom, 1/8 sides 19in high.

Speeds | Deep Water: 29.5mph steady
Total Boat Load With Gear Etc: by myself with icechest in front, 10gals of gas and normal running gear
Conditions Tested In: Caddo Lake, very little wind or current if any.

Couldn't be happier with my boat or the service I've recieved from Aucoin's fab. All of my expectations were exceeded. You know how hard it is to get an idea out of your head and actually put into the works, well Rick took my ideas and made them 100% better. The man can't make anything square and plain. Everything he does is made with the mentality that this boat is his signature and will have his family name on the side. It shows in the craftsmanship through out.
I've always stood to drive and never had a grab bar or seat. That has all changed now. The seat and the grab bar was placed in the perfect position and height that I don't ever want to stand again. I have renamed my grab bar my lazy bar. I can see myself falling asleep on it on those long runs.
The boat has a 6ft deck in the front, with a spud pole hole, light hole, dog ladder hole, etc going through the point. It has a narrower front end than his other bateau's making it more pointed kinda giving you the best of both worlds from a skiff and a bateau. I am very happy with the way the boat handles. I have noticeably less tiller torque than I had on my skiff and my skiff had less than other's boats I've driven. I didn't get any water over the transom in reverse either while playing with it in the grass. I didn't get stupid with it in reverse, but with what I did, I would have gotten flooded in my skiff with the square transom bottom. The angled transom made a big difference.
I held a steady 29.5 mph by myself with an icechest against the front deck in deep water. I bumped 29.8mph before it started porposing. The most load I put in it was with SilkPower, his wife, and myself with a icechest. We were following a group so I never got to keep it wide open for long to see what it would do, but it ran 26-27mph steady at almost full throttle.
Here are some pics. I got a few nick nacks to weld in before I paint and hydroturf, then I'll post some more.

Looks good like dat J! Great report. I guess after de LA run we'll du da Du again (now dat u got u'r rig).

Can't see the pics, but it sounds like your happy. Enjoy!

I must say da bow on dat boat is da sh*t. Sweet ride SS.

Thanks fella's. Thats a BIG 10-4 on the DU. I was talkin to basin about it this weekend. He said we got to make sure we go fishing this time.

I hope someone has some pics of my boat running on the water. Please post them up if you do. I would like to see what it looks like.

freakin awesome ride!!! Wish I could have seen it in person last weekend!

very nice indeed, if only i were to be able to talk to him maybe i can have a nice boat built. busy ass mofo

That is top notch work rite their!

Hey SS, that is one fine looking mofo fo sho!! The design is sweet, and Aucoin can build some fine shit. His quality is all from the heart. What is the little doomaflitchy on the smaller box in the rear where you sit? Also, do you sell your patent?? lol
Just kiddin' Can't wait to see her at the LA mud run, and if I play nice, I might even get an invite to the DU one of these years!!

SS I must say that is one very nice lookin rig there,I really like it.

looks great, is the transom 19" too?

tall transom = 21in

Dang nice BoatHull fo shore !!! Good luck Jason on yore paintin' !!!! and yeah ..... it looks even better when it's runnin' in the water !!!

Badd azz boat there!

Nice rig, and nice trailer. You will very pleased with the Diamond City.

Sweet!!! Good lookin unit fo sho!!

thanks for the review j...glad u like it man

sweet rig!

Well done, great lay out. What she weigh?

JD

Thats Crakalackn for shore!!!!!!!!!! Wish I could Have seen it run, but life happns.

Good luck with the painting and dont fork it up!!! I jacked my hull up with a shitty paint and got a litle sidways when i was riggn it out and regret it.

When i get it back I'm going to give here a new layer of paint, fix the front latches and get here back to looks sharp.

One more thang.........why 19'?

LOL.......

SS

I really like that rig.

I am seriously having to resist the urge to call Ricky and order me one.

Nice rig der Jason. Rick really did ya right. Still waitin on old Chicken Lips to pull through before another trip to the DU. Lookin forward to hangin out wid u guys again.

So SS, what was yo response? Did it have anything to do wit safety meetings?

X2 on chicken lips:(

just looked at the pics again...speakers turned out good!

good review. ol sheriff sho was good to you boys runnin blank sides. i love dat boat