17 Standard

[haynan]

Me and my 17 foot standard CS Skiff

http://i218.photobucket.com/albums/cc105/haynan1615/36d8249d.jpg

[Willie]

Looks good, looks lot like mine. It has the same set up of a bench seat with a swivel seat as mine does. Here is a link to it..... http://carolinaskiffowner.com/index.php?topic=91.0
I have both my batteries mounted under the bench seat and made an anchor box out of a milk carton and it also goes under the bench....where ya located at, looks like a nice body of water there.........keep on skiffin...........Willie.. 011

[Fillet1]

Haynan - nice skiff!!! What size Suziki is that?

[haynan]

I'm in central Texas. This was at a power plant lake about 20 minutes from my house. The engine is a DF50. It does OK for 50 horses. If I were doing it again, I'd probably go with a 70 just to have a little more control when in rough water. I keep cast net, rod holders, 9 foot beach umbrella, landing net and everything else in the bench seat. I pulled the Minn Kota trolling motor, the swim platform/ladder and the 2nd battery as I didn't really need them for my purposes. I put a 50-60 quart cooler (without the lid) under the console seat and use it for a fish box. Anchors, extra rope, paddles and life vests all go under the front deck. This set up works great for me and gets about 31-32 mph by GPS on calm water. I fished three big guys out of it this weekend for the first time and it took a little positioning of people to plane, but once up it did about like always. I didn't intend to write a book, but I do love my skiff!