jeff32

WOW! serious boat for serious boy!

Keep pictures coming! nice nice nice boat....

boonville1963

Bob,trying to help you get it sold, the 50v just is hard to beat for an all around performance cruiser, I think you made a great choice on the diesels.

Bobthebuilder

JS - The name was not original by me but stuck. Back in 02 I bought a slightly used 50 from Nor Tech ( pictured below) to have while they built my current boat to spec. I wanted to change the name but my buddies overruled me & convinced me to use the name again. So this time around I did not even consider another name. When the current boat sells I expect the new owner would want to change the name, as was the case on my first PREDATOR, but we will see.

PIc 1 is original, pic 2 is current


Speed on the diesel boat will be mid 70's with a 600 + mile range. There are a couple of 50's built now that will do that. I can still do poker runs as well as get back to doing some of the long range cruising that I used to do. Looking forward to that.
Bob

Jassman

Bob, congrats, boat looks awesome. I like what Harold did on the design, and I'm partial to the blue's, also that contrasting red stripe looks great. What is going on with the upper section of the dash, is that where the garmin is going. What color's in the cockpit and cabin did you end up going with. Jeff

Chuck

I really like the graphics Bob. Congrads on another beautiful boat.

Jupiter Sunsation

NT is on to something with the diesels. The 39V at the Miami show was very cool and didn't sound bad with the hatch down. With the hatch up it sounded like a UPS truck was coming around the corner but with the hatch down it had a little rumble. Price was ridiculous and you can never recoup the cost difference in the boats lifetime in fuel/ maintenance savings but I suspect on a 50 that gap closes a bit after figuring in the resale on a diesel boat.

bowtye8

Bob Looks beautiful!!!!!

Cant wait to see it in person!

Heck I have to get a ride on your current predator
Dennis

Bobthebuilder

Thanks Jeff and others on the fine compliments.

You have a good eye Jeff re: dash. The Garmin 5212 is the largest plotter to get built into a NT dash to date. Nils came up with this idea of moving it to the top and doing a bit of customization to get it to fit. The dash and cabin door have since been painted and may be installed by now.
In the cockpit I am using the siver carbon fiber / bay blue and a deeper blue primarily with a few small accents in red to give it some "pop".
The cabin I am treating completely different as I did in the current boat. The seats are a tan leather look basketweave and armrests a matching color with dimples. Kinda hard to describe but should have interior pics in early April.
Bob

Bobthebuilder

I first met Trond and Nils back in 1991 or 92 at the Miami Boat Show. I went for a ride with them in one of their first 50's with small diesels but a top speed in the low 60's did not do it for me. I'm kinda over the 100 MPH thing now ( I think ! ) so I will give it a try. Mid 70's should work and with the high hours I rack up, the economy is attractive.

I went for a ride with Adib on his 39 at this years Miami show and was I impressed. That thing runs in the 80's!!
Bob

Bobthebuilder

I am wondering if I can get some opinions on how I can apply the Team PREDATOR lettering across the faring as shown in pic 1. In the illustration in pic 2, I do not like how the red lettering runs into the red stripe. Would it be a mistake to stop the red stripe just above and below the PREDATOR lettering?
The other option I considered is a smaller lettering that would stop short of the red stripe but do not think the scale would be right. Any ideas?