The Test Skiff
2009 Ankona Boats - Native Skiff
Specifications:
- Length: 14' 8"
- Top Deck Beam: 68"
- Dry Boat Weight: 410 lbs excluding motor
- Steering Type: Tiller
- Two persons plus gear
- Transom Height 20"
- Bobs Machine Shop Mini Jack set to 3.5"
- Fuel Tank Capacity 13 gallons
For more information about the test skiff and history of the boat check out our forum.
A special thank you to:
- My wife and son. Now we can go fishing Declan!
- Mel and Rory from Ankona Boats for busting their humps to ready my skiff.
- Continental Trailers, they built and delivered to us a prototype trailer that is light years beyond anything I have ever seen from Continental for the skiff market.
- Mark and Bob from Shallow Water Customs for helping me "pimp my skiff". They also worked some serious overtime in readying the skiff for our 25hp Shootout.
- Bobs Machine Shop for their NEW Mini Jac.
- Chuck from SeaDek and Tyler from Castaway Customs for a seriously cool, retro SeaDek package.
- Representatives from Honda, Mercury, Tohatsu and Yamaha for helping us with our 25hp Shootout.
- Sam Root from Salty Shores for his awesome photography.
- Bennett Marine for the M80 Tabs
Outboard Specialties for help with Suzuki Test.
Check out more picture from the day courtesy of Sam from Saltyshores.com
Honda | Mercury | Suzuki | Tohatsu | Yamaha | Conclusion | The Skiff | Back
