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New guy here, refereed by THT crowd.
Just wondering if anyone has an knowledge on this old flats boat.
Sort of a barn find, I just picked this up a couple weeks ago, its a 1997 by Florida Laminators and Spirit Bay Boat Company. From what the seller told me It was a prototype / second off the line, purchased new by him at the 1998 Miami boat show. They went out of business right after and may have only made 1 or 2 total.
Doing a search I found where Florida Laminators operated out of 5916 Sandphil rd, SARASOTA FL.
Some more searching showed that FLATS & BAY (EJW) (mentioned in this thread here) also manufacturing at this location and K.D.A. BOATS (KDA) also manufacturing at this location and about the same time frame 97-2003ish
So from the info above it looks like flats and bay sold to famous craft then sold out to Bluewater
My question is what do I have here? Is my boat one of the first boats to come out of the mold that is now bluewater? Can anyone tell me anything about my setup from 1997? Was their a company using this mold before this boat was popped? My HIN ends in 999 if that means anything. The seller and the title says my boat is a 19ft but flats and bay produced an 18ft?
Boat has not been touched in a few years and spent its entire life fishing the inshore skinny water of New Jersey. Is this a decent setup or something that is shunned by the florida / texas guys?
Just wondering if anyone has an knowledge on this old flats boat.
Sort of a barn find, I just picked this up a couple weeks ago, its a 1997 by Florida Laminators and Spirit Bay Boat Company. From what the seller told me It was a prototype / second off the line, purchased new by him at the 1998 Miami boat show. They went out of business right after and may have only made 1 or 2 total.
Doing a search I found where Florida Laminators operated out of 5916 Sandphil rd, SARASOTA FL.
Some more searching showed that FLATS & BAY (EJW) (mentioned in this thread here) also manufacturing at this location and K.D.A. BOATS (KDA) also manufacturing at this location and about the same time frame 97-2003ish
So from the info above it looks like flats and bay sold to famous craft then sold out to Bluewater
My question is what do I have here? Is my boat one of the first boats to come out of the mold that is now bluewater? Can anyone tell me anything about my setup from 1997? Was their a company using this mold before this boat was popped? My HIN ends in 999 if that means anything. The seller and the title says my boat is a 19ft but flats and bay produced an 18ft?
Boat has not been touched in a few years and spent its entire life fishing the inshore skinny water of New Jersey. Is this a decent setup or something that is shunned by the florida / texas guys?