*New Boat* Pelican Flats Boats Fly17

Pelican Flats Boats introduces the Fly17. Check out our website at Pelicanflatsboats.com
We are making two versions of this 17' Flats boat. We have the Fly17 & the Flats17. We have been very pleased with the results of of the Fly17 and hope to continue our success at the birth of the Flats17. We are still in the mold stages of the Flats17 (We will post more photos as we progress with this). Please give me your opinions and thoughts on our newly designed boat.

 

Interior Cockpit... (PS-Sorry for the low res photos, we will have some much better ones shortly)

 

The boat is actually only 58" wide where the transom meets the water.  Then there is a drastic flair from there to take it to 71" (rubrail to rubrail).  The keel is pretty aggressive at the entry and comes back to about the console, where it flattens out into a flat bottom.  To combat sliding, we added to strakes that doubled as great inhibitors for poling in a strait line.  We also have an "offset" (modified tunnel) so our motors can be raised about 3 1/4" higher than boats without them.  See photo

 

I have tried both... they are both great. I think we are sticking with Seacast, though. It is such an efficient process. Not to mention, the stuff is as dense as concrete, and it actually floats.

 

The photo does look like an old Mako, however our boat is much narrower. Yes, the boat is self-bailing. You can get a better view of the nav lights in the other picture, let me know if you have more questions about this after you see the picture. There is not hatch in our Fly17 model, it is a cut out with a canvas snap to hold your belongings in place.

 

The under gunwale rod storage will accommodate (4) fishing rods at 10' long. Set for fly gear.

 

The front deck is 5' Long on this model, but on our Flats17, it will be 6'. That hasn't come up as an issue for anyone yet, but I appreciate your input.

 

The deck is 5' long. Plenty of space, typically. I will attach another photo in a moment to show the front deck a little better. The Fly17 is going to be 18-22k BMT where our flats version will be 25-28k BMT.

 

Thanks for your kind words! We are based out of Old Port Tampa.

 

Hopefully this helps with proportions.