Flatback Fireboat

[gran398]

Maybe the garboard plugs gave them a way to connect/use a bimini that folded down inside boat out of the way?  

Very possible Rick.

Just called Georgia DNR. It is registered there as a 20 foot 1970 Mako

[Capt Matt]

Scott, what a find
In the pictures of the 69 from the link it was 4 stringers wide, while my 69 as you can see from the pictures was a 5 wide stringer system. These boats most have continually adapted while still being built.  
Good stuff
Capt Matt



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[Capt. Bob]

Hope CB checks this thread ...hope I'm not crazy...

It will take more than a photo to disprove that theory  but.....

I'm still lookin'

Maybe you saw it on the Classic Mako Forum, Georgia Chapter????

[fitz73222]

I told Scott she would make a killer tour boat. Put a 135 tiller steer Opti and hire Vince to drive it. He's a big enough boy to drive a 135 tiller all day without wear'n out. I'll do the talking and serve cocktails on the port side lounge tied into the console and covert it into a margrita work station.

[gran398]

Good thinking! Can you concoct a strawberry daiquiri too

[gran398]

Hope CB checks this thread ...hope I'm not crazy...

It will take more than a photo to disprove that theory  but.....

I'm still lookin'

Maybe you saw it on the Classic Mako Forum, Georgia Chapter????

   


Could have been CB  Thanks for looking. It may have been in an old thread somewhere. Or was it a dream :shaking2:

[mevince]

fitz if the driver gets to have totties while operating Im in!

[slvrlng]

Well it sure as hell isn't a Mako!

What a really different hull Scott.

[GoneFission]

Here is the earliest Aquasport official publication I know of - from Yachting in June, 1965.  The lines are the same, but it does not mention stringers and whether what's under the deck is wood or glass:

[Skoot]

Very cool looking boat.

I have a great idea.  lets see if your boys from Onslow have a 90hp tiller we could borrow for the weekend.  Bring her to the reunion.  I'll run that boat for the tourney.    

Then again Id guess you'd have to get her registered.  Anyway what are you plans for her?

[Capt Matt]

Found these pictures of 66 stringers in a old rebuild thread
Seems there was not much too them, the foam most have supported the deck more then the stringers
http://classicaquasport.com/smf/index.php?topic=3570.0
Capt Matt

[gran398]

CJ, thanks as always!

Scott, you and Farley are thinking alike. Tiller steering would be neat. In the offseason, we could send it to the bayou as a gator boat

It for sure could be used at the reunion. We could trailer it and all the fishing tackle, cooking gear, kegs, food, babes, etc, like a float in a parade

My plans for her in the future...not sure yet. I just wanted to land her here at the club.

Matt, thanks for taking the time to dig this up. We now know that the '66 had plywood stringers, the '69 fiberglass stringers. The '67 and '68 models are the mystery.

 Guys, we are trying to determine, for historical reference, when fiberglass stringers were introduced. We know that all boats produced by the Aquasport company had fiberglass stringers (thanks CJ on this). Before the name change, the earliest boats were all 22-2 C&S Flatbacks. The flatback offering was discontinued in '71-'72 with the introduction of the 12 degree 22-2.

Now here's where it becomes interesting. One of our members has a '66 diver, stating on the original papers "Manufactured by Coburn and Sargent Co., Hialeah, FL"  model: "Aquasport".

Proof in the pudding would be documented '67 and '68 rebuilds. Hammerhead shows what is labeled a '68 with plywood stringers...my previous link. But some of us feel this was an earlier boat.

Any '67 or '68 Flatback owners that can input...many thanks!

[gran398]

Scott, what a find
In the pictures of the 69 from the link it was 4 stringers wide, while my 69 as you can see from the pictures was a 5 wide stringer system. These boats most have continually adapted while still being built.  
Good stuff
Capt Matt



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It may well be possible that that the four stringer boat began production in '68....

[gran398]

!967 is archived as the year of change.

viewtopic.php?f=1&t=265

[jbyrd1950]

Our boat is titled as a 1967 Coburn & Sargent.  As you can see from the pictures it has 5 fiberglass stringers.

Hope this helps solve the mystery  






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