Tallredrider's got some build pics!

[nyryan2001]

Nice..... New rear vents for 2015, less shiney, more of a brushed look

[DLafont]

I almost got the red truck a month ago! But I decided that I needed a more humble appearance and went with a white F250 Diesel. Very pleased with the truck so far in its first 500 miles. White will match the boat well. The boat is going on a white trailer too. So white will be the new black, haha.

Perhaps you can start pulling folks at weddings with all that white in your rig!!

[jesutton3]

No the rear vents went from the solid cast stainless to a two part design. The parts are the stamped or cut piece that is brushed. Then they put a sticker over that piece. The sticker lets them have color matched vents for the normal and black chromax graphics.

The upside is you get matching vents now with the black chromax unlike earlier years. The downside is if you need to pull the vents you destroy the sticker. And it IS NOT cheap.

[scottb7]

I have a question. In the 4th picture down. (1st picture 2nd post), there looks like an overflow going into a "hard tank". Not gas that would be in the back of the boat right. What is that then? Because all the ballast is hard tank. I must be dumb. I can't think of that that is.

[jesutton3]

They are hard tanks with soft liners. So the bag and hard tank have to be vented is my guess.

They put the liner in so that if the hard tank cracks there are no leaks. If I remember correctly some of the early Calabria boats with the gravity feed hard tanks had this problem. The hard tanks would eventually crack and leak into the hull. Getting to and repairing those tanks was a major undertaking.

[Tallredrider]

They are hard tanks with soft liners. So the bag and hard tank have to be vented is my guess.

They put the liner in so that if the hard tank cracks there are no leaks. If I remember correctly some of the early Calabria boats with the gravity feed hard tanks had this problem. The hard tanks would eventually crack and leak into the hull. Getting to and repairing those tanks was a major undertaking.

I am glad that someone asked. I was under the impression that the 'liner' is more like its own ballast bag altogether. The smart thing to do would be to have a bag that does not pressurize the hard tank, meaning the bag is just a little smaller than the tank. That way it would never put pressure on the tank and it should remain solid without cracking. Has anyone got a picture of what you see when you remove the cover inside the rear storage? I thought I would just see a big ballast bag lying in there.

[scottb7]

Quite frankly, I thought the same. That if you took off the cover there would just have the fly high sacs. And I still think that until proven otherwise. The front ones, huh. I still think that the sac's hold the pressure not the bag from what I have heard. Any tie breakers?

[NautiqueJeff]

Yep, that's correct. Open the covers and they are indeed Fly-High sacs. I have a picture somewhere. Let me see if I can dig it up.

Yeah, here you go.

[Tallredrider]

Thanks, Jeff for the picture. That is exactly what I was expecting. Looks very well built and sturdy to me.

At least my trailer has made it to the dealer now! Just waiting on the boat. No definite arrival date yet.

[MLA]

Quite frankly, I thought the same. That if you took off the cover there would just have the fly high sacs. And I still think that until proven otherwise. The front ones, huh. I still think that the sac's hold the pressure not the bag from what I have heard. Any tie breakers?

Im not following what you mean about the bow. Its also a custom flu high sac made for CC. Its a triangle shape. Its easily seen once the woofer is removed.

[nyryan2001]

Tall, is that a Boatmate trailer?

[nyryan2001]

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[Tallredrider]

Tall, is that a Boatmate trailer?

Yes, Boatmate. I am hoping that it is an optical illusion that there are only 4 bunks for the entire boat. One of the reasons I liked boatmate better is that I thought it superior to have 4 bunks for the rear of the boat and the 2 longer ones at the front. The best boat trailer I have had was on my MC X45, but that was made by Mastercraft, and I doubt that they would make me one for the G.

[wilhelmwake]

Only 4 total in that one and I believe my ex x45 mc trailer was the same as well.

[Ninja]

Really nice and classy.