Southport, NC Southport, NC sits on the inland side of the confluence of the Cape Fear River from the north and the Intracoastal Waterway from the west. Bald Head Island, a car-free vacation destination, and Cape Fear jut out into the Atlantic, providing Southport some protection from ocean swells. Southport […]
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WO Thomas Boat Landing One of the nicest Charleston area boat ramps – and possibly anywhere- is the WO Thomas Boat Landing. It’s also sometimes known as “The Leeds Avenue ramp” after the major road that heads past the ramp. The ramp is in North Charleston on the banks of the Ashley […]
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NMEA 2000 When we were designing our 2024 Atlas Boatworks 23F demo boat, we had a lot of decisions to make. One of which was how we wanted the console layout to look. We ultimately decided that we wanted a clean, uncluttered look. That meant that we were not going […]
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Trolling Motors When we were building out our 2024 Atlas Boatworks 23F demo boat we knew it would have a trolling motor. Ultimately, after a lot of research and referrals, we landed on the Minn Kota Riptide Terrova. This trolling motor is one of the more popular ones out there. […]
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Masonboro Island Summer is winding down, and the start of school is just around the corner, so we decided to take a family trip to the beach. We had never taken a boat to the beach in NC before, so we searched for an easy place to leave the boat […]
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Bay Pines Boat Ramp The Bay Pines Boat Ramp is officially a part of War Veterans Memorial Park, but is known locally as Bay Pines (Google Maps also knows it as this). The ramp is on the west side of the St Peterburg peninsula and gives access to John’s Pass […]
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Got some down time? In honor of Hurricane Debby, which just kept us indoors for 4 days, we are continuing our series on the best YouTube channels, this time with a dive into the best YouTube channels for boatbuilding. If you haven’t already perused our blog and specifically the posts […]
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Engine Performance In this post, we are going to talk about the engine performance of the Tohatsu 140hp on our Atlas Boatworks 23F bay boat. This is one of the crowning moments of our cataloging the build of our demo boat. If you’re unsure how we got here, this post […]
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Dram Tree Park Dram Tree Park is located on the west side of Wilmington, NC on the banks of the Cape Fear River. This ramp gives access to the northern stretches of the river and the waterfront portion of downtown Wilmington. The battleship North Carolina is about half a mile […]
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The Fun Part The best part of a custom boat is the custom part. In this post, we will walk through all of the build options and customizations we chose for the Atlas Boatworks 23F 2024 demo boat. If you have no idea how we got here, check out our […]
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