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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Location The Trails End Park is nestled towards the southern end of Wilmington at the end of a residential neighborhood. Literally at the trail’s end, the road dead ends at the park which sits on the Intracoastal Waterway. You can go north towards Masonboro Inlet and Wrightsville Beach or south […]
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Hull Reveal In this post, we will cover the process of removing the hull of the Atlas Boatworks 23F bay boat from the mold. You can think of the mold in the same way you would a bread pan or muffin tin. The ingredients go on the inside and then […]
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More Decking In this post, we are continuing the discussion on the building of the deck and hatches on the Atlas Boatworks 23F bay boat. If you missed the last post where we started the conversation, you can find it here. Deck Fitting Since there was no existing mold for […]
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