Downeast boats......

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This is an old thread but I thought I would bring it back to the top. These Downeast boats are amazing machines and have always caught my eye.

My dad just picked up an old 42 Bruno Stillman. She needs work but she is a great boat. Can't wait to spend a month in the Bahamas with her this summer! The flats skiff my brother and I built last year will not miss that trip! Those bonefish are in deep $h!t! The Bruno was originally the No Doubt and then the Vickie J. She is now the Daring Game and is undergoing a refit of the Pilot House and gettin some new paint. Anyone know anything of her past history? Here are pics.

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Just thought I would update on the Bruno my dad picked up not too long ago. I posted that she would be getting some work done to her and that we would be taking her on her "maiden voyage" to us over to the Bahamas. Well she has a new pilot house and decks along with new windows that really give her an updated look. The hull still needs paint but we are waiting to haul her this summer and do the bottom as well as the hull all at the same time. All the stuff we did to her this time was able to be done at her slip. Take a look at her old self and then take a look at the updated version. Big difference in my opinion.

Here she is in Bimini in March!!! The trip over was miserable in about a 25+kt SE wind and 6-8 ft headsea with about a 5 second interval but the Bruno ate it up taking waves over the bow and charging right through it at 11kts. We knew she could take it so we charged it towards Bimini. Stayed for a few days and were blown out most of the trip but we did get a little spearfishing in and got some lobster on the protected areas. Honestly we probably should have brought our surfboards b/c we could have surfed on N Bimini the whole damn trip! No bonefish b/c the flats were murky and rough. The trip home was amazing, 2-4 N swell with about a 10 kt wind. We still made 11-12kts but we were able to hang out on the bridge with a few Kaliks all the way home. Caught a few dolphin and some blackfin tuna dragging good ole cedar plugs on the way home but nothing really big to speak of. Anyways, just wanted to give an update on an old downeast that made it's way to the islands of the Bahamas. July is the Abacos trip! Should be awesome!!!


At the Bimini Bluewater Marina


Clearing the Bimini Seabuoy on the way home


Cleaning a small Hogfish I shot just before we started heading home.


Capt Dave
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