Caison 49 with Cat/Zeus drive

[DonnieCaison]

Just wanted to share the launch of our latest boat.
She's 49ft loa, with Cat C9s pushing Zeus drives.
First run, we saw 36kts woa, cruise 31kts burning 40gal/hr

[Agitated88]

You built someone a pretty boat...thanks for sharing!!!

[Hudson]

That's just pretty. Do the Zues Drives have similar capabilities as the IPS? IE. GPS anchor positioning or "sportfish" mode?

[scattered_grass]

great looking ride

[Fishlamanta]

Just in time for the new marina here in Quepos, That would be an awesome boat here.

[DonnieCaison]

That's just pretty. Do the Zues Drives have similar capabilities as the IPS? IE. GPS anchor positioning or "sportfish" mode?

The Zeus has GPS anchor, no sportfish mode....but she very capable of spinning on a fish without it.

[plyand glass]

donnie,
you and the crew have built another winner for a lucky owner!she's a beauty,as a builder of somewhat more "traditional" express boats with "traditional" underwater gear, how much more difficult is the machinery install? looks like a good sized flat or pocket for the drive to attach to.
assuming she's cold molded , what kind of structure did you have to build into the hull or is the stringer sustem pretty much catch all the loading?
again,what a beauty, wish you guys well and keep up the awesome work!

[DonnieCaison]

donnie,
you and the crew have built another winner for a lucky owner!she's a beauty,as a builder of somewhat more "traditional" express boats with "traditional" underwater gear, how much more difficult is the machinery install? looks like a good sized flat or pocket for the drive to attach to.
assuming she's cold molded , what kind of structure did you have to build into the hull or is the stringer sustem pretty much catch all the loading?
again,what a beauty, wish you guys well and keep up the awesome work!

The machnery is really not hard to install, the tunnel that the drives mount in is a solid glass part that we built on one off molds. The hull is cold molded. We built lateral stringers from the drive mounting point to chine to support the loading. Here's a picture of the structure

[perfectscore]

very pretty

[Fishovertime]

Donnie,
Shes stunning!!
What color did you guys go with ,care to share some more construction photos with us.

Is Danny still with you guys?

Andrew
Sunny Barbados.