2027 VHP with Mercury ProXS 115

Kevin walks the VHP — and the first thing he gets into is the casting platform.

It's a hatch casting platform braced with a turnbuckle, so the deck you're standing on is the same hatch that's storing your gear. It's the kind of detail that makes no sense in a photo and obvious sense the second someone shows you.

Behind that: a Go Fast poling platform in brushed finish, Anchor over Black brushed decking with a pinline carried across the cockpit, the casting platform, and the poling platform, and a removable two-step boarding ladder to starboard with a folding backrest and step.

Power is a Mercury Pro XS 115 Command Thrust on a Bob's 4-inch jackplate with SeaStar steering and a stainless three-blade. A black Power-Pole Move on the port bow off 36V in the console, a black 6-foot Power-Pole anchor to port, and a Simrad NSS Evo 3S 9-inch with 3-in-1 transducer flush in the jumpseat console.

Ice Blue over Matterhorn White, black rub rail, satin black powder coat on the wheel, white vinyl with white top stitching. Tallahassee bound on an aluminum Ramlin trailer with a swing tongue.

Thank you for trusting East Cape with your skiff.