Dipped Ice Blue 2027 Vantage with Yamaha 90 SHO

Dipped Ice Blue, one color bow to stern, on a Kevlar Vantage that's staying home in Central Florida.

Ice Blue on the hull, deck, console, cockpit, and non-skid, with a black rub rail, black rod rings, and black spools. The shop calls it dipped: dark enough to pop, light enough to walk on barefoot. The laminate schedule is Kevlar throughout.

Power is a Yamaha 90 SHO with a three-blade stainless prop and Baystar hydraulic steering, no jackplate, with the base Yamaha gauge at the helm. The SHO gives it more punch than the base 90 for days the boat is loaded with people, ice, and gear, without the weight of a bigger motor. A 12-inch Simrad NSS Evo4 flush in the console, with buttons and a touchscreen both, linked over NMEA to a Simrad Recon on a starboard-bow Power Pux mount with 36-volt power in the console and an off-board charger. A black 6-foot Power-Pole on the port side, kept short so the poling platform stays the tallest thing on the boat.

Up front, a flush pull-up cleat that clears the casting platform, and a Marquesa Marine Carbon Pro casting platform tied on the hatch for a little more square footage on windy days. A non-jumpseat flush console with a ghost grab bar over the top, three fluted rod holders per side, and a blue and black wrapped wheel with a monkey fist. Behind it, a removable 40-inch Black Fly bench with pipe armrests, turnbuckled to stainless plates in the cockpit floor so it comes out in about a minute when the seating isn't needed.

The poling platform is the brushed Go Fast style with a front step instead of a folding backrest, so the deck space stays open, and a rod holder angled out each side. Light Grey Simtex with black stitching, hard-mounted, and Light Grey SeaDek on the cockpit, poling platform, and casting platform. Gas struts on the bow hatch, springs aft, strap hinges, and stern eyes. Riding on an aluminum trailer with a torsion axle, swing tongue, full-size spare, and LED lighting.

Thank you for trusting East Cape with your skiff.