Ice Blue 2027 17 EVO V Lite with Honda 60

The production prototype 17 EVO V Lite, Ice Blue with a Honda 60, going to work in Central Florida with a guide who already runs a 21 EVO.

This is the boat the V Lite was proven on. It is the production prototype, the hull we ran, poled, and picked apart before the model went into the lineup, and Capt. Alex Heim bought it to pair with his 21 EVO. Alex has been here before: he ran a Caimen, then an 18 EVO X, and sold both to buy the 21. The 21 covers his tarpon and nearshore days, and this one puts him back in the skiff game for the skinny stuff: 16 feet 5 inches, a 70-inch beam, 14 degrees of deadrise, and it floats in under 6 inches with two guys and fuel aboard, with a layup that keeps it light enough to pole all day.

Ice Blue on the hull and cockpit with a black rub rail, laid up in carbon with an aramid (Kevlar) hull bottom. Power is a Honda 60 on the transom, no jackplate, run from a side console set 14 inches off the bulkhead that keeps the cockpit open and the push pole clear. A flush pull-up cleat on the bow, stern eyes aft, and the electrical package covers the bilge pump and nav lights. No trolling motor, no electronics, and nothing to fix: this one is built to be poled.

The poling platform is the brushed style with a poling step and a composite step lid in carbon clear. A fixed Light Grey aft cushion, black SeaDek on the cockpit floor and platform, and black classic push pole clips. Riding on a Diamondback trailer with a swing tongue.

Thank you for trusting East Cape with your skiff — again.