November 2021 · 19 Vantage

Vantage with Mercury 115 proXS

Vantage with Mercury 115 proXS — delivery walkaround

Here is a new Vantage that left the shop recently

Build notes

Built more for sight fishing and fly than as a pure flats runner, this 19 Vantage adds a Kevlar package with cut-out rod-holder buckets, a closed-cell foam one-piece seat base, piano hinges, and a closed-bilge option for a clean deck. It skips SeaDek for a raw finish, runs a Mercury 115 Pro XS on an Atlas jack plate, and carries a 9-inch Garmin and a lower-profile Classic Series V-Marine push-pull holder built to take a footstep.

Taken from the walkaround — what Kevin points out on the boat.

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Every East Cape is built to order in Longwood, Florida — one at a time, around how its owner fishes. This is one of them.