Whisper Grey 2027 17 EVO X Lite with Tohatsu Jet

The first 17 EVO X Lite to leave the shop is already in Texas, running in under four inches of water and catching fish.

This is number one. A carbon layup in Whisper Grey on the hull and deck, a black rub rail, and graphite Gator Glide on the bottom running six inches up from the chine, so it slides over mud and shell instead of sticking to it. Nothing on the deck but what it needs: no console, no livewell, no T-tabs, a folding cleat in each corner, and the switches and rigging tucked under the aft deck.

Power is a Tohatsu 60/40 jet on a 20-inch transom, tiller steered, which is how it runs where a prop can't. Up front, a Minn Kota Terrova on a black port-nose mount with a lithium Group 31 and a Bluetooth-style plug on deck, and a black 4-foot Power-Pole on the port side.

The welds are gloss black powder coat: a half-and-half poling platform set four and a half inches above the motor, with platform tubes, and an 18-inch casting platform on the bow. Medium Grey SeaDek on the cockpit and poling platform, nylon spool rod racks and push pole clips on deck, and a SKANU push pole. The owner added his own lighting package, with neon flex along the inside gunnels, a 12-inch light bar under the casting platform, and a low-profile spreader light facing aft, plus a spreader and bow light under the platform. Riding on an aluminum trailer.

Thank you for trusting East Cape with your skiff, and for being first.