This afternoon a trawler named "Alligator" slipped by my house--interesting
boat--looked to be about 50 feet long, perhaps a workboat or converted navy
hull.  Pilot house well foreward, and a trunk cabin with square ports aft.
About three feet over the trunk cabin was a hard top extended all the way
form the pilot house to the stern (similar to Defever 48).  There was a
sugar scoop type of swim step, and the dinghy carried with the end of the
pontoons on the swim step, and the bow lashed to the hard top--sort of
upside down, with the motor attatched.  Dark green hull, white trunk
cabin--tracking satelite dish on the hard top.  Does anyone of the list know
this boat?
Bob Austin,
30 foot single diesel aft cabin Carver
Pensacola, FL.

Bob,

The boat was designed by a fellow named Bob.  Bob and his wife Ching have a
design studio and business somewhere in the Perdido Key area.  Bob used to
have a web site where he posted graphics of the design and pictures showing
progess of construction.  If I remember correctly the hull is a large
LaFitte skiff form with very shallow draft.  Construction is plywood and
epoxy and single diesel propulsion.  I can't remember much else and have
lost the web address.  I just did some limited searching with Google and
could not find it again.

Maybe being a little closer to him you will be able to track him down

Good luck and let us know if you find out more.

Bill Demo
Boatless and Dreaming
Panama City Beach, FL