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Having enough stowage space while maintaining a luxurious aesthetic was a major concern for everyone involved in the build of Jarrett Bay’s latest beauty Waste Knot. “The owners didn’t want to restock for months at a time, so we accommodated that,” explained project manager Gary Davis as we worked our way through the boat at her home port near Beaufort, North Carolina, opening every scuttle and access panel. The 67 was on her way to Mexico the next day so she was fully laden: There were meats in the freezers underneath the mezzanine and beneath the L-shape settee on the flying bridge, and cut-out foam padding under every berth held reels, sinkers, and tackle. A cedar-lined closet at the base of the interior stairs was stocked with rods, while leather-and-ostrich-clad saloon couches hid crates of bottled water, canned food, and more. This boat had been built around the idea that the owners should be prepared regardless of the circumstance, and it showed.
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The electronics had been selected for the same reason. The helm contains a 15-inch Furuno display running the NavNet 3D software (there’s also an eight-inch display in the tower). Should this ever fail, there’s a stand-alone Northstar 6100i chartplotter to port. Other key features include a DD1 digital depthfinder, BBWx1 Sirius weather radio, FCU-1150 fishscope, and Simrad AP-28 autopilot. Although all will display things otherwise invisible (the bottom, fish, distant weather, and the rhumb line), perhaps most useful is the FLIR infrared camera, which allows you to spot something else important: the bow. You see, the captain’s custom helm seat is a mere 3'9" from the back of the air-conditioned flying bridge. Although this provides great visability when backing down, the location precludes all but the tallest helmsmen from gazing through the EZ2CY enclosure to the teak-inlayed foredeck (see “Noteworthy,” this article). Flicking on the FLIR produces a clear picture of what’s on the foredeck, not to mention what’s ahead of the boat, even in inclement conditions.
Cameras on the 48-foot hydraulically deployed Rupp outriggers provide a picture of what’s happening in the water behind Waste Knot just as effectively, thanks in part to a six-zone Elan entertainment system in the interior. It comes with an LCD touchscreen, three XM satellite radio tuners, and one 42-, two 22-, and two 19-inch Toshiba LCD TVs hooked up to a TracVision receiver. Plus there’s a four-terabyte hard-drive for movie stowage. The outrigger cameras are linked to the system (as are the Furuno displays), and since each of the six stations is independently controlled, one person can watch a movie while another eyeballs the baits.
However, those aboard may occasionally have to turn up the system’s volume, since the twin 1,825-mhp Caterpillar C32 ACERTs produce a considerable growl. At 1000 rpm I recorded 79 dB-A at the helm (65 dB-A is the level or normal conversation), and at WOT I got readings of 77 dB-A in the VIP and 84 dB-A in the master—this in spite of three inches of 3M soundproofing surrounding the engine room, hand-laid fiberglass-encased fir stringers, and plywood soles covered with plush carpeting to soften the sound. (For the rest of the helm readings, see “By The Numbers,” this story).
But although the big V-12s generate some sonance, they’re the way to go if you want to get to the canyons well before the pack, which is why the owners opted for them. (Waste Knot cruises at a time-saving 39 mph.) Being electronic, the C32s are just as happy at lower rpm levels. Thus they provide these owners the flexibility to choose the pace of a trip, just as all that tackle stowage gives them the ability to pick the perfect lure.
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