This boat should be able to carry the weight of trolling motor batteries, live wells full of water, 27-gallons of fuel, and three full grown adults to the fishing grounds and float in less than a foot of water when it arrived. A poling skiff that offered superior buoyancy and big water ability along with enough tracking manners and a comfortable ride all wrapped up in a wide 18-foot package. Drawing from his knowledge of sailboat design, skiff design, and just plain practical boat sense, Chris envisioned a new look for a boat that considered the needs of a changing boat market.
In recent years it has been his opinion that the skiff market has gotten a bit stale. Chris has a lifetime of boat dreaming, designing and building under his belt and is responsible for some of the most sought after technical skiff designs on the water today. Sounds like a few boats I know of already so it was going to take a design that required some out of the box thinking to make it unique. A bay boat? No, not a flats boat, not a bay boat, something in the middle. Something that could carry three big guys and run across big water or anchor on an Oceanside flat in heavy wind while not constantly plunging into each wave, soaking everyone on board. But they also wanted something more inherently stable than your average micro skiff. The idea was to build a boat that had shallow water ability and poling characteristics. When Piranha Boatworks envisioned a new model to add to their line they wanted something unlike anything on the market.
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