11/02/2026
The production prototype 17 EVO V Lite, Ice Blue with a Honda 60, is going to work.
This is the hull the V Lite was proven on, the one we ran, poled, and picked apart before the model went into the lineup. Capt. Alex Heim has been here before: a Caimen, then an 18 EVO X, both sold to buy his 21 EVO. The 21 covers tarpon and nearshore days, and this one puts him back in the skiff game for the skinny stuff in Central Florida. 16 feet 5 inches, 70-inch beam, 14 degrees of deadrise, and it floats in under 6 inches with two guys and fuel aboard.
Ice Blue hull and cockpit on a carbon layup with an aramid hull bottom, a 60 on the transom, side console, flush pull-up bow cleat, brushed poling platform with a poling step and carbon-clear step lid, fixed Light Grey aft cushion, black , black classic push pole clips. No trolling motor, no electronics, nothing to fix. Built to be poled. On a Diamondback trailer with a swing tongue.
Walk-around coming.
Thank you for trusting East Cape with your skiff — again.