The refit began by stripping the vessel of all fittings, through hulls, all mechanical systems and engines and fuel systems. Furthermore, all decks, bulkheads, stringers, the transom, flybridge and helm were also removed. The interior of the hull was ground back to bare planking and the exterior bottom of the hull was tripped back to bare fiberglass. All of the through hull fittings, raw water discharges, exhaust system, and even the shaft logs were removed. Any evidence of rot or even suspected rot was removed and the affected areas were rebuilt and reglassed. The keel was cut off and faired into the hull.

            The renewal of the vessel began by fiberglassing the bottom of the boat with three layers of 1708 and building a new transom out of okoume plywood and two inches of divinycell foam and three layers of glass inside and out. Moving into the interior of the hull, the entire vessel was reinforced. Every side and bottom frame were fitted with new knees, sistered with an additional layer of plywood and then wrapped in a layer of 1708. After, the entire bottom was planked over with a layer of plywood in between the frames and a layer of fiberglass was added. New laminate stringers built out of layers of clear douglas fir and plywood were constructed throughout the vessel. New bulkheads build of a sandwich of divinycell and okoume plywood encapsulated in fiberglass were built and installed.

            The new decks were built out of a combination of nida core honeycomb, fiberglass, and marine plywood. New composite engine room deck supports were built out of fiberglass I beams.

The salon is appointed with booked matched teak cabinetry and padded panels with matching VAN Brunt sofas on each side. There is a huge amount of storage below each sofa. The galley has two sets of sub zero refrigerator drawers. A microwave and stainless sink finish the galley. A 38” LCD TV sits across from the galley flush fit into the teak cabinetry.

Forward, just down the companionway, houses two 12 cu ft freezers and rod and reel storage in teak lockers. Ahead of this area are four berths with storage below each of the bottom bunks. The forward head has a massive shower and a 24 volt master flush head.

The new flybridge and helm were built and widened from the original structure. A simple yet functional center helm, accessible from the front so there is more room to work on systems, was implemented.

            The bridge has a Palm Beach Towers hardtop and a release helm chair. The electronics include Garmin 8215 displays, Standard Horizon VHFs, a FLIR System and three engine room cameras and a salon camera. There are gauges for the water tank as well as the forward fuel tank.

New fuel tanks built by BESTANK in Florida were constructed, with the stern tank holding 640 gallons and the bow tank holding 180 gallons. A new 180 gallon fresh water tank was built into the hull integrally.

Once the heavy construction was completed, sights were turned to outfitting the Agitator with simple yet proven running gear and mechanical systems. 2.5” aqua met 22 shafts with an ASD spline and 5 blade 28x38.5 propellers run through new southeastern foundry struts. Shaft logs sit ahead of southeastern foundry dripless rudder tubes and 2” stock rudders. The power chosen for the refit was a set MAN R6-800s running through a set of ZF gears with a ratio of 1.76:1. Additionally a pair of Phasor 12kW generators were outfitted and new Racor 2020 filters with 24 volt priming pumps were installed. A 24 volt fuel transfer pump can be controlled from the bridge and has flow direction lights. The boat was outfitted with a 24 volt system for all its ship service and engine and generator starts for system redundancy.

The freshwater pumps of choice were headhunter 24 volt x-caliber. A valve system allows use of one or both pumps. The raw water system runs through an Oberdorfer ¾ hp pump with a manifold system so that the individual dometic units and/or domestic eskimo 1000 can be flushed out or serviced without having to shut of the rest of the system. A FCA aqua miser reverse osmosis water maker was placed just inside the engine room access – just ahead of the ice make and across from the raw water pump.

A Seakeeper 6 is mounted on centerline just ahead of the engines.

• Palm Beach Towers Hard Top
• Lumitec Underwater Lights
• Electric Marine Power Door
• Schneider 50 Amp Circuit Breaker House Panel
• Galvanic Isolator GI 50/60 Amp FSP
• Oil Transfer Pump 110 Volt
• Fire Suppression System
• Isotemp Hot Water Heater
• Vanner Voltmaster 60 Amp Battery Charger
• Pt 102 Head Hunter Pressure Tank
• Center Vernalift Mufflers

• 1875 RPM – 25 Knt GPH 50
• 1960 RPM – 30 Knt GPH 60
• 2320 RPM – 35 Knt