Evolution

You say you want an evolution?

"For eleven and a half months, we chopped, cut, added, removed, de-rigged,
re-rigged and generally drove our naval architect crazy with changes...
Every change we made would correct one problem while creating three others.
Our friends were asking us if we were ever going to build this boat."

If every picture tells a story, then the following photographic journey could leave you at a loss for words. Never before has a skiff builder put forth the kind of painstaking effort that went into creating the Islamorada 18 – the world's lightest, strongest, driest and stealthiest 18-foot skiff. Three years and 65 prototype changes later, the extraordinary Islamorada 18 has put the entire flats skiff industry on notice. (click on the first image to see how the Islamorada 18 evolved)

Chittum Skiffs - Islamorada 18

You say you want an evolution?

"For eleven and a half months, we chopped, cut, added, removed, de-rigged, re-rigged and generally drove our naval architect crazy with changes... Every change we made would correct one problem while creating three others. Our friends were asking us if we were ever going to build this boat."

"For eleven and a half months, we chopped, cut, added, removed, de-rigged,
re-rigged and generally drove our naval architect crazy with changes...
Every change we made would correct one problem while creating three others.
Our friends were asking us if we were ever going to build this boat."