My Eastward 24 Build - Getting Closer - Layout, Engines and Price Update! 

John congratulations on your new build. May have many years of enjoyment from her. May you remember your own words to me while I was waiting for my build from Pair Customs,you did your homework you made your choices you are going to love the boat. Thanks again for your advice and encouragement now enjoy your new boat. John you are a class act many safe voyages

I dig it man. 150 isn’t insane at all any more especially for a custom. It’s your money and your boat do whatever the F you wanna do with it lol.

After watching your channel for a while now I know you know boats and fishing. I go to boat shows all the time and I see what I like and don’t like on all kinds of boats. You are a lucky man to be able to spec out a boat how you want it. Do what YOU want, make no excuses and enjoy the boat. The only bad thing is it will be a long winter waiting for it. Good luck and enjoy and take any criticism with a grain of salt.

John I agree 100% on your choice of power the 225's have a great reputation on performance and MPG. I can't believe the cost of 225's are now more than what 300 Suzuki's were in 2019.

"Last boat I'll ever buy" I love the optimism. LoL. Thank for the vid and transparency. Wishing you all the best.

The more I see of Eastward the more I like. I'm excited there is a 24' cat that is designed as a true fishing boat and reasonable priced. I have an old 16' Twin Vee and love the way it handles in South Jersey. I also have a 23' monohaul that I love but I cant imagine how much better the Eastward will ride. I think the 2400 Eastward will be my next boat. Looking forward to seeing more of yours

Best of luck with your new build. I hope when you stop chartering, you'll continue to make videos.

Awesome getting exactly whats right for you after decades of learning what doesn’t work great. Considering a custom order myself, for similar reason.

Congratulations on the new boat John. Looking forward to watching videos of the new rig

Congrats on the new rig John! It's your boat so do it up the way that you want to. Hope to see you out on LIS one day. I also hope that you keep posting videos on YT.

Great choice on the Mercury v6s , my only thing with eastward is the cheap plastic hatches they use. I hope they make a hatch mold and get away from the Amazon plastic hatches that leek and break .

Really nice boat, congratulations, use it in good health. Missed you at the Greatfull Deli this past Sunday. 😊

You could fit 10 sweeneys in that boat easy! Really good build from the looks of the glass and cross members. Very deep mold too.

Looks heavy duty,a lot of room on a cat boat, Looks like a fishing machine. Congrats!

Very nice boat. No need to apologize for the choices you made. Your money, your boat. I know, you put a lot of thought into what you wanted and you have spent A LOT OF TIME, on the water. I look forward to your first launch, may you catch and not fish. lol Congrats on your new boat!

Very nice sir! Enjoy it and I agree with more horse power. They will be under less stress at cruise too.

I'm sorry to hear that you are gettiing out of the charter business . I sure have enjoyed the videos. I had hoped to make the trip but has never worked out. Absolutely thrilled for you.

Congratulations John!!! Happy for you. See you October 21st

You sold the seaVee? Wow. Beautiful boat!

Congratulations, glad to hear it's almost done

Hope you get a lot of enjoyment from the new boat. Now we just need the return of decent fluke fishing closer than an hour run each way.

Can’t wait to see it on the sound

Best of luck Cap't! She is a buet!

I’ll be at the ramp by you tomorrow morning 7am, meet me for a little fishing, the boat looks great, reminds me of when I had my Steiger Craft built, the only way to go, good luck. Thanks.

I also switched to a 26ft aluminum center console cat its amazing.

Work hard play hard. You get what you pay for. Good Luck 👍

John: Congratulations on your custom built Seaward. I hope you will tolerate questions: 1. Out of pure curiosity, why did you elect a canvas versus hard t top? 2. Do you plan to keep this boat on the trailer or will you be docking as you currently do with the SeaVee? 3. You chose Mercury's. Why? I just think it is great that you have laid out your boat exactly as you want it. Appears to maximize fishing room and that boat has a lot of room. Truly excited for you! Hope you have a great Blackfish Season! Ken

I would use one livewell as the bleed bucket and the other to ice the fish. Just run the pump and all the blood goes overboard. Much easier than the 5 gallon bucket. I will keep the rest of my thoughts on the boat to myself.

Good for you! Build it the way you want it for your type of fishing. I bet that boat will move pretty quick with 225's.

Those fuel economy numbers are impressive!

Awesome! Cant wait to see the final product

Great job. Brilliant!!!!

Sweet boat!!! (You know you don’t need the ladder)

Wow that’s awesome. That is not bad bro, something for me to think about.

Congratulations bro! I’m really upset that I can’t fish with you no more, really upset but I understand.

I have watched this video three times and went back to watch the Eastward Factory video. No doubt that the 2400 will be an awesome fishing machine. What initially peaked your interest in the brand? Also, during your tour of the factory what made you feel so satisfied that an Eastward would be your future boat? You have been on a lot of really nice boats so I know this brand is special. Thanks again.

Good luck with it Capt., hope it's everything you want it to be... Are you going to put your boat on the side of the road and then video it?? lol

Im still waiting for your Seavee to go up for sale lol... My wife hates me lmao" hey theres a seavee coming up for sale" ... all I get is an UGH... Love the overview of the Eastward. great breakdown of the build.

Can't wait to see it John. Like the space a cat has. Not sure on the ride. I have no experience there .

Most of the pictures are the Horizon 3000…. Not the 24. I want a 2400, great boat

I really wish I could’ve done a charter with you. Hopefully you change your mind one day lol

Seakeeper 1 and Seakeeper ride. What I gathered is a Seakeeper cannot really be installed on a cat. 1/2 the reason to buy a cat is ride stability. I would think a mono with a Seakeeper 1 ($20K) would negate that. Curious your thoughts?

I really am gonna miss you.

Thank you do much for this great info!!! Do you know if these boats lean outward in sharp corners, stay flat or lean in?

Nice boat. Great video….. I ran the numbers on the chartering and yea it’s a tough business. A lot of people just think of the revenue side and don’t realize the constant costs always there. If You factor in weather and the fact that you are no longer getting to use your boat to fish the prime time because you are taking customers. It just doesn’t seem worth it. I watched your video on the cost layout. Good information. You will enjoy fishing when you want to and what you want to.

When you take delivery will you take me for a ride so I can see if one might work for me?

Have you decided how to mount the trolling motor? I have seen a few cats that mount them across the beam of the boat, rather than parallel to gunnels. Seems like a good way to save fishing space.

Outboard? If you had all qualified techs around you- Yamaha, Suzuki, Mercury, Evenrude, etc… What make would you get?

So, I assume that you had your pick of any brand of outboard to hang on the back of this boat.... what made you go with the Mercury engines over all of the other manufacturers? Seeing that you've experienced the horror of having a fuel tank leak on your current boat, what type of fuel tank do they install on this boat (material wise) and are they easily replaceable?

A lot for a 24 footer but what the hell YOLO!!

Wow! Very intriguing boat. And no need to apologize for it's cost--Have you priced out a regular mono hull noncustom boat in that class? Quarter million easy! After considering your build and cost, plus the economics of that hull... what I really wanna know is, IS IT GONNA DRIFT MY WAY? But seriously, how does it drift?

Hey John, I’ve got a build slot for a 2400 coming up in January 2024. Unfortunately I’m not going to be able to keep it. So if you know anyone interested in taking that build slot. Dave East can confirm it. Thanks

you never mentioned why you wanted to get rid of the SeaVee? you sure can buy a lot of fuel for 200k. as I've always said that SeaVee in my book is bad to the bone. I have friends that have a 27 footer and it is unbelievably nice. I remember when you took delivery of that boat. I would have rather have heard all about why you made this decision. now remember I'm in Florida 28 year full-time 365 charter boat. the reason I watch is because I have a best buddy who lives in Islip Long Island. who's an outboard mechanic. so he got me a little interested in what y'all do up there. the funny thing is he never heard of Tred Barta, have you? I had to send him Tred Barta's book. not that I was a fan of Tred, I always thought he was kind of a stereotypical arrogant New Yorker. what has stories were always good.

Whats the weight of the boat John? It does look massive.

I love my 2020 26 ft twin Vee cost me a hundred grand brand new with trailer

I just don't understand why you started a charter operation? Was it that you wanted to give back to the community by showing them the Jigging Jerks way? I do finance and never saw that it was a money maker part time. On the new boat, If you can afford a new boat go ahead and buy! I finally repowered one of my boats (yes I have 3 and no kids)

Is it all fiberglass or composite foam core?

I want to buy the seaVee