B.O.W. Gets Some Custom Work Done

We have been using our 26 foot Panga, at Better Off Wet, for 2 years now and love the boat. We are in and out of the water a lot, while we are out exploring and chartering. We have been using a standard side-deployed plastic and aluminum foldable ladder, that while being “better than nothing” has been less than ideal and rough on the gel coat of our boat. The B.O.W. boat doesn’t have a ton of room at the stern and we didn’t have any luck finding anything out of the box, readily available, that we could bolt on (or that looked to be of any quality we wanted on our boat). So, like many things in life, we settled for the old deployable ladder and made the best of it…for far too long.

After B.T.’s became an advertiser in the magazine, we asked them about our swim ladder dilemma and they said to bring the boat by and they were sure they could come up with something. We had played through a few different ideas, before getting the boat to them. After meeting with Bobby, B.T.’s shop foreman, and him looking at our boat for all of 45 seconds, he already had an idea for a swim platform that we loved. Bobby has been working with Bill Tabor (owner of B.T.’s) for two decades of the nearly 3 decades B.T.’s has been in business. He showed his professionalism through his ideas and the way he gladly showed us around the shop. B.T.’s looked like a well oiled machine to us and we were super happy and eager to see the finished swim platform.

Only a few days after dropping of the boat to B.T.’s, we had a call that the boat was ready to pick up. We were shocked at how quick they had gotten the project done for us and equally if not more surprised by how much we loved the form and function of the swim platform they had fabricated and installed for us. It may seem like a small thing to some, but the small things usually indicate how folks will handle big things, in our opinion. Every weld on the swim platform is superb, the bends in the tubing match the boat, and most importantly, the function of the swim platform is on point. We don’t have any issues climbing back in the boat now, even with dive gear. If, you have any custom fabrication you need done to your boat, we couldn’t think of recommending anyone else, after our experience with B.T.’s. They are a great advertiser for B.O.W., for which we are grateful; and now we are also grateful to be a customer.

Give them a shout to discuss your next project, whether it be a need or a dream!

BT’s Welding Services, Inc. 4241 S. Hopkins Ave, Titusville, FL 32780 321.267.7798