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2005 Gamefisherman Custom Express Sportfish | SLIPPERY SLOPE
Fresh bottom and prop speed – December, 2024
Owner wants her sold!
Won over $1,000,000 in Mid-Atlantic 500 as "GOT GAME"
Introducing the 2005 Gamefisherman Custom Express Sportfish – a true masterpiece built for the serious angler who demands unparalleled performance, luxury, and craftsmanship. With its aggressive yet elegant design, this custom express offers a smooth and powerful ride, paired with a top-tier fishing platform for both offshore and inshore adventures. Designed and built by Gamefisherman, known for creating some of the finest sportfishing yachts, this vessel is a blend of cutting-edge technology and classic style.
Slippery Slope is a pedigreed cold-molded sportfisherman that offers a superior fishing cockpit, smooth, soft, dry ride with exceptional maneuverability and timeless style. If you want a right-sized efficient platform with great range, speed and agility, this 45 Gamefisherman is the perfect choice.
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Vessel Description
2005 45' Gamefisherman Custom Express "SLIPPERY SLOPE"
It is rare that a pedigreed Cold Molded Gamefisherman comes available for sale especially in the condition SLIPPERY SLOPE has been maintained. The combination of a superior fishing cockpit, smooth, soft, dry ride with exceptional maneuverability and timeless style makes SLIPPERY SLOPE the most desirable Gameboat available on the market today. If you want a "Right" sized efficient platform with great range, speed and agility, this 45 Gamefisherman is the perfect choice.
Won over $ 1,000,000 in Mid-Atlantic 500 as "GOT GAME"
At a half load of fuel, the captain reports the following:
1500 RPM’s 20 knots
1850 RPM’s 25/26 knots
1950 RPM’s 29 knots & 44 gallons per hour (80% load)
2050 RPM’s 32 knots & 50 gallons per hour (85% load)
2300 RPM’s 36 knots
Extensive Upgrade List2022/2023 Upgrades:
- Two starters - new
- Steering ram - new
- Garmin 8712 (top) - new
- Fighting chair - refinished
- Topside - repainted
- Heat exchangers serviced- Ace Marine
- Oil lines - new
- Recent bottom paint
- Water heater - new
- Outriggers serviced
- Generator (1 year old)
- Teak (1 year old)
- Aft cutlass bearings - new
- Rubrail polish – re-bed
- Drain hoses - new
- Miscellaneous paint and repairs
2021 Upgrades:
- All sanitation hoses ripped out and replaced with new
- Lectra-San removed and cleaned thoroughly
- Fresh paint applied in forward bilge area
2020 Upgrades:
- Forward A/C compressor serviced, filled with gas, and new raw water and discharge hoses ran
- New galley refrigerator
- Generator muffler rebuilt and painted
- 1000 Hour Service Completed on main Engines at 3090 hours
- Heat exchangers
- Gear Coolers
- Aftercoolers
- Fuel Coolers
- Air Sep
- Turbos
- New gaskets
- New exhaust manifolds
- New risers
- New turbo covers
- New port side, forward raw water pipe
- Cylinder heads resurfaced
- New valve springs
- New gaskets
- New Raw water impellers
- New turbo oil drain pie on starboard engine
- New paint on engines
- ***Invoices have been documented***
- All A/C lines cleaned out and flushed with barnacle buster on 06/12/20
- Common drain manifolds flushed with acid on 06/12/20
- New main engine batteries installed 09/28/20
- Oil Change done on 10/28/20
2019 Upgrades:
- Glendinning Smart Actuator 2 installed by Ron Marguin of East Coast Marine
- New throttle control arms
- New RD-33 installed in tower
- Starboard side transmission replaced
- New trolling valve for starboard transmission
- New engine mounts
- New transmission fluid lines
- New main engine raw water hoses
- Main cabin A/C compressor replaced
- Raw water A/C lines flushed with barnacle buster
- New bottom paint
- Hull and transom waxed
- Propellers removed, taken to Treasure coast propeller, tuned, dynamic balanced, and painted with prop speed
- Rudder shaft seals replaced
- Prop shafts tested for straightness
- Stern tubes replaced
- Cutlass bearings replaced
- All new electronics by Pete and Sam Farkas of “Go To Guys”
- New Garmin 8612
- New Flir Camera mounted in tower
- New Light bars mounted in tower
- New Garmin 25 KW 4’ open array Radar
- New Garmin GPSMAP
- New Garmin autopilot and feed back sensor
- Helm chair reupholstered by Marine Customs Unlimited with new cushions and backrest
- Covering boards sanded down and oiled
- Bridge area toe rails surrounding brow and mezzanine taken all the way down and varnished with 14 coats of awlwood and finished with clear coat
- New Release Marine 10-hole teak rocket launcher
- New trim tab actuators
- Completely rebuilt out riggers with new bushings, cables, spars, pulleys, etc.
2018 Upgrades:
- New paint (mattehorn white) on brow, underneath brow, forward bridge deck area
- New paint on cabin hatch lid
- New hardtop paint (sky blue – flat finish)
- New nonskid on bow
- Toe rail taken all the way down and varnished with 14 coats of awlwood and finished with clear coat
- Transom taken all the way down and varnished with 14 coats of awlwood and finished with cleat coat
- Interior floors sanded all the way down and finished with several coats of Minwax – flat finish
- New paint inside cockpit refrigerator and cooler
- All paint and varnish work done by Sebastian at A&J Boatworks
- Overhead rod storage in master stateroom, LP 12V reel storage and rod storage in forward closet by Josh Mcmanus – Woodencrab)
- Galley shelves (3) built underneath counter top, and forward of refrigerator by Josh Mcmanus
- 7 gallon holding tank with optional “Y” valve installed by A&J Boatworks
- New gas hinges replaced on all openings (cooler, refrigerator, console top, cabin door, galley trashcan/dinette)
- Master stateroom bed/cushions recovered with sunbrella material
- New cockpit shade with wings to cover entire cockpit
- Teak deck and covering boards sanded down by Derek Lynds
Vessel DescriptionVessel Walkthrough
The beautiful and functional teak cockpit hosts a teak Murray Brothers fighting chair. Helm is center line with port and starboard bench seating. Down a few stairs to the cabin and to port is a large L-Shaped settee with table. The settee converts to over under bunks. Across to starboard is the galley. Forward to port is a spacious head with a private shower. In the bow, the master stateroom features a V-Berth and filler cushion.
Main Salon
- L-Shaped settee converts to bunks
- Table
- Teak flooring throughout
- Headliner with recessed lighting
- TV/DVD Player
Galley
- Subzero Refrigeration and Freezer
- Custom Freezer Box
- Two Burner Cooktop
- Microwave
- Sink
- Cabinets and Storage
Master Stateroom
- V-Berths with filler cushion
- Flat Screen TV
- Hanging locker
- Anchor locker access
- Recessed lighting in headliner
- Reading lamps
- Drawers and Storage
Master Head
- Electric toilet with Lectrasan
- Stall shower with curtain
- Sink
- Lights and mirror
- Dry storage
Cockpit
- Teak cockpit deck
- Teak covering boards
- Murray Brothers teak fighting chair with rocket launcher and tray with cover
- Livewell
- Transom fishbox
- Lazarette access
- Step to helm with storage
- Electric reel outlets
- Rod holders
Deck
- Teak Deck
- Teak Tow Rail
- Teak Helm Pod
- Teak Cap Rail on Helm Deck
- Awlgrip Paint
- Lewmar Hatches
- Chrome Hawse Pipes and Cleats
- Chaffing Strips SS
- Stainless Steel Rubrail
- Anchor Locker Forward with Fresh Water
- Tower Console Cover
- Helm Cover
- Cockpit Cover
- Bridge Cushions
- Chair Covers
- Bausch Tower with Full Controls and Steering
- Fiberglass Hardtop
- Rupp Outriggers and Center Rigger
- Birdsall Teaser Reels
Electronics, Helm and Tower Electronics
- Center Helm with Electronics Box with Handrail and Lift-Up Suncover
- Port and Starboard Bench Seats with Storage
- Teak Helm Deck
- Ice Chest
- Insulated Drink Box
- Murray Brothers Helm Chair
- VHF Radio
- Garmin 7612 GPS Chartplotter/Sounder
- Garmin 740 Plotter
- Fusion Stereo, SAT stereo
- Furuno RD30
- ACR Remote Spotlight
- Horn
- NAV Lights
- Cummins Engine Displays
- Trim Tabs
- Compass
Tower Electronics
- Garmin 740
- Autopilot Repeater
- (2) Engine Displays
- Compass
- VHF
- Furuno Digital Depth RD30
- ACR Spotlight Remote
- Two Flip Up Tower Seats
- Trim Tab Controls
Electrical
- 50 Amp Shore Power
- Onan 9kw Generator with 2,500 Hours
- Batteries with Switches
- Battery Charger
- Custom Gamefisherman Electric Panel
- Cabin Lights and Outlets
- 3 Bilge Pumps
- Tower Lights
- Courtesy Deck Lights
- Engine Room Lights
- Cablemaster
Engine Details and Mechanical Equipment
- New Acme Wheels
- Spare Michigan Wheels
- 2 Cruiseair AC/Heat
- Fuel Priming Pumps
- Oil Change System
- Racor Fuel Filters
- High Water Alarms
- Hot Water Heater
- Bronze Struts and Rudders
- Dripless Shaft Seals
- Hydraulic Steering
- Single Lever Controls
- Freshwater System
- 3 Underwater Lights