Field Assessment
The Longfin is the center console fishing boat. The configuration that Keys sport fishing operates from: open deck for fighting fish, rod holders, the live well for keeping the catch, and twin outboards providing the range to reach the offshore grounds and return.
The Keys fishing economy runs on boats in this category. The charter operations, the personal sportfishing vessels, and the boats that go out early and come back at midday with the cooler full. The Longfin is the activity and the vehicle simultaneously.
As a mission boat the Longfin provides legitimate cover in the Keys maritime environment. A center console fishing boat at anchor in the Keys channel is the background. What it is covering for depends on the mission.