Bill Gibbons is, by any estimation, a conoisseur of Sanger Boats. As an owner of a Sanger hydro jet, a blown Sanger flat bottom, and a blown Sanger Super Jet, all of which are immaculate and beautiful examples, it only made sense for Gibbons to continue the trend when looking for a new project to tackle. After seeing an Eliminator Daytona outboard that well known builder Tom Peterson had just built it was clear that a cat was in his future, and given his penchant for the Sanger brand it was only natural that the Sanger Alley Cat would be his target vessel. What was found was a boat in the Fresno area that used to belong to Jack Davidson and was the only 20' Alley Cat ever built.
Initially, Bill had hoped to pick up a "turn key" boat that he could do a few upgrades to. Due to a few fatal flaws in the boat and Bill's taste for all things custom, however, the die was cast for a full-on custom rebuild of the little catamaran.
Enter custom builders, Tom Peterson and Scott Kornowski. Bill had envisioned an upgrade of the Alley Cat, which was already a unique boat, and he knew that in order for the build to be executed effectively that he would need a build team that had the right balance of engineering and ingenuity and Tom and Scott were just that team.