Douglascraft
Good evening guys.
Have a mate who is looking at purchasing a larger fibreglass boat over hear in SA for use in our gulfs. In his search he has come across an 18ftr called a Douglascraft. We've never heard of them over here, but a google search suggest they are still built over your side of the country.
As a result i was wondering if there is anyone in these pages that can shed some light on them. Build quality, stability, ride etc etc. This one is gonna be hard to sea trial as the motor is blown and requires a complete rebuild or replace, which for the price of the hull is of little concern. At a glance the hull & trailer look to be in good condition, but again its a relative unknown quantity here in SA and your experiences / knowledge of the hull is appreciated.
Many thanks in advance
brooker
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Date Joined: 03/04/09
douglascraft
I can tell you this much I have owned one and found it to be a good sea boat and the had a good name over here. If I was looking for a similar boat I'd give it some serious consideration.
Georgejungle
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Date Joined: 25/03/09
have heard they are a good
have heard they are a good hull
Piscatorial_Pursuit
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Thanks for the advice
Thanks for the advice guys
Brooker, you say you've owned one. Can I ask why you dont have it anymore? Up/downgrade?
Any ideas on hull weight and glass thickness?
Appreciate your input guys as I've spotted another one over here with a near new 150 mec 2 banger.
Any advice on my suspicions that they resemble an early model reef runner?
fishy fingers
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Date Joined: 28/04/07
F&B magazine
contact these guy's if anybody knows about them these guy's will
http://www.seamedia.com.au/pub/index.php
brooker
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Douglascraft
Good question, was a while ago,think I had to down size. But I don't recall anything nasty about it. Similar to a reef runner but smaller buy quite a bit.
Cammos
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Date Joined: 30/06/09
The ones I looked at when
The ones I looked at when buying were not very beamy, and a friend had one bury its nose in a wave and get washed through but he didn't have power trim so probably caused by lack of correct trim and/or too much speed.
That was on a sea trial.
ferret027
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Date Joined: 04/03/09
ive got the same
i have the same hull as abit of a project heard very good things about the hull i need a motor for mine looking at putting a 90hp on it keep me informed on your progress and if you can find anything out about them