New boat decision making! Any experts???
gday everyone, I'll try not to make this too boring!
i am in the market for a new boat but I'm having a great deal of trouble deciding what to get! I do most of my fishing in the north west, very minimal southern waters fishing. I'm looking for plate aluminium, around the 5.2 -6m range but I'm unsure whether to get a side console or centre console ? I need it to be family friendly as well, ideally I was thinking a 5.5m centre console with a hard roof & rocket launchers, so I've started looking at the Formosa tomohawk range of boats, has anyone had anything to do with these? Or my next option is to get a boat built in wa so if you have any recommendations that would be great. Any advice on what I should buy & why would be greatly appreciated? My main focus points is large fuel capacity for overnight trips, large storage capacity, hard roof, useable deck space but still a generous console for fitting of instruments.
Ashen
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Date Joined: 22/03/13
Epic marine
Mate, before you buy anything, might be worthwhile to speak to Todd at Epic Marine. Nice guy with a strong passion for customer satisfaction with his products.
A fish in the hand is worth 10 in the water!
Backyard Butcher
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Date Joined: 26/04/15
Where is that mate? & what
Where is that mate? & what does he sell?
Ashen
Posts: 1042
Date Joined: 22/03/13
Mandurah
He's a custom boat builder in Mandurah. Far from you but if you're spending $$$$$ on a new boat and want the job done right the first time, then he's the person to see. Apparently, he also fixes other boatbuilders' fk ups!! Haha
A fish in the hand is worth 10 in the water!
Backyard Butcher
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Date Joined: 26/04/15
Yeah rito, distance doesn't
Yeah rito, distance doesn't bother me for a good boat builder as long as I keep my business in WA I'm happy, thanks mate I'll google it now
linoc
Posts: 96
Date Joined: 21/11/15
Epic Marine
Another + Vote for Todd at Epic, solid welds etc
www.epicmarine.com.au/
Believe he has a completed one ready to go at the moment if it suits, or he can custom build from scratch to your requirments
CC106
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Date Joined: 07/01/14
Heard of some great new boats
Heard of some great new boats being built out of Albany called SIMRAY. The guys that build them were part of Westerberg from the get go and have since left to build their own new designs. From a good report they have built a solid 4.8 centre console upto a 10mtr twin diesel rig.