You might have seen my earlier post regarding buying a new boat and the sort of options I was looking at. I managed to pick up this 2009 Seafox 216DC. Took it for a sea trial and spoke to their mechanic that gave it a good wrap. A few little jobs needed doing like replacing the cracked water filter screen on the outboard, bleeding and flushing the hydraulic steering to smooth it out, spraying loads of WD40 to get hinges and hatches working again and giving it a good wash. It will probably need a couple more washes to get it looking bright again. Hull needs a good polish as well.

It is an interesting hull in that it is a dual console (read bow rider in aussie lingo) so good for family days, but has in integrated kill tank, live bait well, 8 rod holders and an esky under the passenger seats for the fishing days. It's 6.4m long, 2.59m wide and sits on an ally ibeam trailer with the 150 4stroke Suzuki on the back with around 200 hours on it (tacho goes up to the 2 when you switch it on indicating 200 hours).

Worst part was, the kids have been sick all weekend and I couldn't take it out! arghhhh. At least now I have the option of fishing in the river or offshore and can trailer to more locations.

Upgrades will include a bow rail and a hard top but that will come with time.

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