Penguin Boats

Bought this boat last year but still unsure of the model.  Is it a Penguin Ultimate ?  , or Huntress, or Sportsfisher ?   Its 6.560 mtrs from bow to transom. Im told the Ultimates are 7mtrs, 23 ft so not sure if they include the duck board wich takes it to seven metres.   Ive owned quite a few boats over the years, alloy, glass, and wooden. Very suprised with its sea handling for a 30 year old boat. Put it through its paces in a shitty southerly, and handles better than some of the new boats ive been on. Nice heavy hull, deep V and good in a following sea and sits on the chines well.

Just though there might be some Penguin owners on here that can help answer my question as to what model Penguin it is ?

Have found a few Penguin Ultimate 23s as comparison, the photos below this one. And have also noticed alot of the Penguins have this same type of trailer, up until they were up graded at some stage.

Cheers


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Not a guru

Sat, 2016-03-12 11:53

 Im not a guru but I own a penguin huntress.  To the best of my knowledge, the Phantom series are 16fters, the Huntress are 18-19fters, and the Ultimate are larger so "maybe" your boat is the "Ultimate", and quite rare these days.

 Hope that helps, abit. 

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 Thanks Ashen, its got me

Sat, 2016-03-12 12:22

 Thanks Ashen, its got me baffled because all the Ultimates ive seen are around the 23ft = 7mtrs, so im not sure how they come up with 7mtrs. They must include the duck board or something.

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 I've owned both a Phantom

Sat, 2016-03-12 13:23

 I've owned both a Phantom and a Huntress. Great hulls. I think the ultimate was 23 footer and I only ever saw it in a walkround configuration. If this is a 21 footer not sure what it is but in that colour with a Volvo leg it's definitely a Penguin and guaranteed to be a great hull in the water. Old Julius knew how to build a boat, that's for sure.

I think there was also a Penguin Striker as well but I am thinking that was larger still, maybe 26' - I recall seeing one at his shop in Maddington many years ago.

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 I reckon it is an Ultimate

Sat, 2016-03-12 13:32

 I reckon it is an Ultimate in a cabin configuration. I can't workout how to post an image in this thread so  I will post in a new thread

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 Thanks Cruise Control for

Sat, 2016-03-12 20:14

 Thanks Cruise Control for your info, very intresting

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 I've fished out of an

Sat, 2016-03-12 15:17

 I've fished out of an ultimate cabin and sure it was a little bigger than that. There is also the contender which is the 23 with a flybridge.

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 Hi Dodgy, Good info, i would

Sat, 2016-03-12 20:29

 Hi Dodgy, Good info, i would like to run a tape measure along an ultimate to see what it actualy measures. I know some boats measure differant to what the manufacturer says it is.I came accross a boat in a sales yard once that they had included the bow sprit and duck board in the hull length, can be very miss leading when they price a hull on its length.

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 If that was you heading back

Sun, 2016-03-13 08:31

 If that was you heading back into pt peron as I was headed out this morning I'm happy to say it's definitely not an Ultimate.

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 Yeah that was me Dodgy,

Sun, 2016-03-13 10:08

 Yeah that was me Dodgy, cheers

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Chivers?

Sun, 2016-03-13 08:54

Maybe a Chivers Sports Fisherman? One for sale looks very similar.

 

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 Yeah nar, thats got a

Sun, 2016-03-13 10:18

 Yeah nar, thats got a sharper bow and the strakes are differant. My one has a deeper entry. Looks like a similar size with the same hight from Chines to Gunnel.

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 z00m, how did you get that

Sun, 2016-03-13 12:10

 z00m, how did you get that photo to come up onto forum ? been trying but no luck ?

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Yeah No

Sun, 2016-03-13 09:23

 Way different. .. different bow entry and volume. . Superstructure. End of story. 

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Not a Penguin Ultimate but

Sun, 2016-03-13 10:39

Not a Penguin Ultimate but perhaps a 21ft Huntsman

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 I didnt know there was a

Sun, 2016-03-13 11:58

 I didnt know there was a Huntsman, hmmmm ?

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Penguin

Sun, 2016-03-13 12:40

 Penguin

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 Not a Penguin - Huntsman was

Sun, 2016-03-13 12:34

 Not a Penguin - Huntsman was built by Ray Hunt.

 

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 ok will check them out,

Sun, 2016-03-13 12:43

 ok will check them out, thankyou

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 its not a Huntsman or a

Wed, 2016-03-16 13:45

 its not a Huntsman or a savage i call it for a Penguin!

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 its not a Huntsman or a

Wed, 2016-03-16 13:45

 its not a Huntsman or a savage i call it for a Penguin!

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 Thanks Nico, I got some

Wed, 2016-03-16 15:40

 Thanks Nico, I got some measurements done on an Ultimate and they came out the same as my one, so it must be a Penguin Ultimate   Cheers. 

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 It's not a guardian is it as

Sun, 2016-04-10 11:29

 It's not a guardian is it as I have one mine 79 model an they very simmaler to a penguin so could b and mine 6.4 mtr fibreglass halfcab I know a few them came with inboards 

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 Dont think so Nath, i found

Fri, 2016-04-22 10:26

 Dont think so Nath, i found a couple of other Ultimates and the measurements, strakes and bow entry were all identical, even the transom and bungs, and thickness were the same. Distance from keel to Chines were the same too, and the deadrise.

Cheers

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 Dont think so Nath, i found

Fri, 2016-04-22 10:34

 Dont think so Nath, i found a couple of other Ultimates and the measurements, strakes and bow entry were all identical, even the transom and bungs, and thickness were the same. Distance from keel to Chines were the same too, and the deadrise.

Cheers