The Rat underway
Submitted by Commodore Marine on Wed, 2009-08-05 10:48
Video can be seen here
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LhSyUEKiNYk
Thanks for the feedback and look forward to seeing you all soon.
Regards
Andrew
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Andrew Welch
Commodore Marine
roberta
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Nice
did you incorporate some of our idea's?
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Andy Mac
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Looking Good
Thats the "Sea Trials" out of the way.....when are we doing the "Fishing trials"? (hehehe)
There are plenty of the fishwrecked forum's ideas in there Roberta.
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Colin Hay
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It sits very nicely in the water Andrew
It sure looks like a great fishing platform.
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jersey
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The River
Why not show photos of the boat in the ocean were it is more prone to be used,after all. any boat will perform well in sheltered waters,put it in the ocean when the easterlies are 10/15 knots then when the sea breeze hits around 18/20knots,after all that when most boats are used and thats what tells the difference from good riding craft and nice looking toys. jersey
kane
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how many hoops fo you want them to jump through
if your a serious buyer im sure theyll let you do a sea trial
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Craig Pearse
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Same one @ the fenacing
Same one @ the fenacing
solly
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Yep same one
Would have been handy (as well as wet)at the billfish ,30 plus knots everyday.
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Georgejungle
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Looks flash as ill agree
Looks flash as ill agree but i would like a bit more freeboard than that at the abrlohos islands if it blows ,is it me or is that vessel sitting bow heavy in the water ??.
Andy Mac
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Bridged helm
so it may look like a small freeboad but the boat is over 8m and up close looks like it has plenty of freeboard.
Tim, Paul G and Jesse had a ride in it on the weekend and should be able to give it a thumbs up or down in that respect.
I just think its hard to tell from those pics as there isnt a body hanging over the side fishing to give it perspective.
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Stev0
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I agree Georgejungle, the
I agree Georgejungle, the bow seems to be sitting low/heavy in the water, it makes it nice for cruising around the river on a glassy day but how often is that the case. Does it have trim tabs to be able to perk her up a little in bigger seas?
marble
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Looks nice, to be picky
Looks nice, to be picky though it does look a little down in the bow and the gunnels could be wider to be able to put rod holders in square to the boat, only way to have them if your drifting/anchoring for demersals and that tinted screen will be a pain in the freckle to look through in certain conditions. Does look very nice though, we would have looked at one if they had one late last year when we bought our new rig.
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