Ultimate Boat
Submitted by jayce on Tue, 2012-09-04 13:20
I spend alot of time looking at boats on the net to pass the time by.
If you could choose any boat you wanted what would it be and why?
whats your ultimate boat.
woody
Posts: 617
Date Joined: 27/02/08
Sharkcat for me, one of the
Sharkcat for me, one of the new ally Sailfish Shelfrunners. Why? Because down here in Esperance its very rarely calm...you've always got either wind or swell or both to battle against and cats do it so much better in the rough. Ally over glass because its better for beach launching and gravel roads.
Bruce
Posts: 527
Date Joined: 11/04/12
9m Abcat- still towable but
9m Abcat- still towable but the ultimate offshore/ marlin chasing fishing vessel. Twin 350hp Yammy 4 strokes. Glass would be nice but would make it too heavy and it would already weigh 4 ton + anyway
Something like this
Trevor68
Posts: 32
Date Joined: 28/05/12
Any boat by Bertram
Any boat by Bertram
1989 14ft caper cat with deck and 5hp marina
1990 21 ft natwel with mercury 250 pro xs 2013
42ft Bertram
jayce
Posts: 564
Date Joined: 10/12/11
My ultimate would be 8m air
My ultimate would be 8m air rider with hard cab up front. incredible riding bits of gear and ali to make it a bit lighter to tow around.
followed by a 7m westerberg southerner. A nice looking trailerable boat that handle the rough weather well.
Braxi
Posts: 202
Date Joined: 11/12/09
New 285 Boston Whaler Conquest
Those boats look like they could handle anything and safe as houses. Twin 250 / 300 Yammies on the back.... Plenty of room, well built.
Cant fish from home...
Colt_Striker
Posts: 624
Date Joined: 26/07/09
36 foot Blackwatch, with fly
36 foot Blackwatch, with fly bridge & removable game chair, plenty of deck space & do any kind of fishing.
Redemperor000
Posts: 295
Date Joined: 14/01/12
39' midnight express center
39' midnight express center console
canucks
Posts: 1
Date Joined: 23/08/10
Preston Craft for me
This one
http://www.gumtree.com.au/s-ad/port-hedland/boats-jet-skis/preston-craft-thundercat/1006401608
Yewiefish85
Posts: 792
Date Joined: 02/01/11
If money wasn't an issue
If money wasn't an issue then this
Vinesh87
Posts: 2751
Date Joined: 02/04/11
For what i want to do fish
For what i want to do fish dive etc etc not taking into accound greg normans boat i would get a Fury 282.
Bodie
Posts: 3758
Date Joined: 05/11/07
Same with me Have a Fury 26
Same with me
Have a Fury 26 currently and if i were to ever upgrade would be a 282.
pelagicyachts
Posts: 1314
Date Joined: 23/02/11
Weapon you need to see this
Weapon
you need to see this boat in the flesh to appreciate -
http://www.boatequity.com.au/1999_Norman%20R%20Wright%20and%20Sons_65%20WEAPON_181.php
pelagicyachts
Posts: 1314
Date Joined: 23/02/11
better
better pic
http://www.truenorthmark.com/blog/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/weapon.jpg
carnarvonite
Posts: 8655
Date Joined: 24/07/07
Big Naiad
When doing the research for our new rescue boat I came across an article on the delivery of Aucklands new 14.6 metre Naiad Red Lion
During the trip up the east coast at one stage they were down to 10 knots----in 6 metre seas and a huge swell. We put in a submission and were politely told where to go, 10 metres is as big as you can get without forking out mountains of money that we didn't have.
dodgy
Posts: 4571
Date Joined: 01/02/10
How much was it?
How much was it?
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
carnarvonite
Posts: 8655
Date Joined: 24/07/07
Tooo much
The 10 metre jobbie we have cost over $400 thou and the 14.5 was somewhere around $750K+ depending on how much horsepower
Vinesh87
Posts: 2751
Date Joined: 02/04/11
Your a lucky man bodie i have
Your a lucky man bodie i have wanted one ever since i went out on one about 10 yrs ago !! And the 282's are amazing !!
marble
Posts: 775
Date Joined: 03/09/09
What we have now but if
What we have now but if money wasnt an issue keep the PMY and get one of these with the tower as well
http://www.seaveeboats.com/390-ips-center-console.html
PMY 25 Centre Console DF300 Suzuki
spanishmackeral
Posts: 940
Date Joined: 05/01/11
I dont know my boats, but it
I dont know my boats, but it would be a big center cabin of some sort. Cant go past all that extra room up the front.
nick82
Posts: 44
Date Joined: 15/12/10
Cruise Craft 685
Cruise Craft 685 explorer/outsider or a Evolution 650 Apex Predator
randall df223
Posts: 6454
Date Joined: 08/08/11
best boat i have driven was a
best boat i have driven was a 23' haines formula. it was a water police fast response dive boat built to survey , at about 3/4" thick hull, weighed about 3,100 kgs, had 450 l fuel tanks and 2 x 200hp yamaha outboards. top speed was 50kts and my fastest time from north mole to phillip rock lights (beam on) was eleven and a half minutes, in a light south easterly... you could get this boat airbourne and come down stern first every time. great sea boat and a pretty soft ride considering! the trade off was (lack of) stability at rest! that could have been improved with flooding tubes inside the chines, but it couldn't be done within survey, so we just put up with a very unstable boat!
Fish! HARD!
Justo82
Posts: 482
Date Joined: 17/10/11
This one
A T52 horizon sportfisher.
crasny1
Posts: 6990
Date Joined: 16/10/08
Oh man
In my dreams:
http://www.hatterasyachts.com/Page.aspx/pageId/54718/Hatteras-GT-Series.aspx
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact!!" _ Elon Musk
bsir
Posts: 574
Date Joined: 24/04/11
CC685
Another vote for the cruise craft 685 hard top explorer.
Perry Home
Posts: 434
Date Joined: 07/10/10
One of these ..
Edencraft 565
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BvVpeMJq87A&feature=related
or the 6 metre bigger brother
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wwNxbwCZ-yk
- want a boat I can fish comfortably by myself if need be.
Bruce
Posts: 527
Date Joined: 11/04/12
Deflects the spray so well.
Deflects the spray so well. And with 250hp on a 6m regardless of having a deep V that would fly!
Nauti Buoy
Posts: 595
Date Joined: 20/04/09
Luhrs
Luhrs 37 with pen at Exxy
scubafish
Posts: 959
Date Joined: 15/08/12
Explains it self.Pursuit Boats: OS 385 Offshore
Take the tour. http://www.pursuitboats.com & http://www.riviera.com.au/videoPlayer
http://img.gg/BQ91Sys
Daniel Y
Posts: 423
Date Joined: 30/09/05
Why would you want to get a
Why would you want to get a little 8 or 10m craft? If money was no objective i'd have a big ass cruiser like greg norman and bascially just live aboard it travelling to all the best dive/fishing locations in the world, fishing/diving/wakeboarding on my many 'tenders'.