Allison Boats gone Alloy

[Grand_Marlin]

G'day Guys,

Some interesting to come out of the Sanctuary Cove boat show.

Allison Boat Company, renowned for their fibreglass boats, have now swapped to manufacturing plate aluminium boats.

Allison fibreglass as we know it has now stopped production.
The moulds are being sold, so the boats may re-appear, just not under the Allison name.

Bruce told me they are going to manufacture a range from 4.6m up to around 6.25m at this time.

He also said this is a sign of the times and a lot of people were asking for aluminium boats, whereas the fibreglass orders had dropped off.

Given the quality of their fibreglass boats, the aluminium range should be very impressive as well.

A bold move, and I wish them all success.

Cheers

Pete

[Noelm]

yep, bold move alright!

[Wahoo]

maybe they can see that plate boats ride and preform just as good as the new glass boats

Daz

[finding_time]

maybe they can see that plate boats ride and preform just as good as the new glass boats

Daz

Bawhawhawhawhawhawhhawhawhawa !!rofl!!! Nice one Wahoo but the joke of the day section is in general chat!!!;)

Ian

[backlash08]

another boat builder seeing the way of the future, plate monos!!;)

[GBC]

You plate boys obviously haven't been for a run in an ocean angler then eh. ::)

[lippa]

could be a good thing bruce builds a great boat, and wont produce a shit ally one either

be good to see another qld plate builder, will fill the fisher void (do the new mob count as fisher? i'll call them plate boat builder X !). bruce probably wise to give col a call, or a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cheers

lippa

[tin can marlin]

could be a good thing bruce builds a great boat, and wont produce a shit ally one either

be good to see another qld plate builder, will fill the fisher void (do the new mob count as fisher? i'll call them plate boat builder X !). bruce probably wise to give col a call, or a job!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

cheers

lippa
I agree lippa you could go a long way to find a better boat builder than col and there was no doubting there abilty to build a glass boat it was sencond to none i think you will find one day they will become collecters items. I'am looking foward to seeing there first boat does anyone have a idea on when that will be and who will be selling them.

[siegfried]

I wonder if the new ones ride as hard as the old ones, being tin I bet the bastards will. I still havnt got over the 189 I had, a tin one of them FMD ouch:o

[PinHead]

amazing..I wonder why the change..cannot compete in the fibreglass market.

[Grand_Marlin]

I didn't ask when the first boat will be released.
Bruce said they are finishing the last few boats in the factory now, and then will convert to alloy fabrication.

I would guess 2 - 3 months before we see anything.

The new boats are being distributed by the existing dealer network.

Greg, Bruce said it was simply to do with a demand thing.
People keep asking for plate boats and the fibreglass orders have dwindled.

Cheers

Pete

[monkey76]

A brave move and I wish them well it must have been a hard decision to drop a well respected product. At least they are adapting to a changing market I hope people support their new product. If only bigger companies had such vision and listened to the market demands

[Blackened]

G'day

Bit of a write up in yesterdays courier mail regarding this.

Dave

[tin can marlin]

Saw that i would have to say him saying the glass boats becoming collecters items is a bit wild while i think they are not a bad rig they are no hains hunter od cruise craft but i which them all the best as we need as many boat builders as possaible so the market stay competive.

[PinHead]

tcm...please tell me your posts are all in fun..you crack me up.

[tin can marlin]

tcm...please tell me your posts are all in fun..you crack me up.
Pinhead i'am glad i make you laugh as we all need a bit of a giggle as some people take this site way to serious and go overboard. I'am glad you think that i'am funny. And i will try and keep the light sited side going as some people need to get a life.

[PinHead]

geez tcm..I was being sarcastic..for a while you have been saying that the Allison's are fantastic..much better than CC etc because they have no timber in the floor...now they are not as good as them..you should be a boat salesman.

[jimbo59]

My guess is that the hulls were a bit dated and rolf didnt want to spend another 4 years building moulds.

[stevej]

yep changing from glass to ally is easy

wait
fiberglass specialists to welding specialists yep same really isnt it

nearly all constructions staff would have to change all the glassers getting laid off or learning to weld ally correctly in a few weeks to build quality boats

also mould glass resin

to sourcing decent designs, ally suppliers with decent cutting to again the end product comes down to quality of assembly

yep easy change over

[jimbo59]

Rolf (susans husband) was never really happy with glass as he cut his teeth building alloy boats, ive seen the first designs on the floor and they will be up there with the best of them

[boatboy50]

Guys,

When they decided to change over, the sales of glass boats had apparently dropped off to the point where they only had office staff left.

I believe Bruce will weld the first few boats, and if/when it takes off more welders will be employed.

Good luck to them in a harsh world.

Regards

Darren