How many boats you owned

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Gidday ausfishers,

Doing a survey to see what's average number of boats ausfishers owned...
Note Boat a count including it’s for fishing purpose only...
You're welcome to post each type of boats you owned...Pic's always welcome... ;)

Happy boating
Silent

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Me...
First boat was 12' steesle with 25HP yammy few years later stolen... :'(
Second - 12' Clark tinny and 25HP Envirude for few year
3rd will be ready in few weeks - Hanies Hunter Seawasp 3.9m with 35HP Johnson...can't wait... :D

Happy boating
Silent

[serene_lady]

My first boat was a 12 ft Dehavlin Topper with 5 hp Johnson, after a couple of years went up to 10 hp. Second was a 15ft Hartley half cab with a 33hp Johnson, then a 40 hp then a 50 hp Merc , third was a 19 ft Hains C with 140 hp merc sterndrive , No 4 and still current is a 17 mt. 55ft house boat with twin 70 hp perkins and been living aboard for over 10 years. I am on my third Quintrex Hornet . First had a 25 hp johnson, no2, had a 40 hp Merc Lite on it and the one I have now has a 50hp Tohatsu TLID on the back. All of my boats and motors were bought new but only ever had one new car, you have to get your pros right ;) ;) ;) Bob.

[marlinqld]

1st - 11ft Lightburn F/glass with 5hp yamaha
2nd - 13ft pongrass 55 Evinrude Runabout
3rd - 13ft Pongrass F/gl;ass dinghy 30hp Jonno
Current - 5.1mt Ally Cfraft centre conmsole 75 Mariner 2 stroke

Next - when SWMBO lets me ;D ;)...... 6.5mt Cruise Craft Outsider maybe late next year

[Argle]

1st 16ft Stebercraft 150hp blueband Merc
2nd 12ft Stacer tinny 15hp Evinrude
3rd & current 16ft 493F Haines Signature 90hp Merc - see avatar
Next on the list? 542F Haines Signature with 140hp Suzuki 4 banger 8-)

Cheers and Beers
Scott

[leezor]

17ft Swiftcraft with a Chrysler
Haines 243L with 228 Mercruiser
4.5mt Stessl CC with a 50 Evinrude
4.3mt Savage Gannet with a 30 Yammy
Clipper 34ft with 80hp Diesel Ford Lees
328 Powercat with twin 165hp Volvo Diesels
Haines Sgnature 1950L with 175 Johno
3.7mt Stacer with 15hp Suzi
4.5mt Glass runabout with 70hp Johno
4.5mt Stacer CC with 55hp Johno
Haines 600R with 200hp Merc
26ft Marksply with 200hp Volvo Duo Prop
3.9mt Horizon with 25hp Johno
6.1mt Hydrofield with 180hp Mercuiser
19ft Lewis Outback with 200hp Yamaha Vmax
4.1mt Sea Jay Barra Boat with 20hp Merc
6mt Cairns Custom Craft with twin 50hp Yamaha 4 Strokes

Currently I have a Southwind SF20 with a 200 Yamaha, this is my last one, honest....

[TonyM]

hmm this'll test the old grey matter ;D

This isn;t them all, just those I can remember at the moment! I love boats! ::)

- 11' Stessl with 6hp Yammie
- 6' Glass rowboat
- 15' Swiftcraft Cuddy with Mercury 60 Bigfoot
- 16' Timber Hydroplane with Chrysler 40 (was originally raced on Pittwater in solar powered races, was insane with 50hp :D
- 17' Swifcraft Half cab with 50hp mariner
- 5.6m Quintrex Reef Raider C/C with 115hp Suzuki
- 13' Tinnie with 15hp Evinrude 4 banger
- 16' Novacraft half cab with Yammie 70
- 4.5m Quintrex Fishraider with Yammie 70
- 11' Coleman Ramex crawdad with 40lb Minnkota
- 3m Poly Tuff tender with 15gp Evinrude and Minnkota Riptide 55ap
- 5.3m Polycraft Warrior Bowrider with Suzuki DF 115

There's a few I haven't listed which are mostly tinnies I've bought and sold when I did/didn't have the time to use them due to other commitments.

It's amazing how often during your fishing career your needs in a boat change (some more than others I guess)

Right now I'm selling the Poly 530 :'( as I wish to downgrade to about a 4.5m bass/bream style rig and use the extra cash for other priorities. I won;t include pictures as it would take all night to do! ;D

[DazSamFishing]

I have owned 3 boats in the last 18 months...

Size does matter!

Started off with a 3.7m stessl with 15hp 2 stroke...

Secondly a Makocraft (stessl) 440 estuary tracker tournament with merc 60hp 4 stroke... reluctently had to sell... the missus doesnt like open boats anymore...

Waiting... 3 weeks left... Makocraft 610 with merc verado 175hp...

I dont think I will have another boat for some time now!

Daz

[finga64]

I've brought 3 boats and still have 3 boats much to the cooks dismay. Just haven't gotten around to sell one or two that's all, honest ;)
Haven't told her I brought another rod, reel and outboard yet. Shhh. :)

P.S. Also don't tell the boaties market is soon otherwise SHE"LL tow a boat there with the Beemer :P

[Homer_Jay]

6'6 cruisecraft with a 2hp Mariner
10' Stessel with a 15 mariner
4.4 mt stessel runabout with a 60 yamaha
4.5 mt crestcraft half cab with a 48 Johno
3.3 mt zodiac inflatable with 15 hp Mariner

Current boat V19C half cab Haines hunter with 488 mercruiser

[triman]

3, a timber Whittley, or possibly a Hartley, cruiser, 20ft
a glass Whittley Voyager, 18ft
a glass Whittley Cruisemaster, 23ft.
Hmm, I think I see a trend developing ;D

[StevenM]

Well depends who u ask

If you ask the misses she will say tooooo many and no more

Ask me and I say not enough and want more

Stands at 4 at the moment and seem to all last around 3 years.

Cheers

Steven

[jimbo59]

Ok you asked the question,i feel like a bit like a boaster here but here go's
I will start from my first boat,but i will brobably miss a few.
13 foot bondwood
20 foot hartley
v19r
15 foot tinny(one of cliff joshua's )was it freedom?
45 foot trawler style
28 foot bay cruiser
18 foot reef ranger
outsiderskip's 189 sportsmancraft(g'day mate)
20 foot jbs
v19c
60 foot steel cruiser
easyrider18 runabout
223 formula
14 foot easyrider
22 foot cruisecraft rover
20 foot savage marlin. :-[

[Slient]

Thanks guys,

Almost 24 hours since created poll and seems most average = 1-3
Umm.... :-[who has vote "Never" and could you tell us why? :-?

Silent

[Kendall249]

hey silent, I would suggest that those who said never was because the missus said no! :o ;D

[bigblue]

1st - 11ft Lightburn F/glass with 5hp yamaha
2nd - 13ft pongrass 55 Evinrude Runabout
3rd - 13ft Pongrass F/gl;ass dinghy 30hp Jonno
Current - 5.1mt Ally Cfraft centre conmsole 75 Mariner 2 stroke

Next - when SWMBO lets me ;D ;)...... 6.5mt Cruise Craft Outsider maybe late next year
If you are calling the older(released 1996)CC Outsider 650 a 6.5metre -its not, its a 6 metre hull.
its a great little hull!!!

[bigblue]

12foot runabout 40 Merc(1960!),15ft Stebercraft, 17ft Stebercraft,20Ft Savage Marlin, 21ft Savage Marlin, 12ft Dehavilland Topper, 25ft Halvorsen Sport Fisherman,18ft Dehavilland Titan half cabin,12ft Clark Cutter, 13ft Clark Corsair,5.2 Stessl centre console, 34 Randell, Cruise Craft 650 Outsider,4.8 Stessl tri hull, Stacer 4.35 Hornet, nothing >now looking ::)

[Scalem]

Only ever bought 1 boat on the cheap - you know what they say about cheap? You get what you pay for. So while I have always had the one boat, the list of what I have done to her seems never ending..... But I listen to my better half who manages my finances really well. If I had my way I would have spent tripple what I have, and in a huge amount of debt.... But then again, had I have bought a good boat from the start, I'd be in the same position financially.... Do the maths.

Bought 15 years ago for 3K with 80hp blueband Merc - bang, no more motor, salt water does not combust very well in the Cylinders I am told. Buggar!
Replace with a 2nd hand 75HP Yammy for 2.5K Bang.... Same thing after a few years. The guys servicing seemed to think the Merc was more of a problem than the Yammy, and I was in a false sense of security!! How wrong was I? :'( :'( When putting the new Jonno 70HP on (reco for 5K), they said the transom was mushy. New floor and transom @3K

Over 15 years I guess I shouldn't see the expense when I consider all the fun I have had with her. Can't bare the thought of selling it now, we've been through too much!! I'm now up for a new trailer or a serious amount of work on the old one. Anyone got a cheap trailer for a 15ft Glass? ::) ::)

Scalem

[ozlongboarder]

Brooker CT10 Johno 6hp when I was ten.
12' Sea Alwith 9.5hp Johno.
12" Dehaviland with 25hp Suzy... used to two my mate on a single ski behind that one. That was a fast boat for a 15year old kid with no licence.
12" Stacer with a 25Hp Mariner.
Now I have a 3.75 Stessco with a 15Hp Mercury and a
25' Bertram Sports open runabout with a new Volvo 280hp

[Slient]

hey silent, I would suggest that those who said never was because the missus said no! :o ;D
;D Good guess

[CROOZY]

HI ALL, HAPPY TO SAY I HAVE HAD BOATS SINCE I WAS 18 YE`OLD.
1ST WAS A 1981 WHITTLEY IMPALA 140HP MERC ( GOT WAY CHEAP, WENT HALVES WITH DAD)
2ND WAS A PRIDE ALBATROS 5.3 115 EVI` THAT WAS SUNK BY A NATIONAL PARK FOOL, I BROUGHT IT AND RESTORED.
3RD WAS A 96` CARRIBEAN CONCORDE 5.46 140 YAM.
AND JUST RECENTLY WAS A 2001 CRUISECRAFT 685 OUTSIDER 2003 200 4STROKE YAM ON A BRAND NEW REDCO SENSABRAKE TRAILER.. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT

[PinHead]

1st - Coxcraft Rumrunner
2nd - Fraser 20' half cabin
3rd - 12' tinnie

Break of arund 10 years from boating whilst kids grew and were involved in their sports activites..

Present:
435 Ally Craft Top Ender
290 Chaparral

[Coontakinta]

#1 3.8m Stacer.

I still have this boat and its since been nicknamed "dog dish" on account of the fact that most dog dishes are tin!

Its been a gr8 boat and caught me some fantastic fish, from garfish, tommies and whiting to snapper to 13kg.

Its now mainly used as a bream boat for the local creeks and is destined for a bit of a make over in the future with a floor and bow mount electric to fitted.

#2, 5m Seaquest Eclipse custom

Saved long and hard and did plenty of reasearch on this one. Love this boat, (with the exception of the paint job) This rig has opened up a few frontiers for me with me now being able to go to places faster and much further!

[TonyOW31]

Started with a stacer 525 bowrider with a merc 90 two stroke, kept for 2 years.
Next was an allison vision 21 with a 200 evinrude di two stroke, very fast boat, over 105kmh on the gps, kept for two years.
Currently own a caribbean 26 flybridge sportsfisher with twin 220 efi mercruisers, plan on keeping this for two years and getting one last boat, frobably a black watch 32 with diesels, or something very similar 8-)

[newchum]

13ft swiftcraft
19ft haines
23ft caribbean crusader
next will be what i'm allowed to have

[BaysideMarine]

Lots.... probably 100 plus by now :) ranging from an 8ft tinny to a 25ft Bertram flybridge

Cheers

[Fast_Freddie]

Two boats:-

1) 195 Allison w/- 140 Yammie

2) Old 14ft Brooker tinnie w/- 25 Johno - Geez if this old girl talk . . . .
(She is for sale incidentally)
Buy the motor and centre console and I'll through in the hull and what is left of the trailer!

Fred