Another Cat Question??????

[Deiter]

thanx fellas. The Noosa cats i have been in have been THE wettest ride i have ever experienced. Cosmetics aren't of great concern to me, and i don't think they look that bad.

Re Jaycats, they look awesome and i would love to take a ride. Unfortunately, the 5.5m model is about $40K too much, so i will have to give it a miss for now. If my numbers come up saturday night, i'll give you a call, Catlover.

Damo

[Trevor2]

Damo

I was wondering which Noosa Cat you were referring to when you were getting very wet? The article by F&B http://www.noosacat.com.au/pdf/writeup/1850_cuddy.pdf says in a 2.5-3m bar crossing it was very dry.

As I said I have not ridden in an 1850, but with its evolution from the 520/560 I would have thought it to good as was said in the article.

Can you confirm that it was an 1850 you became wet in, or clarify what conditions caused the difference between what you experienced and Peter Websters comments.

Kind regards Trevor

[Kerry]

Gee some of the bigger Cats have to be turned sideways to see where your going, and this is on clam days

"Very dry" is all a matter of what might be classed as "very dry", very hard for any boat to stay "very dry" in 2.5-3m conditions, bar or otherwise.

[Deiter]

Trev2, Not exactly sure which models they were, but one around 20' and a couple a bit bigger, around the 23' mark. If you were not inside the cab, you were having a shower. Wasn't in bad weather either.

I know all cats are "wet boats" to a certain extent due to the 'sneezing' effect, but these noosa cats i rode in were akin to a torrential downpour. Could have been setup or balance, don't really know. All i know is that there was blue sky and sunshine at one end of the boat, and other may as well have been underwater.

Damo

[Blackened]

G'day

Well, from personal experiance.... all of the noosa cats i have ridden in have been pretty good as far as a dry ride is concerned.

Dave

[No Tiller]

The only thing I ever got wet in the old 18ft Shark Noosa Cat was my back. Still the best riding 18fter I've been in.

[Grand_Marlin]

I have found the noosacats quite dry.

Given the wrong conditions they are wet ... but so would any boat be in the same conditions.

I have spent some time recently on a Noosacat 2300 Walkaround, and it hasnt put a drop of water on the window as yet

Cheers

Pete

[Kerry]

Hey Pete those lever thingies on the right take firm grip and push them FORWARD

[Grand_Marlin]

Very Funny Kerry

Maybe I could drive it like the 7m Dominator in the bay ... then it would have water on the windscreen

Cheers

Pete

[Noelm]

hey, just to start this all over again, what happened to that Dominator story, was it true, false, confirmed to have been bad driver error or what?? does Markham acknowledge anything, or was the whole thing a hoax??

[JohnCW]

Hi Deiter.
Sorry if I'm a bit off topic, but did you consider a rpv vessel such as a Stabicraft?
If you did, and discarded the idea, I would be grateful to read your reasons, as I am hoping to buy a Stabi style vessel at the end of this year.
Cheers.

Nigel,
As I've just 'discarded the idea' I share my experience with you. This is intended to my honest response to the question based on my experience and I trust stabi owners will not be offended.

I took a 5.5? metre runabout for drive at a demo day a couple of years back. Thought it was fantastic. With this in mind I was all but sold on a 609 Super Cab, just need to take it for a drive to be 100% certain I thought. So about 2 weeks ago I took one for a drive. Walked away from this test drive crossing it completely off the short list.

I thought it was too light and bounced across the chop rather than driving through it. Stability at rest while ok, but wasn't anthing super special. Even the dealer commented how the bigger sizes sit more in the water while I was just letting the boat sit in the slop (he must have been a mind reader). He was running the line that it would go much better when fully fitted out with more weight. What was that going to be, put the anchor in the front well instead of under the seat, and fit a GPS, fishfinder???

So summing up, I still think the smaller size narrow beam boat was terrific, the bigger 6 metre was not as good a performer for a bigger craft. Why the difference? IMO, the smaller size was 16 degree deadrise and a narrow beam. The 609 was a wide beam 20 degree deadrise, and a rather lightweight hull for its size. The smaller boat seemed to sat down nicely in the water, both underway and at rest. The 609 just wasn't heavy enough for the wide beam and 20 degree deadrise. Both ride and stability suffered as a result.

As I still couldn't overnight in the 609 without having to undertake modifications, for around $80K all up, I walked away believing I can do better.

Trust that helps.

Regards,
John

[Noelm]

and there is the fact that Stabi's look pretty sad (I reckon anyway)

[nigelr]

Thanks for your reply John CW, your first hand info is priceless.
I would be looking at the 5.1m boat, around $35k roughly.
Somehow I am sure an $80k budget would get you something very special, least I'd want it to, and I'm dsure you do as well.
Good luck with your search, and thanks again for you reply.
I am tending to lean more towards the Mini Offshore pictured and described at the site below.
http://www.dinkiedi.com/
Aussie made and comes with a few more options as standard than the Stabi.
Cheers.

[finding_time]

Giday Damo

What you need is one of these, not this one though as i've just put a deposit on it The mighty ub 520 ( last picture) is soon to be on the market though

Ian

[Deiter]

Geez, Ian, very nice. You moved house eh?

Looks like a 1900???? Is that twin F60's on the back also? Very nice combo anyway.
I had to turn down a trip with the lads on the big Coastal Cat today - bloody night shift. I was about a whiskar away from calling in with that flu that is going around. Weather pattern looks awesome atm.

So when do you take delivery, might have to come check it out, and get some readings off your shark pod while i'm at it.

Damo