Stabi 759v Barcrusher HT 760vOceanMaster Marine 741vHaines Hunter Patriot 680

[Jabba_]

What TJ said...

The Patriot is by far one off the best riding boats Australia builds...

[betrade]

Check out the Kiwicraft/Aqualines, similar concept to Stabis but sexier to look at. I have a fair bit of experience with the 6.6 and 590 and they are awsome machines, $hit on bar crushers which are capable tinnies, very soft riding and stable as, the bigger ones would only be better , no dealers up your way but

Believe Barramundi Marine has the Aqualines up here now?

I am always a bit uneasy around that dealership.

Regards,

B

[nickstock]

Hi mate,

A friend here in Cooktown has a 6 m Aqualine. He is a Kiwi that has experience with Stabi's ect. He has moved down from Darwin and finds Cooktowns weather a lot more unforgiving then during his 10 years in the territory. He regulary fishes out on the shelf (about 30 miles out) and will fish anything up to 25 knots. He is more then happy with the pontoon boats ect.

Cheers,
Nick

[betrade]

What TJ said...

The Patriot is by far one off the best riding boats Australia builds...

Would love the 760, but am not going to find one of them for $130k for a while yet? If ever......

B

Thanks to all that have posted, will check them all out.

[business class]

I not to sure if you have been in a patriot, however there ride into swell is quite nice, however don't anchor as you will be doing more rocking and rollin then the mid 70's . Also there hulls up front have known to be very weak as i have seen them gettin repaired several times, i had a good look at the last down there which was a 6.8 getting fixed, and when it was getting repaired i was speaking with the bloke doing it and he said alot of the ones that he has fixed have been very week up front. the reason for the wear was running up on sand but nothing bad (owners words)........

[business class]

What TJ said...

The Patriot is by far one off the best riding boats Australia builds...

C'mon Jabba, you can't seriously think that.......... Nice boat but IMO certainly not one of the best........ I thought you were smarter then that

[brenno83]

Hi Betrade,
I have just purchased the bar crusher 760Ht and take delivery on Friday. I have upgraded from the 640c model of which i was very happy with though my trips seem to be getting longer and longer. I am taking it up north to fish the bunker group next week so i will let you know how it goes. Allow yourself around 130K if you want it fully optioned.

[betrade]

Hi there

Hope your trip is great, and looking forward to your report

B

[Skusto]

Hi Betrade,
I have just purchased the bar crusher 760Ht and take delivery on Friday. I have upgraded from the 640c model of which i was very happy with though my trips seem to be getting longer and longer. I am taking it up north to fish the bunker group next week so i will let you know how it goes. Allow yourself around 130K if you want it fully optioned.

just a question on the 760 saw one at the boat show did u find that the sides felt a bit to low? dunno just didnt feel right, love the 560 would like teh 620 but gotta stay to the 560 for a while not enough room for the bigger one.

[brenno83]

Skusto if you were at the brisbane boat show that was mine on the floor. I feel comfortable with the height of the sides. I originally upgraded from the 560c to the 640c and personally was a good decision as there are quite a few more qualities to the 640 to the 620.

[Belly66]

Hi all I don't know whether I miised it but no one has mentioned Trailcraft when talking about plate boats, they would be a consideration when looking at buying plate. Cheers B.

[Luke G]

Trailcrafts aren't a true plate boat - I think I also read they stopped making them earlier on in the year, are they back into production?

Have you had a look at the 760 haines ?

[Belly66]

I think they must be in production again they have a website running with dealers listed. I may be asking the bleeding obvious but why aren't they a plate boat? Cheers.

[Jabba_]

Trailcrafts aren't a true plate boat - I think I also read they stopped making them earlier on in the year, are they back into production?

Have you had a look at the 760 haines ?

They must be,,, I saw 2 on the back off a carrier heading to the Gold Coast this afternoon... They were band spankers, not even a motor on them yet...

[Jabba_]

C'mon Jabba, you can't seriously think that.......... Nice boat but IMO certainly not one of the best........ I thought you were smarter then that

Yeah, I do believe there a great riding boat,,, they realy eat up the chop if you drive them right... There not a bot that like to be pussy footed around, They like a bit off speed to carve up the chop.... I cant compare it to a Seafarer 680 Vouyger, because I have never been in one,, nore can I compare it to a cat or tri hull... But as for mono's there pritty darn good...