Importing Yet Again! :)

[PROS]

Great looking boat, I love Stripers.
In the process of importing 2301 myself.

Whats the situation with the trailer?

[mustang5]

Trailer is 2.48m wide, and has brakes on all axles with breakaway. It has the 2 5/16" coupling, which I actually like. So it depends if I get that past RW I will keep it, otherwise its to a 70mm or equiv coupling which is no biggy. Until the lights are changed I will just use my extended light board.

Cheers

[davecc]

Very nice looking boat, I have been looking at the 2301 and the polar 2300 aswell, I was hoping that there were a few people on here that have a striper or polar that could give me some feed back as to the ride and quality of the boat, Bang for buck you cant go past an inport boat
Cheer Dave

[scrotty]

Hey all, I have a 2301 WA Alaskan and i love it. It has a Yamaha 225 which is fine. I purchased it in Australia from the guy that bought it new from the Aussie dealer. I purchased a new alloy trailer from Peterson trailers who were great to deal with and it is an awsome trailer. I could not get a hardtop Aussie boat anywhere near the value of the Striper. If you want to know anything about Stripers check out the Striper Owners Club Forum. Cheers

[TroyVIS]

Geez that is a seriously nice boat! Very impressed. Congrats.

[Smithy]

The one I have been on is exactly the same as Scrottys. Black hull Alaska Pack.

[LittleSkipper]

You guys have way too much money to spend?

[Captain Seaweed]

Looks great, I am in the midst of looking for a boat and have been looking at the Glacier Bays. what are you planning to towing with?

Cheers
Marty

[mustang5]

Looks great, I am in the midst of looking for a boat and have been looking at the Glacier Bays. what are you planning to towing with?

Cheers
Marty

Im planning on towing it with a land cruiser Turbo V8. Weight is just under 3.45t loaded.

[Shawn 66]

You guys have way too much money to spend?

They say that "jealousy is a curse ".
Shawn

[Muddy Toes]

I'm cursed.

[Spiderpig]

What year is it Mustang?

Does anyone know if they have timber in them? or what year they stopped using timber if they did?

[Boat Hog]

Mustang, when you do the repower check the transom area for lead weights. Was talking to Steve from Solas props yesterday and he's had a few clients discover the addition of weight to the transom of imported Stripers etc. You won't need any extra weight with the 300!

[mustang5]

Thanks mate

And Choc, its a 2004 model

Cheers

[boatboy50]

Mustang, when you do the repower check the transom area for lead weights. Was talking to Steve from Solas props yesterday and he's had a few clients discover the addition of weight to the transom of imported Stripers etc. You won't need any extra weight with the 300!

Before you go removing that weight, think about why it's there.

The Stripers are designed to accomodate twin outboards as well as singles. When they are made to suit a single, weight is added in the keel to allow the boat to float on it's marks. Without this, it will wollow around a lot more and generally not drift or handle as well at rest.

I saw Mustang rabbiting on about how good the build quality of USA boats are compared to Oz boats. Are you aware of all the rot issues surrounding the composites used in the deck of Seaswirl boats? I've seen it on numerous boats which have landed here in Australia. I have also seen a rotten transom in a boat which landed here in oz. All of this is on post 2000 model boats.

I'm not against USA Boats, but just thought a balanced argument should be sought. I've owned a couple of Seaswirl boats (luckily with no issues), so I certainly know what i'm talking about.

I'm also in the industry here and have been for some time, and when I think back of boats i've seen with issues over the past ten years (boats built after 2000), USA boats clearly top the list of issues, even though it's probably only 25% of the boats I deal with.

I've never seen a 2006 or newer built Oz boat with a rotten floor (I saw a USA one just last week with this issue), rotten transom, rotten deck, failed stringers causing cracked hull, ruptured fuel tank or similar. I have seen numerous USA boats with these issues though.

The USA boats can provide good bang for buck, but remember they are a very high production boat, which generally means a lack of quality.

To say they are better designed or built than Oz boats is simply a blanket statement which wouldn't hold up in court when using evidence. Mustang, have you boated in America before to understand their more "treacherous conditions" as you put it? I've spent a bit of time in the states and ogle each time of how lucky they are with the glassy, non swell conditions they deal with. Everywhere i've been over there, the conditions are nothing compared to ours.

Regards

Darren