Haines Patriot 680 Vs 6500 Sailfish

[madman1]

Hi All,

A mate has the daunting task of deciding between the abovementioned trinkets.

We are after all pro's and con's for both boats.

Personally i would go the sailfish based on independant reviews.

Bring it on!

Cheers


Mark

[Luke G]

The Patriot will ride nicely and they have lots of storage. The deck may not be as big as the sailfish. Can't coment on the Sailfish - is it an aluminium cat?

[madman1]

The sailfish is an aluminium cat and a sight to see in the largest variety.

Thanks for the input.

A big ask but there was a boat launched from Mooloolaba called Brothers Grin. It was 610 - 640 Quinnie Offshore. I know he upgraded to a Haines Patriot with dual Hondas and was talking of getting a Sailfish.

Anyone konw where Anthony is?

Cheers


Mark

[GBC]

Can he drive a boat? Patriot will reward every time and not try to trip itself.

[Spaniard_King]

The 680 setup as a twin rig is actually a 7M boat they add 20cm to the transom for the twin setup.

I have a comercial client who did have a 680 and twin 150 Honda's (now has a 760 Patriot) He was very happy with his. He only upgraded so he could take another passenger.

Perko on here had a sailfish with twin Honda's on it.

[ozbee]

i own the above patrriot rig and wanted to use it from mackay south i would suggest the sailfish . the patriot is a very good riding boat but does this with some loss of room ,tapers in a long way back , the walk around is to narrow so you would probably better off with a full size cabin but have the hatch step up closer to the winch. the side pouches aint even big enough to hold a dolpin torch. just little desgin things that could so easily be done to make it a great boat

[finding_time]

Madman

Just wondering why your look at a glass mono and a plate cat?

[TimiBoy]

Madman

Just wondering why your look at a glass mono and a plate cat?

Same. I don't know about the cats, but if you're looking at the 680, I can't see why you wouldn't look at the Cruisecraft 685. I did, and bought the Cruisecraft.

Cheers,

Tim

[ozscott]

Since we are adding boat names to the poor buggers list why not a big Seafarer...

[madman1]

Thanks for the feed back.

Looks like he ended up with the Sailfish with twin 90 hondas!

Bring on the reef!!!

[captain rednut]

how can you compare a alloy cat hull with a glass monohull???