hogesTS
12-06-2006, 02:20 PM
Hi all,
Well the mrs and I are thinking hard about getting a boat, as we will both be up on Thursday Island for the next 18months. We have been looking at bowriders as they will give us a good compromise when i want to fish with mates and she wants to relax with her friends, and like the look of the Savage SL540 osprey 5.4m (http://www.savageboats.com.au/savweb.nsf/pages/sl540ospreybowrider) package with 115 Mercury optimax. Has anyone had any experience with these?
We're not sure whether to buy new or used, either way we will have to get finance so we would rather the peace of mind of buying new, especially being up on TI.
Others we have considered are the stacer easyrider 549, Quintrex freedomsport 540, Allycraft 540 bowrider, Polycraft 530 frontrunner, and Trailcraft 540 Cross sport. Is there any particular model out of these that stands out above the rest? We are planning to go round to the dealers on the Sunshine Coast on the school holidays to have a look at some in person and hopefully have a few test drives to see which one suits us best. Are there any other bowriders in the 5.1 - 5.4m category we should look at? We are thinking aluminium would be the way to go, as we will more then likely be beaching it when camping and navigating pretty shallow water at times, so dont want to worry about damaging fibreglass, and the lighter weight will help with launching and retireiving.
Sorry for all the questions, this will be our first boat so we have a lot :P
Cheers
Jeff
Well the mrs and I are thinking hard about getting a boat, as we will both be up on Thursday Island for the next 18months. We have been looking at bowriders as they will give us a good compromise when i want to fish with mates and she wants to relax with her friends, and like the look of the Savage SL540 osprey 5.4m (http://www.savageboats.com.au/savweb.nsf/pages/sl540ospreybowrider) package with 115 Mercury optimax. Has anyone had any experience with these?
We're not sure whether to buy new or used, either way we will have to get finance so we would rather the peace of mind of buying new, especially being up on TI.
Others we have considered are the stacer easyrider 549, Quintrex freedomsport 540, Allycraft 540 bowrider, Polycraft 530 frontrunner, and Trailcraft 540 Cross sport. Is there any particular model out of these that stands out above the rest? We are planning to go round to the dealers on the Sunshine Coast on the school holidays to have a look at some in person and hopefully have a few test drives to see which one suits us best. Are there any other bowriders in the 5.1 - 5.4m category we should look at? We are thinking aluminium would be the way to go, as we will more then likely be beaching it when camping and navigating pretty shallow water at times, so dont want to worry about damaging fibreglass, and the lighter weight will help with launching and retireiving.
Sorry for all the questions, this will be our first boat so we have a lot :P
Cheers
Jeff