Long range trailer boat

[Smithy]

Good find GBC! Yep jets are inefficient but those 6B Cummins are a good thing. You can get a Cummins exchange short block for about $7K which makes them great engines for replacement if needed.

[Smithy]

Build a cabin for this sucker with the change from your $100K!

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[Smithy]

You'd need fuel bladders for this.

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[Smithy]

Few out there!

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[Smithy]

400 litres of diesel would be handy!

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[Smithy]

Sexy boat this one!

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[Smithy]

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[Smithy]

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[Smithy]

Interesting. Twins for safety.

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[Smithy]

Good fuel capacity but not much about the engine.

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[koastal]

Thanks Smithy - I can see you lean towards diesel planing and Monohull.

I think a displacement catamaran may work

The Borger Cat was wild


Appreciate the advice in regard to displacement / rafts / sat phones etc

I am negotiating on a old 26ft Glacier Bay at the moment, and would love to hear any comments on same
For the record I wont be going diesel or legs and yes I do have some experience and would like some more.

[marto78]

Interesting. Twins for safety.

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Mate this things a beast of a boat.

[nathan dumschat]

Around $10,000 for a trip with Damon Olsen is your safest bet. Nathan

[Smithy]

After owning a diesel I couldn't go back. I am now on 11,829 hours on a 230hp 4 cyl Yanmar and not burning oil. Also the torque. You just leave the throttle where you want and it plows through. The shark net contractor here is putting on a new set of Yammies at 4,000 hours. That is about the limit for outboards. I reckon legs would be fine if you keep them out of the water. A few crab boats here get away with leaving them in the water as they are used a bit but I wouldn't touch a rec one that has lived in the water.

[koastal]

Thats a serious amount of hours. I agree on diesel economy and torque. We once had a cat with 2 x perkins sabre 265 s, its only the cost and the requirement for 2 x motors, that has me preferring outboard power