I dont know if I will be fishing the barra dams with her - but it certainly could be used up the larger creeks. North Qld will continue to be a focus of my holiday trips but it will be based around reef fishing .
The boat came with as you see it -
HDS12 Sounder , Duel Battery 105amp Gels for the MinnKota (I have my own minn kota) , Hella marine spot lights & deck flood light , extra Hella LEDs under the gunnel , Lectro Tabs , GME VHF , Fusion stereo , 125lt Ice box seat . self priming deck wash (a cracker)
First up - I need to learn how to drive the thing ...... this is my first boat with trim tabs . The Suzuki will take a bit of getting used to as it's a bit more touchy on the throttle than Yamaha's .
The sea manners of the boat looks to be pretty good - there was around 1.5m of swell and a bit of wind around at Coffs Harbour on Sat but the boat didn't bang running at 4500rpm (40km/hr) - it was good with a following sea & running across the swell was good with the use of trim tabs.
The boat was quite dry ..... I copped a little spray in the face on a couple of occasions over the windscreen when running side on to swell & wind - but not much ( I'll probably add some clears with zippers at some stage)
Stability was excellent - stop that boat & the hull fills and you settle down nicely
very wide gunnels make for a good place to park your butt when fishing over the side.
folding Back step / seat is great & makes it easier to enter & exit the boat - also keeps the batteries & battery switches / vsr out of the weather
What I dont like ....... #1 & I knew of it ..... Hull noise (bloop , plop ,ploppity plop) - it's no stealth boat
Lectro Tabs retract once you stop the motor ...... & it is loud ( yet again - no stealth) you need to hit both trim tab buttons to stop it .
In general - it's a great looking boat ( many comments at the ramp / servo etc) - lots of room , good storage under the console , side pockets & dry lockable storage up front . I like the floodable kill tank - it will take a meter plus fish (several)
Towing was excellent though my fuel consumption was up - however I did tow with the T Top up .....
It will be a good boat though
Chris