@@D.s182 nah it was just a light buff to cut out some grit that found its way into the paint👍

Cheers mate🍻🍻

Hi mate, I use a Venom stickbait 7’11 2 piece 30-50lb with a max cast weight of 100 grams with a Daiwa Catalina 5000 rigged with 50lb braid. I usually run a 80lb leader purely for abrasion resistance, but if the miss the target, it’s all over unless you run wire. If their thick wire will be ok but it can spook them if they’re being picky🎣🎣

Thanks mate, so keen to tidy this little beast up, something for everyone🎣🎣🍻

Yeh that’s what I was thinking also, just chuck my gear on the other side to help👍

Oh yeh, sounds about right🤷‍♂️

Thanks heaps mate, really appreciate it🎣🎣

@@Coleen-Love no we don’t sorry

@@excessivefishingaustralia2849 ...hmmm.. seems like Australia has the best alluminum outboard fishing boats. Not sure why that is or why in the US it's all fiberglass. Weird. What am I missing on this issue? Is there something different about your waters or something? How did this ever happen?

Thanks mate great to meet ya too. I will hold ya to that, real keen on a Barra mission to the Fitzroy soon as possible😎🍻🍻🎣🎣

@@excessivefishingaustralia2849 You let me know when you are ready mate.

@@ethanmann8 yeh bro they were off their heads🤣

You look familiar btw😉

@@excessivefishingaustralia2849 I’m frothing for next year.

Yeh can’t wait🙌

@@DarrenDickerson-m7c that’s awesome to hear, the tow tap is something ya got to be carefull about, basically if you leave it off and run the ski it’s your own problem, no warranty👌

Roughly 10k

Hi mate, we painted it ourselves then I got it wrapped

@@excessivefishingaustralia2849 ah ok 👍 I'm looking to do a similar job, I'm going to go speak to the guys at 4 Signs about a wrap, just trying to get ball park figures prior to seeing them 👌👌👍

North of 250k

@@excessivefishingaustralia2849 cheers mate, sick weapon, you reckon driving comfort wise you would rate this centre cab (helm weight distributed in middle of the boat) over the other 8.5 full front cabin you have(helm weight distributed at front makes it feel bumpy going over chops and swells). Thinking of getting a set up 8.5m similar to this centre cab set up. but being 8.5m did you find it a bit big towing it around etc? (I currently own a 7.5 Coraline Cuddy Cabin) i find it way too bumpy giving me sore back driving it even tho having good deck space being a Cuddy Cabin. thanks!

@@maniyhy9451 no wokkas mate. The centre cab is definitely a better setup for fishing, the fact you can move around the whole boat, as for the ride I wouldn’t say the forward cabin was worse, but the boat itself handled a lot different. The centre cab was better in a sense that it would get up on top of chop and just fly across the top, you could go faster in the rough, where as the forward cabin was a bull dozer, just smashed through the rough, both super comfy, these hulls ride so good. As for towing, your towing 7.5m, not much different in the 8.5. I’d go 8.5 all day, you will never look back and go “I wish I had a smaller boat”😝

@@excessivefishingaustralia2849 haha, thanks for sharing it mate, exactly what I wanna hear and definitely going for 8.5 in that case hoping to keep the weight under 3.5T for as i tow with a ford ranger. what about 2.7 beam you found it inconvenient having the over-sized restriction? Apparently you not allowed to tow in on freeways night time and thats the only difference. And being black boat does it absorb a lot of heat and looks dusty very easily? I can tell a lot of thoughts you had put into the boats you built, how long the the whole building, paint and fit out process took? Sorry about all those questions as I wanna make sure I have a good thought about how I want it to turn out etc cheers mate!

Hey meet, we were trolling at around 8kn

I think the boat belongs to one of the blokes who owns the company that builds these. But good question, I wouldn’t mind knowing myself… just to see how much I can’t afford it😂

Hi mate, give Aris a call at oceanic fabrication regarding price as I have no idea what it cost to build🎣

@@excessivefishingaustralia2849 Will do mate, thanks for that. Congrats on the channel too, some really informative stuff in the walk through vids of your own boats. It’s good to hear what works and what doesn’t from somebody who’s actually done a few builds. It’s a good insight for those of us looking at doing a custom build for the first time. Keep the awesome content coming🤙🏻

@@colinreed6490 thanks heaps mate🙌🎣

@@myunghong9004 Hi mate, sorry for the late reply, I paid just over 30k👍

@@joshsmith9058 yeh I don’t mind seeing the trucks n buggies, but the bikes are where the real men come out to play💪

Yeh look I agree, thought they could have done better with the bilge pump, like running some sort of float switch or something.

approx $265k

@@excessivefishingaustralia2849 thanks.

Thanks mate🙌

That sux mate,what troubles are you having ?

@@excessivefishingaustralia2849 electrical issues, not starting, they replaced main harness once and are replacing again without fixing underlying issue

@@Petererc69 yeh that is shit. I’ve had a couple of sea doo’s before and never had an issue. I suppose ever now and then you get a problem child, but yeh I’ve had no probs👍

Thanks mate🤣🍻

Thanks heaps mate, appreciate your support🎣🎣

Cheers mate, yeh the 200hp would be ok, you will get 38kn out of it, a 250hp will get you to the 40kn mark👌

its beautiful and fun

This just recently sold for around $265k well that was what it was advertised for 😊

To build this boat today you are looking at 250k +, and that’s if you do most of the fitout.

Is this sold?

@@maniyhy9451 yep

All good mate, the ski is wicked for fishing as well as havin a bit of fun. The 300hp is shit of fuel, therefore no good for fishing. If ya don’t know I also have a 8.5m custom Ali fishing weapon so I have the best of both worlds. You should give it a go, you might like it👍

Some people don't want a big boat. They're hard to garage, hard to launch solo, take forver to wash down and big on fuel. There's many advantages and disadvantages to both though.

y do people buy a tinny and not a 6m fibreglass or a ski boat, canoe or even a kayak (speed bumps)? All different niches and enjoyment in different ways. Next year my goal is land a tuna on my ski. Ive done it in my Haines Hunter Patriot. Ive caught plenty squid/ whitting on my tinny. Oh and yes i do go hard on a ski when u wanna have some fun jumping waves. but people trip out when you have a speargun strapped to your back going for a dive, spearfish.

@drdrft a tinny is a way better choice in my mind. I have ridden those skis and they aren't great compared with the higher hp ski. You all do you I just don't get it.

@joshsmith9058 I got a gp1800r svho. So I no what u saying. But each to thier own. We all outside enjoying the water

Yeh sweet, it’s super exiting watching your own ideas take shape, I’m glad I can give you guys some ideas🍻

What are you talkin about?????

This boat was built before the dc deck boat🍻

Oh shit sorry mate. That’s what you get for being up at all hours watching this stuff. My sincere apologies brother. I do love your boats though. Very well put together. And big! Have a great day 😁