Building a custom boat - pros and cons walk around of our new 6.5 m vessel.

Well we finally got the new custom boat finished and what a piece of equipment she is!
Here are a few features;
DESIGN - Cairns Custom Craft 6.5 m Northwind long boat
BUILDER - BME NQ (Cairns Australia) bmenq.com.au/
MATERIAL - 5 mm plate alloy
WRAP - Marine Graphics Ink (Victoria Australia) www.marinegraphicsink.com/
ROD HOLDERS - Evolution 360 rotating rod holders by Exploding Fish
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REAR FACING FISH FINDERS - 2x GARMIN 8412
FORWARD FACING FISH FINDER - 1222 XSV
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TRANSDUCERS - GT51 and GT54
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POWER PLANT - Evinrude 150 HP G2 HO
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[@kizzjd9578]

Foam decking is called "Eva tread" supplied by Fibrefinish in Townsville for anyone wondering

[@doolittlegeorge]

That is very nice decking material. Gasketing the lids would reduce the noise pollution. Need an off/off switch for the batteries in the bow plus a plug and fuses to protect that very valuable trolling motor head unit. Love those rotating rod holders!

[@nealhenderson9293]

VERY NICE!!!!!! Love Those Rod Holders!!!!!

[@maxpower2280]

Beautiful rig Ryan. BME sure turn out quality work.

[@daniellyons3585]

I'd be interested in a video that went into the custom process in more depth. How long it took, how many meetings with the builder, cost of custom vs standard etc.

[@RyanMoodyFishing]

Daniel Lyons it took about 9 months but we stuffed them around and so did the survey process. They knocked out two in the same time. We met about once a month and they gave us a login to the security camera so we could check in anytime. Everyday from our phone. Custom vs standard is an impossible question depending on what you want. Oscar from BME NQ is the best person to call re price if you have a rough idea of what you want. 0415 634 394. They’ve made a few for the NT charter industry lately and can ship anywhere. We may do a more comprehensive vid now we know it’s of interest. Cheers.

[@arthurpohlman2782]

Hey Ryan very nice vessel. Awesome.

[@frothieman4293]

Pretty keen to see or read any info on the flow coat on the alloy floor. I pulled the alloy floor out and replaced with ply, glass and flow coat on my old boat as per your video. Need to do something with the new boat in the near future.

[@sooksandsimba]

Lovely boat mate, i recall speaking to Karen when you were working out the floor coating and trialing the Flowcoat.

[@joshuagray2859]

Hi Ryan, How has the flow coat held up? I am looking at doing similar in my current boat. Did you apply straight to the deck itself or sheets of alloy that you have placed on top of original floor like you had done in the past with the ply board? Thanks

[@dantolo817]

Hey Ryan love your tutorials learning heaps Could u let me no about the Lawrence 9 inch Or should I go the simrad 9 Any difference Regards Daniel

[@RyanMoodyFishing]

Daniel Tolomeo hi mate. GARMIN are leaders in the field at the moment and I wouldn’t recommend anything else. If you complete this inquiry form we can have Paul contact you with a Garmin alternative. Www.ryanmoodyfishing.com/fishfinders/

[@antonywardle]

the G2 looks good

[@darrenlakotic]

Nice boat Ryan gotta be happy with that how much is something like that to have built

[@RyanMoodyFishing]

Darren Lakotic you’d have to chat with Oscar from BME NQ as it’s cheaper to have a recreational vessel compared to commercial. 0415 634 394. It’s also very variable depending on what you get E.g. we have three sounders which many people wouldn’t get. You can make it cheaper by fitting it out yourself.

[@frogz2280]

What happened to the big glass open boat with the tiller steer it was nice boat

[@RyanMoodyFishing]

Frogz 22 sold it. Bonito 5.6

[@kerns84]

what length Motorguide is it? 60 or 72 inch?

[@benphilippi9325]

Very interested on how you did the flowcote on the aly. I've seen your flowcote on ply video is it exactly the same?

[@camfromthedoo2376]

Ben Philippi me too and also in-depth product use.

[@RyanMoodyFishing]

Ben Philippi yep it’s just a different surface. I don’t coat with polyester resin first like on the ply - that’s just to help seal the timber. On the aly I just roughed up the surface with a heavy sander, cleaned it with solvent and applied the thickened tinted flow coat over the top. Note : don’t do it on super humid hot days. It took two weeks to fully dry and I was very worried. My suggestion go over a little bit on your catalyst mixture.

[@richardcooper6445]

@@RyanMoodyFishing Ryan, yes I like the look of the flow coat also. Would it be very durable with crab pots and cast net crashing into it?

[@paulg9314]

Hi Ryan. That baitboard looks very high - about chest height (at 5:34). Is it stil useable at that height?

[@RyanMoodyFishing]

Paul G yeah mate we stand on the storage lids at the back and is very comfortable. Don’t do much bait fishing anyway. We needed it higher to get to the motor and so we can skip baits for marlin.

[@andrewkamov]

got ame for it yet?

[@ml9105]

Are you running a 1kw transducer to find fish/rocks at speed?

[@RyanMoodyFishing]

Hi Mitchell. We don’t find fish at speed. If you take a look at our mini course we explain why. www.ryanmoodyfishing.com/sounder-skills-1-upgrade/

[@yousufkhan-op4gc]

Not too good. But excel excel excel excellent. We poor man can imagine that if one we have. Only dream. By the good n nice.

[@android9258]

How much did that cost

[@RyanMoodyFishing]

Because it was custom it’s a bit hard to say coz bits and pieces came from everywhere and I didn’t really keep track but somewhere in the vicinity of $100K. You could do it cheaper of course. We have three fish finders on boat, panoptix transducers etc, water tank, 300 L of fuel. Plus extra foam as we use it remotely. Best bet contact Oscar from BMENQ in Cairns as he makes a lot of them and ships all round the country.

[@officialWWM]

No sun protection :/

[@ryanferguson3769]

Is it a dry boat?

[@RyanMoodyFishing]

Depends on how shit the weather is haha. Most of the time yeah.

[@ryanferguson3769]

@@RyanMoodyFishing Spose it’s hard to find a dry centre/side/rear console hey I’ve now got a 6m fishseeker in side console and it’s every bit as dry as my old seaswirl striper centre console, if not better actually just not as quiet as the glass boat

[@christopherscheibe4851]

good ideas but too fast ...