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    Good thread, looking at selling my baby stabie and upgrading to 5.5-6m for next summer. Looking hard at surtees 5.75 at the moment, hopefully can get a test ride in one.
    also an Amf, 5.8.
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    I like Cats,....the NZ built ones suck though....these are awesome

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    Quote Originally Posted by Spudattack View Post
    I like Cats,....the NZ built ones suck though....these are awesome

    https://m.facebook.com/story.php?sto...26032297900099

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    They look like waves would slap that big flat center bit HARD!?!?!

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    Quote Originally Posted by veitnamcam View Post
    They look like waves would slap that big flat center bit HARD!?!?!

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    Nah, they are awesome for big surf, what they are built for, probably overkill for NZ East coast. Great if you need to cross bars often.



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    I'm a big fan of heavy plate boats. Backwater marine, allenco, whitepointer, amf. Definetly dreaming to have one, maybe when I grow up. I think weight in a boat is really important and a thin light alloy isn't the way forward.

    Extreme and surtees are selling a lot of boats at the moment, a good product for the price point but the second hand market is looking pretty full. I'd say by next summer you should get a 5.5 surtees for good money second hand.

    Still out of all boats @Dorkus 5.8 naiad has to be one of the best riding boats that's just so much fun to drive. You just can't stuff it up.

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    Personally and with a great deal of respect , a lot of a boats performance come from the way it is loaded as well as the person at the controls.

    I agree many boats will vary some what in their handling and ride due to their make, but that said I firmly believe the way you load and drive your boat will make a shit load more difference than hull design.

    1) read your waves! Don't run down the coast with a following sea thinking all is good , try turning around a running into it.
    2) balance the boat. Move the easist thing to move ...people ..foward ..aft ..port ..starboard.
    3) speed ..launching off wave looks cool on TV but hurts like a barstard in real life.
    4) pack your weight. An under floor tank plus motor aft = weight ..pack dive tanks , weight belt , and if you need go crew foward to get the weight on the bow of the boat running into heavy seas.
    5 ) tide ...with the tide verse wind against the tide. Make a huge difference.
    6)If its rough its going to be tough , on the kids , the wife , the newbee ..choose your weather along long with your crew. Be brutal if it looks like shit stay in calm waters no point in scaring the shit out of the crew just because your boat can handle it. You will find shewho is keen to fuel the boat for a good days outing than being pounded to bits getting home .
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    SEAFORCE boats are the ones to look at, NZ made and well designed. They have won quite a few awards.
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    I agree to a point.
    A longer boat will always have more potential to be a nice riding boat....doesn't mean that it will be tho.
    My dad's 6m old alicraft is safe,good stability,predictable handling in any sea condition you should be out in and some you shouldn't but it is a hard riding prick of a thing in a steep chop.
    Conversely my 4.5m Fryan rides much better but is a wet little fucker.
    In bad conditions I'd rather be in the bigger boat of course but it rides worse.

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