Thread: Show us ya boat porn

Till a few months ago the boy and I have been using a smartwave3500 but this summer the Mrs watched us come in to the beach and suggested it maybe time to get a bigger boat




So went shopping and came home with one of these:







Seaforce 430 - 40hp 4stroke, runs on an oily rag, big step up in finish from similar size ali boats.
Has LED running and anchor lights, bilge pump (for when the beach landings go wrong), and still small enough to set the net with.
Thinking of looking for tuna in it off Karikari next summer, even put a ladder on the back to encourage @Mohawk660 to
come up and bring his dive gear with him.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Till a few months ago the boy and I have been using a smartwave3500 but this summer the Mrs watched us come in to the beach and suggested it maybe time to get a bigger boat

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So went shopping and came home with one of these:

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Seaforce 430 - 40hp 4stroke, runs on an oily rag, big step up in finish from similar size ali boats.
Has LED running and anchor lights, bilge pump (for when the beach landings go wrong), and still small enough to set the net with.
Thinking of looking for tuna in it off Karikari next summer, even put a ladder on the back to encourage @Mohawk660 to
come up and bring his dive gear with him.

Im still waiting for the invitation !!!

Originally Posted by Mohawk660

Im still waiting for the invitation !!!

Jeez, do you need it in writing?
You and your better half are cordially invited to come north next Christmas holidays to stay at the shed with the whanau and provide us with bountiful kaimoana.
Happy?

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Jeez, do you need it in writing?
You and your better half are cordially invited to come north next Christmas holidays to stay at the shed with the whanau and provide us with bountiful kaimoana.
Happy?

F##k yes !!! well that's xmas holidays sorted...

Not boat pr0n so much, just my functional little 4.2 Takacat set up for fishing. Does the trick and is super easy to launch with an ankle-deep draft. Can tow adult on a kneeboard, kids on biscuit, drop longline, and of course dive / spear from it. Keen to hear from anyone else who has one.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Till a few months ago the boy and I have been using a smartwave3500 but this summer the Mrs watched us come in to the beach and suggested it maybe time to get a bigger boat

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So went shopping and came home with one of these:

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Seaforce 430 - 40hp 4stroke, runs on an oily rag, big step up in finish from similar size ali boats.
Has LED running and anchor lights, bilge pump (for when the beach landings go wrong), and still small enough to set the net with.
Thinking of looking for tuna in it off Karikari next summer, even put a ladder on the back to encourage @Mohawk660 to
come up and bring his dive gear with him.

Where do you go from karikari?

Originally Posted by MSL

Where do you go from karikari?

Once the waters warm enough you won't have to go more than a few miles out, she gets deep fairly quick just round there in places and has that big ocean flow passing by.
I've been wheel man a few times between Cape Karikari and North Cape looking for Marlin.
Never caught one but some of the sea life is amazing along that stretch.
One time we could see what looked to be a large fin sticking out of the ground, but not moving. Curiousity got the better of us and it turned out to be a Massive Seal just hanging out one flipper sticking straight up, catching some sun 10kms off the coast. Then there was the large fin that followed the boat for an hour on another trip . . . . sat about 40m back parallel with the lures.
Then there was

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Once the waters warm enough you won't have to go more than a few miles out, she gets deep fairly quick just round there in places and has that big ocean flow passing by.
I've been wheel man a few times between Cape Karikari and North Cape looking for Marlin.
Never caught one but some of the sea life is amazing along that stretch.
One time we could see what looked to be a large fin sticking out of the ground, but not moving. Curiousity got the better of us and it turned out to be a Massive Seal just hanging out one flipper sticking straight up, catching some sun 10kms off the coast. Then there was the large fin that followed the boat for an hour on another trip . . . . sat about 40m back parallel with the lures.
Then there was

I've spent two weeks in Jan every year for the last five up there. Mostly stick baiting for kingis, there were plenty of Marlin up there this year.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Till a few months ago the boy and I have been using a smartwave3500 but this summer the Mrs watched us come in to the beach and suggested it maybe time to get a bigger boat

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So went shopping and came home with one of these:

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Attachment 53062

Seaforce 430 - 40hp 4stroke, runs on an oily rag, big step up in finish from similar size ali boats.
Has LED running and anchor lights, bilge pump (for when the beach landings go wrong), and still small enough to set the net with.
Thinking of looking for tuna in it off Karikari next summer, even put a ladder on the back to encourage @Mohawk660 to
come up and bring his dive gear with him.

I looked real hard at the 3500 for a long time...with a growing family I am happy with my end desision, very similar to yours by the looks just different materials.

Originally Posted by veitnamcam

I looked real hard at the 3500 for a long time...with a growing family I am happy with my end desision, very similar to yours by the looks just different materials.

Yeah I watched your search on here and recognised the same problem and thinking.

Originally Posted by Barefoot

Till a few months ago the boy and I have been using a smartwave3500 but this summer the Mrs watched us come in to the beach and suggested it maybe time to get a bigger boat

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So went shopping and came home with one of these:

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Attachment 53061

Attachment 53062

Seaforce 430 - 40hp 4stroke, runs on an oily rag, big step up in finish from similar size ali boats.
Has LED running and anchor lights, bilge pump (for when the beach landings go wrong), and still small enough to set the net with.
Thinking of looking for tuna in it off Karikari next summer, even put a ladder on the back to encourage @Mohawk660 to
come up and bring his dive gear with him.

Awfully nice of the missus to make such suggestions @Barefoot better keep her on board mate..