Thread: Fishing/Dive boat options

Had a change of heart from buying a jetboat to buying a family type boat, (been saving for a while) especially since the cook thought having a jetboat in my case at least, was a tad selfish and the family would see little of it.
She is probably/normally right.
To keep her happy I have decided for now, to look at bigger boats.
I am thinking 5-6m boat and it has to be easily towable due to where we live.
We used to have a 440 Kiwicraft. I didnt like it much. (To small imo, unless only a couple were fishing/diving out of it.)

Ramco, Fyran and McClay boats seem to be well priced and well setup and my cup of tea. Stabi's are nice, but way overpriced and lack deckspace in 5-6m class boats due to the design imo.
It will be mainly used on lakes around home for the odd salmon, trout and perch. Water skiing and biscuit for the kids.

It will see heaps of Jacksons bay for diving, blue cod and bluenose and up the Sounds and Nelson area for snaps and scolly's.
Yarning with JoshC has even got me keen on maybe taking it to Stewy once or twice.
Keen to hear from you out there that run 5-6m boats, what motors you run (4 or 2 stroke) and why.

Cheers