Thread: new boat

Originally Posted by Quackers

Just browsing boats. Anyone have any reviews on the extreme range.. 545 sport Fisher etc. Thanks

I test drove one with a 90 merc on the back at the local demo day, it was quite sloppy outside the harbour and the boat handled well ,pretty dry for its size but I still managed to get a face full of water in the guy keeping an eye on me .
While not hard riding the boat was quite lively and Id say that would settle down a lot once loaded up with all the crap one seems to need to have in a boat.
90 seemed well powered.
Moving around the boat while underway did make it lean a bit but not alarmingly so,pretty good at rest.
Well finished boats with custom options.

One thing I didn't like or rather it wouldn't suit my fishing was not being able to lock the water out of the underfloor balast....I launch in tidal estuaries a lot and a reasonably low draft is required for that to keep the tow vehicle and the wedding tackle dry.