Thread: Show us your boat

Our current boat and likely our last - Tristram Prima 581 – 2003 – 150 and 8 HP 2 stroke Yamahas
Purchased from a friend in 2013 at 130 hours on the main motor – only used on Taupo so top side and motors were in good order but I didn’t look closely at the underside of the hull – it was covered in scunge and was scoured with pumice from ten years of neglect and driving through sheets of pumice – it took many hours of hard work to cut and polish the gelcoat back to a clean surface – so be careful of Lake Taupo boats. It is a handy size boat for our 10km to 15km offshore trips and also fits in our domestic garage The 150 is a bit thirsty but we usually only run it for a couple of hours so 20-30 litres of gas is ok. The 8HP auxiliary might have been ok on Taupo but should be 15HP if we need it offshore – but we could call the Coastguard. It seems very few boats have an auxiliary these days.
It has trim tabs and a Garmin 751 sounder and is on a braked tandem trailer.

Ready for a trial run – I later put the auxiliary on a rise and fall bracket


Taupo scunge – hiding pumice scouring in the gelcoat – but it cleaned up with a heavy cut and polish