Thread: Show us your boat

Thats great to hear Ryan Foveaux certainly defines wild!

Old figlass fireball. 90hp Johnson, I suspect a few of those horses have run away over the years. From having a few play outings I've found it's a fun wee boat to learn on.

Originally Posted by Joe_90

Old figlass fireball. 90hp Johnson, I suspect a few of those horses have run away over the years. From having a few play outings I've found it's a fun wee boat to learn on.


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Brilliant wee boats

Posted a pic awhile back of my boat in progress, here's an update, it's moved along so the frame just needs a little bit of fairing and then ready for some plywood.

Winter project arrived today, first problem - need a bigger carport.

Originally Posted by Joe_90

Old figlass fireball. 90hp Johnson, I suspect a few of those horses have run away over the years. From having a few play outings I've found it's a fun wee boat to learn on.


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Move your ski pole int the middle of the boat, makes a big difference getting out of the hole

Originally Posted by Maca49

Move your ski pole int the middle of the boat, makes a big difference getting out of the hole

At the moment that isn't too much of a problem. Wouldn't be too hard to make a bracket and guy wires through.

Originally Posted by Dan88

Posted a pic awhile back of my boat in progress, here's an update, it's moved along so the frame just needs a little bit of fairing and then ready for some plywood.Attachment 219151

I can smell the woodglue and shavings from here

"Game Console" after a year of ownership, 32 launches and 110 hours. Still happy, there is very little I would change about this boat. We've caught countless snapper and other inshore species, caught some big trout from Lake Rotoiti and done some diving, had three marlin strikes and enjoyed lots of family time on the water. No regrets.

@MB Very nice set up.

Not sure if I should post my boat or not as it will NEVER be in salt water and will NEVER have a fishing rod in it.
It’s absolutely USELESS in rough water.
It’s top speed is <80kph so poor considering its got 340hp.
In reverse it only goes straight or turns right. Forget about reversing left without lots and lots of practise, and no wind (it’s direct drive so the rudder is behind the prop so rudder goes feck all in reverse).
Another fail is I can’t come into shallow areas or beaches as it will wreck the 3 tracking fins and the precise CNC nibral prop.
So essentially it’s not a versatile boat.

But my 2003 Malibu Response LXi is my dream boat. It’s 20 years old however is in great condition and to be out in it, or more so being towed behind it is absolute bliss!
In fact being towed through slalom ski course is pretty much the only time my mind is properly free and I can just think the one thing, truly enjoy myself and not have my mind being be distracted by “life ‘stuff’. That doesn’t even fully occur when out walking or hunting in hills.
I’m no pro skier however can complete a 6 buoy slalom course so a fair bit better than the typical single ski waterskier and it’s wakes that are world class for slalom, trick and jump water skiing.
The PerfectPass GPS speed control keeps speed within part of a kph, regardless how the skier pulls. PerfectPass is a divorce saver. Any good skier will know how frustrating it is if towing speed is varying, even 1kph is quite noticeable.
Wakes for recreational wakeboarding are great too, especially when put down the wedge (a foil on transom that pulls hull down rather than lift).
The tower is useful for wakeboarding and when teaching learner skiers due to the upwards pull. There’s nothing better than getting a child or adult up skiing for first time ever.
We have a training boom that goes out the side that is a massively useful training aid for learners.
It’s also fantastic for barefooting, and can be improved even more when I fit the Scarpa plate (like a special barefoot trim tab). But that’s a skill I’m yet to master.
The 5.7 litre fuel injected GM Vortec V8 sounds fantastic and is so so smooth. Done about 500hrs so have another few thousand hours to go before any work should be needed beyond maintainance.
You’d never go back once you’ve had a water sports day from a boat with a full width transom boarding platform. Bonus is while standing on the boarding platform can use the hot water shower hose to fill wetsuit before getting in water, or for warming hands or feet afterwards.
Driver and observer get the comfort of a warm air heater so they don’t miss out on the comfort.

It’s hard to get a better boat……… when used as its designed to be used. For everything else its useless.
It’s a rubbish fishing boat, but I can fish from shore 😊

so it wont turn left?????? how is that even allowed in the water...I could see that killing/seriously injuring folks on lake Benmore if attempting the dam boat ramp on any of the 100 days over summer a NW kicks up unexpectedly .
Ive towed back to the ramp some seriously high priced boats, out on opuha,with my 13ft fryan dingy and wee 6hp eggbeater......
your 2nd to last line says it all really.
enjoy what you have got,you will always regret it if sold it.

MD you can learn to handle any boat once you learn it. I have worked on seiners that reverse means the motor stops and then restarts in the other direction. Takes 30 seconds. Skilled Navigators can still berth 70m boats in very tight spots no problem.........unless engine fails to restart that is.

Originally Posted by Micky Duck

so it wont turn left?????? how is that even allowed in the water...

I could see that killing/seriously injuring folks on lake Benmore if attempting the dam boat ramp on any of the 100 days over summer a NW kicks up unexpectedly .
Ive towed back to the ramp some seriously high priced boats, out on opuha,with my 13ft fryan dingy and wee 6hp eggbeater......
your 2nd to last line says it all really.

enjoy what you have got,you will always regret it if sold it.

It's not that it won't. It's just that skill and experience is needed, as well as thinking ahead. Same with any direct drive with fixed prop and rudder behind. Good in forward but in reverse the rudder is effectively ahead of the prop and does veyr little. Prop torque dominates. With some of much newer 'wake barges' they've added electric stern thrusters.

LOL, been there, seen that. Need to be really careful in Benmore gorge area if using the dam ramp. Kepe watchful eye on the clouds. Combo of side wind and the water hitting that bluff, dam, ramp etc causes lots of chaos. So much fun to watch ;-)

We got it to slalom ski and that's what it's used for. We recognise it's design intent and use it for what it was designed for. Glassy water and 6 buoy slalom course. Dream toy. Would super regret it if it needed to sell it.

Well I guess it's still a boat. Cedar and a bit of native strip plank Canadian canoe. About 16 months to build, fibreglass and finish. Still to see the water yet but hopefully in about a month.