It’s been a while since we’ve jumped in a Yellowfin Plate boat, which are manufactured by Telwater on Queensland’s Gold Coast. The last ones we tested were powered by Evinrude outboards. Interestingly, the now discontinued […]
It’s been a little while since we did this test. In the meantime, the YouTube review video’s racked up nearly 50,000 views. The Stabicraft 1850 is right in the hitting zone for a lot of […]
It’s not often that we get two, brand new, fully fitted out sportsfishing boats to do a comparative test with. Being in charge of compiling and then water testing the ABT Prize Boats for the […]
We met Jason Olivey for the first time in his shed on the Central Coast of New South Wales. It looked like any fibreglass boat builder’s shed – smelling of resin and covered in fibreglass […]
There’s something about Stabicraft boats that people just love. We’ve tested quite a few over the years, right up to the head-turning 2250 Centra Cab that’s broken all sorts of house-records for YouTube views on […]
There is no doubt that European styled and imported boats are gaining traction in Australian waters. Over the last couple of years we have seen several large European brands hit Australian shores and find a […]
by Steve Morgan • There’s been a fair bit that’s happened since I first rode in a Canadian Campion boat that Terry Raymond from Crawford Marine imported. The Morwell dealer has had these boats in […]
by Steve Morgan • Bassco is an Australian-built fibreglass fishing boat created by Gippsland veteran boat builder, Michael Boag. With a lifetime of building big boats under his belt, Michael decided that he wanted to […]
by Steve Morgan • Aquamaster are South East Queensland’s quiet achiever when it comes to aluminium boats. Established nearly 30 years ago, they’ve been quietly going about their business hand-making dependable hulls south of Brisbane. […]
by Steve Morgan • Most people I know go through boating phases. We graduate from being a bank angler to a tinny and then to bigger and bigger boats. We then tend to downsize when […]
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