Boat Tests
Whittley CW2150 with Yamaha F150hp 4 stroke
by Steve Morgan • It’s not every day you get to test a boat that can be made into a configuration that allows the installation of a bow mounted machine gun. Granted, it’d be great […]
Boat Tests
Boat Tests
Yellowfin 7400 with Twin Suzuki 115hp 4 Stroke
by Steve Morgan • It’s fair to say the John Stav from JV Marine loves his Yellowfin boats. In fact, there’s a full range of the hulls in stock in the JV Marine yards. Built […]
Boat Tests
Whittley CR2180 with Volvo is a real rocket ship
by Steve Morgan • What do you get when you cross a fishing boat with a luxurious cruising boat and then add some extra horsepower? The answer is Chris Odgers’ Whittley package that we took […]
Boat Tests
Top-notch Ezy Topper
by Wayne Kampe • I’d be the last person to buy into the old glass (‘it’s the ride, mate’) vs aluminium (‘you won’t scratch it’) argument. I’ve owned plenty of both during my five decades […]
Boat Tests
Haines Hunter 675 Enclosed
by Steve Morgan • It took us a while, but we finally talked Phil Pierias and the team from Port Phillip Boating Centre into taking us for a spin on their Yamaha-powered Haines Hunter demo […]
Boat Tests
SeaJay Velocity Sports 550 – a big, versatile tinnie.
by Steve Morgan • It’s a real lucky dip when we get to take a boat out for a test. Sometimes we’re cursed with billiard-table flat seas. Other times we are blessed with a bay […]
BarCrusher
Bar Crusher’s 670HT – same great hull, new topsides
by Steve Morgan • If Bar Crusher were to order an ideal day for testing a couple of their revamped hard top models, then Port Phillip Bay delivered it in spades. Solid westerly winds turned […]
Boat Tests
Stessl 580 Seahawk with Yamaha F130hp
by Steve Morgan • Stessl boats has moved back home. With Scott James (from Horizon Boats) the new owner, Stessl is once more owned and built in South East Queensland. With decades of history for […]
Boat Tests
Profile 735H Limited with twin Mercurys
by Steve Morgan • Nobody can accuse Brisbane Marine’s Troy Wood of sitting there and just waiting for things to happen. In the last couple of years, he’s actively transformed the business from a quality […]
Boat Tests
Quintrex Stealth Hornet 530 is a smooth ride
by Steve Morgan • Let’s face it, there has been a time in all of our fishing journeys when we wanted a Quintrex. If you were an offshore boater, it might have been a centre […]
