by Steve Morgan • After hundreds of boat tests, we finally made it to Coffs Harbour to get some hulls wet. Hosted by Dayne Taylor and the team at North Coast Boating Centre (NCBC), it’s […]
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 • I’ve only been testing boats in the west for a short time, but I’m quickly learning that the boat you need here is a little different from the craft that would […]
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 […]
by Steve Morgan • Initially developed and built on the Gold Coast by boat builder Lindsay Fry, it was around a decade ago that the Brisbane-based Haines Group took over this iconic brand. Indeed, not […]
by Steve Morgan • This is the first Surtees boat I have ever been in. The New Zealand built hull is made from plate aluminium and boasts a water ballast system that floods while at […]
by Bob Thornton • I was recently told that South East Queensland is the largest boating market in Australia, and Brisbane-based boat manufacturer Stessco definitely take advantage of that. This may not sound very important […]
by Peter Jung • Doing boat tests for the magazines can sometimes throw you a curve ball and that was certainly the case when I arrived in Shepparton to do some reviews for Boats and […]
by Steve Morgan • Every time I get into a boat that’s powered by a 240hp Volvo Duoprop, it brings a smile to my face. Plenty of power from the V6 block is readily translated […]
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