But with a sweet Yamaha 115hp four stroke, this centre console fishing rig has some refinement, good manners and deportment, too. That's the Top Ender and when it comes to long-serving, proven fishing rigs, these boats are hard to beat. Very few aluminium-boat manufacturers could lay claim to the fact that one of their models is still coming off the production line 23 years since inception. News of the Compass centre console share boating arrangement. Membership costs $3000 per year for 16-20 days boat usage, plus fuel. The importer has an interesting club model designed to make boating affordable. The Compass GRP fishing boats today span two centre consoles: the 150CC, which is the first model to arrive in Australia, and the larger 165CC due to arrive in January 2017. They have been manufacturing boats for more than 40 years, with the next generation of family boatbuilders recently entering the business. Here is ourĬompass has a range of fibreglass boats built in Greece, where they are often found in hire fleets. Sure, the package price as tested is expensive, but with that over-built beast of a trailer underneath it, the Sea Class 5200 is tough enough for long-range barra fishing trips to the most remote and rugged parts of Australia. Read our Boston Whaler 180 Dauntless review.Īustralian Master Marine has built many superb fishing craft over the years and this new Sea Class 5200 centre console is another beauty - particularly when packaged with the company’s awesome off road trailer. It’s a classic centre console based on a proven formula, a best seller popular with sportfishers, flats fishers, bay and harbour anglers, but also families hunting for a safe and simple fun machine. This 180 Dauntless has Boston Whaler’s famous DNA. And the high-quality build and construction is class leading. The boat’s performance and pedigree is more impressive than some other small centre consoles with less evolved hull shapes. While 16 footers are largely overshadowed by bigger 20-foot plus centre consoles these days, there’s a lot of practicality, affordability and fun to be derived from the Robalo R160. We're always up for a new CC ride and so might be you. The list below is assembled roughly in order of size.įrom the today’s locally rolled Quintrex and Stacer renditions to the big American brands, centre consoles still rate highly on most offshore - and increasingly inshore - boater's radars. This is reflected by the following top 20 centre console reviews and news from the past year on our websites. We’re always up for a test ride on a new centre console. With their big pay and passenger load, these boats are great people movers for high tailing it from one end of the harbour or bay to the next. Matched to racks of big outboards, few boats look as cool as a centre console. But centre consoles and open-bow boats are also now making big inroads into the social scene. The walkaround deck space obviously makes sense to hardcore anglers and divers, while the rear central helm remains the best place to ride in a boat going fast offshore. From the earliest Boston Whalers to the classic Haines Hunters, from the timeless Quintrex aluminium rigs that got so many of us into fishing, to today’s no-expense-spared American centre consoles with racks of 300-400hp outboards.
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