This is the best Alluminium boat I have seen. To get such beautiful finish and to provide such outstanding facilities and features the builder in NZ has put in lots of hours on the board and on floor. The lines look amazingly sea friendly. Will ride like a butter knife in sea
Lol... 😃 😀 😄 😃 How do you get up the front? For us "down under," we don't use the front like you guys do in America with your centre consoles going out to the sand bar and laying around in bean bags. The conditions are entirely different for us, mostly going to fish out wide out on the shelf, coming back in and doing overnighters in sheltered coastal bays, and then heading back out the following day. The centre console design offers very limited protection from some of the harsh elements and big seas we endure, especially down south.
That boat is built to last!!! Hope it finds a good market here. Hey Alfred it’s supposed to get up to 47 degrees today. Of course you are becoming acclimated to these temps after your trip up the east coast. LOL ♥️💞🙏
If u hit a rock...It wont crack like fiberglass will, it's lighter than fiberglass so u need a smaller engine to run It the direct consequence il less gas consumption....what can be better?
Galvanic isolaters super important as older boats, and some new are not properly grounded when using shore power in marina. Look at older articles with Marinette actually dissolving copper pennies on the hull do to dissimilar metals, love this boat, but aluminum hulls must me monitored and maintained, alot more care the FRP.
I have done spent thirty years in the Gulf of Mexico. In and around working on aluminum boats . After I've seen what electrolysis does to so many of them. Not to mention. The way at luminum boat rides. You can totally keep a aluminum!
Have to agree there, the ride is terrible in aluminium boats. I have owned ali boats and I currently own a fibreglass boat. There is no comparison as far as I'm concerned. Only my opinion though.
Electrolysis is controllable with the right electrical "bonding" and anodes which, of course...need to be maintained...... Those boats you worked on...did they keep a good deal of fuel on board.. and when the fuel was being depleted was the weight replaced with cargo e.g. a catch of fish? Did any of the boats have deep V hulls, cat or tri hulls, deep strakes, trim tabs or stabilisers?
Bit of trivia. The beginnings of the "Jet Pump" were from a New Zealander by the name of Bill Hamilton. He invented the jet pump, and ended up selling the patent for it to Buehler Turbocraft. All of the Berkley, Jaccuzi etc jet boats came long after his invention.
If you want a less expensive but still very seaworthy NZ aluminium boat have a look at Stabicraft from the southern most part of New Zealand. Stabicraft have also opened a factory in Port Angeles, Washington State. Good YT vids showing the conditions these boats have to be designed to encounter. (The front doesn't fall off).
Nice boat I’ve been watching some Aussie videos and wondering if the aluminum boats would catch on here like the “overlanding” trend …seems like some are testing the market
The other New Zealand builder Stabicraft delivers into WA - a different style and class of vessels... NZ boats are extraordinary, and the Southern Ocean is a mean teacher... Kiwis know boats... The team at Makaira is the best in NZ at this time.
Working the San Francisco waterfront I ran across an old guy with a long wooden , low to the water diesel boat. It had a beautiful but well worn cabin . The old boat had thick paint , many layers . The rails were heavy wood as well as all the trim. I would guess it was built in the forties or fifties. A putt putt for sure but it was one of the coolest boats I’ve ever seen. The old guy was a very scary character so I didn’t ask too many questions…. Seemed like a mob guy. That was thirty years ago, but I don’t forget.
The issue with aluminum boats is the weight. They tend to not have the weight needed to crush the waves needed for true offshore fishing when the seas get hairy and get blown around . They ride more like a tin can onto the water rather then in the water. Also electrolysis eventually gets them no matter how diligent you are with your zincs in a salt water environment. With boating you have enough to worry about corroding, last thing you want to worry about is the boat disintegrating. I personally own 4 aluminum boats. There great in a smaller application for fresh water fishing and inside bay salt water fishing when being trailered or staying in the water for a weekend at a time. Keeping them in the water all season is a major no no.
8mm plate boat built to this standard will weigh about the same as a glass boat of the same size. Theres a 28 foot long 9 foot wide center console near me that's weight with full fuel is 4.5t. The internal stringer systems on these boats is insane. As for keeping it in the water. Yes it can be done. Yes u better be careful. If an option of a boat lift is available u use it, swing morings should be fine. And best not to paint them so u can actually see what's going on with the metal.
@@DanielWebbon Australian commercial boats are all ally. we build them strong and heavy . there are definitely some very light recreational ally boats that pound.
The tin cans with outboards built a n USA maybe,I've a mate in Australia who's a craftsman shipwright,he won't work repairs on American fibreglass boat's, because they are lightweight builds,our sea conditions chew em up , driveway show pony's at best , Tasmania and new Zealand built boats are the strongest of the lot ,west coast Australian not to shabby either ,any boat is only as good as the tradesmen on the tools
1200 man hours is nothing. Even if they were charging 200 per man hour that's only 240k and its got 30k worth of aluninum and parts and another 15k in engine. This is a rip off. This boat should be 110-130 depending on options MAX. they even said it only take 100 hours on the jig to build the hull. That's nothing in the world of boats. At least a hand laid sports fisher that sells for millions can justify all the labor that went in it.
If they are going for the deep pocket buyers great. But, there is absolutely no need to fare the hull like a superyacht. Either leave the hull bare aluminum or put a wrap on it. Then pass that savings on to the purchaser at a lower price point. Just because we are Americans doesn't mean everyone is super rich. Our markets need the NZ style boats with their sturdiness and seaworthiness but at an attainable price point. US boat manufacturers are so slow to adapt.
I guess it will find its market for the people that want it, but for me a no, way more work if you need to fix it, welding etc. Fiberglass is a much easy fix. 😏😏😏👌👌👌
I'm ready to be set straight by people who are more currrent than I. But a Merc is not a turn-on, not with the enormous cost of this boat. I see Honda, or Yamaha, or Suzuki--yeah, I am prejudiced to Japanize design and engineering execution.
@@JohnSmith-yv6eq on a fishing boat i do not need any of that. (Ok, maybe the room inside) 99% of the time the engine is idle or min anyway, i do not need speed at all. I prefer a dislocating boat, not a planing one (is that the right word?). My inboard diesel yanmars are as old as me, nearly 40 yo, with zero electronics. I can disconnect the batteries once they are working and they will continue. I can fix them with hammer and spanner. This is what i like in a boat
@@geozantrox666 No probs. I think you mean a displacement hull....slower speed and the hull never rises out of the water... The boat on show is meant mainly for recreation/speed...not hard work/long distance/off shore like your boat....
Battleships are not made from alloy sorry, this boat is worth $85k max. I've worked on Super Yachts, I know all the process and labor involved in and $363k ain't it son lol.
