Part 2 | Is this the BEST ALL-ROUND 5mtr BOAT ? Features like no other 

Zip on canvas sides for the casting deck to make a tent would make it perfect in the tropics. Top work Greg.

Thanks for sharing, Greg. You have been dreaming this dream for a while. Great to see it come to fruition. Love the leaning post, and the bedroom speaks for itself. Tight lines!

Thats awesome Greg, What a Little Rippa, great vision mate Congrats.👏👏 It was awesome working with you mate. Cheers Bonza

Great idea for a "step up" to service the 'lecky motor. Just saved me a bunch of cash for unnecessary extra batteries. Enjoy the boat, Greg 👍

That’s possibly the coolest and most versatile boat I’ve ever seen. I’ve just finished building an all rounder but this is next level.

Fantastic mate…blood sweat and tears are evident wherever you look! 👏

Mate, what a work of art and a sweet sweet ride. What a credit it is to you and all involved in the build. Congratulations mate👌

Well done! That is an ultimate setup for sure!!!

Great looking rig. Cant wait to see all the epic fish you catch in it👍

Well done to all of you guys , this boat is amazingly well thought and made 👏👏 🎣

Well built Greg 👌 look forward to seeing it out on the water 🎣👍

Awesome boat. Love your channel. Entertaining and educational. Love all your underwater footage. That is a dream boat great job.

That came up a treat Greg, nice work and with sleeping quarters! mint mate!

Awesome build mate and a great and informative video. Love the reasoning between carpet and foamy stuff. You chose well. The MarineTuft plug has got you my support. MikeB

Absolute weapon. Legendary build. Well done.

Great setup. Quality work with some awesome ideas.

What a bloody rig that turned out to be! Unreal mate congrats

Nice work, mate. looks awesome, and it's a great choice and content 👌

What a cracken setup Greg. Nailed it 👌👌👍

nailed it mate, well done

Great video and awesome build process, well thought out to suit your needs. Be great to get an estimate on boat purchase, outboard cost and general refurb bill. Most people don’t understand the cost to complete these works and also under estimate the cost of a new build. Would be a great ball park for people who are unsure if the should try and complete what you’ve done, build with a plate boat builder or just buy off the shelf. Once again great build and really helps people understand what goes into a boat build 👍

That’s such an amazing build! Well done

Unreal mate, can’t wait to see the Furuno side scan in the deep

Great boat mate! If you want my 5 cents, I would be putting some grip tape on that foot rest under the centre console. It’s the small things 😂

turned out a great boat Greg, love the sleeping /storage arrangements and that windscreen is amazing. OMM could learn a lot from this design. I bought one years ago and the thing that let the boat down the most was the poor quality ugly welding.

Nice rig...well thought out 👌

Beautiful boat man

Awesome 👍💯

Awesome Ep and lovely set up well done, I hope she serves you well,

That windscreen is mint good job

Pretty bloody cool mate. And yes , I've always loved my sleep aboard boats. But wow. Your idea is awesome. I could fit in there with a party....

Impressive!

very very nice

Great video. Also, couldn’t recommend Scott from Ocean Logic enough. Done a great deal of work for me on a 70ft yacht I was skippering. We had a range of very complex issues which Scott sorted out no worries.

Wicked set up mate👌🏽.. can I ask where you purchased your furuno electrics from??

Nice build on the little ripper, im in the process of looking for a build centre console round 6m looking to do fitout myself to save money , yer electrical can be full on hopefully I can do the wiring but will still need some ideas

Very nice layout and fairly dry as well by the look of it. You can maybe add a little cubby on the back of that removable seat backrest for lures etc. for easy access or another pad and then you don't have to reverse it when in front and if you put a pivot on the bottom of the seat and a stopper you can flip it over for a back facing seat when trolling

Great setup Greg, definitely looks the goods. I didn't see any trim tabs. Are you waiting to see if needed or not going to fit them.

That’s sick, now I can just say give me that.

Classy and very suitable. Was hanging for this conclusion. Highlights are the 36v? step up and forward berth and lowlights was the fuse box. Had to be pretty picky to pick a lowlight.

I think you nailed it Greg! Been wanting a video of this type for years. Shows you both positive and negatives , great tips and sound well thought out advice. I'm looking at a 5 to 5.5 mtr boat myself in 2024 , probably do away with the large casting lid and camping space and replace with a shorter one for just casting and a lid for storage. Everything else as well as electrics is spot on. Could you PM me costs? Cheers Steve

The monitoring system is good bit i feel the installer have over sold it. That system only works with a phone if the phone is nearby. If the boat is in the garage and you want to check the batteries, you have to go near the boat. I know this because i DIY my trailer using about the same system.

Mint 👌

Hi Greg, love the video! Just wondering what sounder did you put the TM 185M transducer on? And what was the reason for that particular transducer? Chris

Nice mate i like the bed idea. I used to run 2 swags under a similar sized casting deck in a 4.4 mclay fortress, love the over nighters👌 My only question is, when do the trim tabs go on? 😉

Offshore Marine Masters are great boats

I'm always interested in how good, experienced fishos set up their 4th or 5th boat, and yours had lots of gems. What a weapon! I loved the seat back/lean post, the esky in the top of the kill tank, and of course the very versatile sleeping arrangement. Well done Greg. I can only imagine the hours and days of thought that went into each little design, but gees didn't it come up well! I'm glad you took it out in the rough stuff too. How did you rate the ride for both harshness and dryness? Probably a bit late now, but in future videos if you could tell us what you had in your old boat and how you upgraded or solved those problems with what you have now, that would be great. Maybe also other solutions that didn't end up getting the nod and why. I'm a details man 😉 BTW, Nyalic is easy to repair if any fuel melts a patch. I've been using it for alloy bullbars, and lots of other marine corrosion prevention projects for over 40 yrs. Happy Fishing for 2024 and beyond.

Great finished product but why single axle trailer for such a big boat ?? Was it ever considered ??

That’s Gucci as bud. Thanks for the share.

Bloody nice boat, I see you got quite a few stainless screws going into the alloy. My boat had corrosion around every stainless screw so I replaces them with alloy rivets.

Wild setup love you know how much it would cost me to have a boat like this

That is exactly what I’ve been looking for for the last 6 months, I’d hate to know the cost of what you’ve had done but definitely worth it, I’m going to have to bite the bullet and go for it I think. It is a proper ripper.

Awesome boat , who installed the minkota ? And what brand is the carpet ?

What hull is this?? Im about to look around for a c.console after selling my Savage Mako after 25 yrs.. I kind of only know about Stacer outlaws and Qiuintrex c.c.. Im guessing 4.8mtrs .. how much would an entry level set me back..

Did you use a 60” or 70” shaft on the trolling motor? Thanks

Great build, and great craftsmanship by all. Obviously your a Suzzi fan, but what makes them stand above the new Mercs?

Get a canvas tent made up for when the casting deck is up mate.

Bet that was a slight oversight puttin the carpet down then realising you needed to cut holes haha mint little tub tho man! Done an awesome job!!!

Mate congratulations on this truly gorgeous boat! the attention to detail is second to none!! I do have one question though mate. it may be bit silly sorry🙄 Regarding the fuel economy with the dash cluster showing 3km per Litre at that 4000 rpm. Is that fuel economy just purely based off engine rpm? or is that cluster connected to GPS? reason I say this is for example if your trim is terrible and weight is badly positioned on the boat how can just engine rpm alone give that figure? lets say your doing it all wrong for example and doing 4000 rpm but only getting 18 knots but then you trim and shift weight then get 21 knots with no rpm change that would be better fuel economy right. So I guess my long winded question hahah is , is GPS involved with that fuel economy in that dash cluster?

Is there concern over saltwater corrosion putting carpet or sea deck over checker plate?

Awesome boat, not sure if you have thought of it or not but might need a way to get out of the bed if that has strut ever fails while your asleep.

Awesome boat Greg ... do vinyl wraps serve any purpose apart from cosmetics?

Btw, the international abbreviation for metre is m.

It’s time for the Wicked Fishing range of boats Greg…

Mint setup but holy shit did they give the yard dog the welder to stitch up that transom...

Is that victron dc to dc charger marinised ? Didn’t think the victron products were ?

👍👍

Nice build, but picking a carpet that always looks dirty is a big no...surely they had better colours ?

@greg How much did you put into the rebuild in dollars?

Does it catch big reds ? May need a test run 👍

WOOOO GO DAD #scottharradine ❤

this is absolutely amazing! don't ever sell it! i was dead set on udek but after watching your video will consider carpet, they definitely not as ugly as the traditional marine carpet i had in mind

That silver wrap is awesome! so glad you didnt put some BS graphic wrap on this..

Awesome mate, I reckon you might of given some of the boat builders watching some ideas, especially sleeping space for a 5m centre console 👌 awesome job mate and vid 🤙

Hey Greg are you using any shade?

You should be a boat builder. This boat would sell.

Little pisser mate, She is an absolute jem of a boat, shits all over my 1999 Quinterx 4.5m center Connie mate 👍👍

"Went with a silver wrap so it didn't stand out too much"..... Hahahaha wonder why!

Be careful just using nyalic its a great product but it can come unstuck using certain cleaners , accidental spills of petrol etc other then that good lookin boat

When can I order one?

Only thing it needs is trim tabs mate👌

Same comment as last time, breakdown on the costs.

That thing must have cost a fortune!

What’s the lead time!? Take my god dam money 😂

Answer - No

Tzed3 FFS

Spend all that money then buy some plastic $15 rod holders that the foam claps out on after the first use 😂

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The answer is No, a Stabicraft is the best small Boat