Thanks for sharing the behind the scenes of how these actually happen. Very rare for businesses to show how they do stuff. Never really thought about how these things go together, some great insight.
@@MrAcuta73 yeah on a short boat, a simple well would be best. On longer 6m plate, usually a pod of some sort. I have an old 80s 5m tinny and just built up the transom height with a XL motor length, but for new boats I’d expect a sort of well. I think many tinny brands under 5m design it poorly with such low transoms
The reality of that one is if you want a tiller steer like I did you can’t have a closed in splash well or have a pod style mounting for your outboard. There would be no where for the tiller are to go. The tinny does have a adequate splash well in it, certainly a lot more then most other boats of a similar size. This boat will never be in a situation where I have to back down hard on a fish in ocean chop, in every day estuary and inshore fishing water won’t come the back at all. I’d say a low transoms would be a lot of issue on a 5m + boat, not a 4.2m 🍻🍻🍻
@@SammyHitzkeFishing Mine is tiller too and I just built up the transom a bit higher as I mentioned (100mm or so). I saw lots of people have water coming over the back when prawning at Nudgee and we only had minimal which I was happy about. But anyway, just personal preference for me. Absolutely mint boat, what a dream! Cool hull design, seen SeaAdex take on the same sharp hull at the front too, maybe to get close to a ‘flare’ style, is it a new hull style? I like it.
Absolutely awesome very interesting process can’t wait to see some fish coming over the side . And am I imagining it or have you lost a heap of weight looking very fit
Right!? Aussies can build boats on another level. I looked up pricing on these and they are surprising cheap too. About 9k USD for basic package of boat in video. Sadly, I think thats about what our riveted POS options are running here in the states these days. Even the tried and true jet sled builders up here in the PNW have been skimping more on materials to lower their cost and maintain margins.
How funny is that! I was at scarborough marina yesterday eating calamari and chips with the daughter and I saw this alloy boat pulling in. Looked really good and when I went to have a closer look it was an aluvan boat!
You still reading these Sammy? Got a question about your Elec motor. I've ordered and take delivery of the same boat in a couple of weeks, I see you went for a 24v motor, how does it go, do you think 24v is needed, why? I'm looking at either the new Minn Kota Instinct or Garmin Kracken.
A 2 boat boat man, farkn' impressive. I'm building my little 14 footer now out of composite materials, it will be light, tough and fast. I'm envisioning chasing blue fin tunas off my South Australian coastline. I'll blast out there real quick and cheaply and it will be unsinkable just in case. It will be wet and uncomfortable, but i'll be out there hopefully getting amongst it. The hull is built and I reckon I'll have a brand new, strong and light boat (hull only) for less than $2000
What a boat! What a trailer! The only way to improve it is to build the boat out of plastic! (Might be a tiny bit biased, like most poly owners) Looking fwd to see it fishing. Cheers
This is the boat me and my mate go to see you in the other weekend. It looks awesome amd very similarto what me and my mate are looking at for our next one. sorry we fan boyed with you but its not every day you get to meet a true blue aussie legend. My mate is still rubbing it it that you cheered him after catching a fish. Hope to see you out again one day.
hows it going Sammy, i think there are a few tasks that need to be done on the new boat fishing wise. i think those tasks involve catching tuna all the way to marlins on the new boat.. i suggest if you take this challange you have someone else with you to steer the boat... goodluck you legend. the new boat looks amazing @sammyhitzkefishing
Cracking Build Sammy! Looks forward to seeing some awesome fish and adventures from the new rig... although, I can't help but feel the boat and trailer will mean the Paj needs an upgrade! Or you'll have to ask Shauno to tow it for you... 😢
Sweet boat, no doubt, but what is with the gaping hole in the stern? Any outboard boat needs a splash well in rough water. A splash well keeps the ocean out . Any wavelet over a foot high , from the stern, will come in the boat the way it is. Hell, even chopping the throttle to stop in calm water is likely to have water thru the motor cut out, much less backing into a following chop....So easy to fix, A full Splash Well, as high as the sides, will make all the difference.....JE
For an estuary and inshore boat the transom won’t be an issue at all. Keeping mind if I’m heading offshore I’ll take my big boat. A full height, sealed splash well also means you can’t run a tiller steer motor which is what I was chasing as well 🍻🍻
Yes!! Finally some relatable content mate! I love watching your vids and alot of the other channels but there just not relatable who can afford a fully fitted offshore boat..... I tend to skip the offshore vids and I find the estuary fishing more challenging anyway 😉 awesome little boat mate looking forward to this!!! 👍
Your going to love this beast of a rig, stable as offshore too. Ive got the 4.2 katana and been out the cape in rough conditions without a worry. Cant wait to see what you get up to in it 👌
Love it mate, I do all my fishing out of a 4.25m tinny, absolutely love the freedom it gives you to fish the smaller waterways as well as inshore (though I’d love a bigger boat too 🤣) Stunning looking boat mate 🚤🎣👍
looks awesome but why would you run a 12v to 24v converter when you can just run the two batteries in series? using a step up transformer just uses wasted energy.
Hey Sammy when you run your sounder and trolling motor off the same battery it stuffs up the sounder and give a really bad return not sure if it will be a pain for you but goodluck👍 amazing tinny mate looks awesome
Wow when he 1st started building it I thought it looked flimsy but man that boat looks incredible! Great job guys the trailers a work of art! Much respect!!!!!!
I would be keen to see how the trailer goes Sammy alot of them crack next to the welds the same as stainless does and you give us unbiased updates on it tinnies have there place like prawning,crabing and general mangrove bashing, I'm a glass man myself just because they ride better and I cannot handle the wave slop noise but I am a Yamaha fan. But I think every fisho is after a rust proof trailer so let us know how that goes
No doubt partly inspired by the Snapper and Spano closures unfortunately. Should be some ripper small boat content that will please a wide audience. One day I'll bump into you at my local ramp, I'd go past it 5 days a week.
Always loved the Aluvan boats, went to order one in December, had a couple of emails go back and forth working out the finer details, then they stopped replying. Never heard from them again 😕 This is so similar to what I was chasing to have built, who done, it looks awesome.
Yeah mate, but of a difference there. Your boat probably weighs 3.5 x more than mine, so would need the thicker plate to stay structural sound. A lot more forces on a bigger boat. The standard hull thickness for most 4-4.2m boat is 2mm
Neat boat mate ,just the ticket for the dams and rivers ,some of the commenters have no idea about boat design with regard to tiller steer or the benifits of the kiss formular ,give it whirl in copeton ,this summer ,hopefully those cotton farmers will suck the guts out of it and get it back to half full or less ,gotta love our cod fishing in Inverell 😊
I'm three hours home from my 3 weeks in Darwin... first vid catching up....ps..caught a puffer fish....aaargh!!...some bloody teeth on them!...👍🏴
@@SammyHitzkeFishing is it a secret that you could not mention it on your RU-vid channel. Aluvan was the builder and you were the buyer. Aluvan would not tell me even if I asked them and they never sold you the engine
