Topwater Caranx Ignobilis: Giant Trevally (GT) > Tackle & Techniques
Best GT rig for ~50K
David Noble:
Hi Jay,
OK so it's not alloy, but comes in on the money and very well put together.
Had a mate who ran a Stinger out of Townsville and could get out to the outer reef for a fraction of the cost other hull designs could.
Based on Japanese hull design, so very seaworthy. Rated better than the yamaha longboats or southwind, but a longboat design all the same.
http://www.stingerboats.com.au/forsale1.html
Just putting it out there. ::)
Cheers Dave
Warwick Joyce:
Jay, I think you really should consider the glass option as well. They aren't as fragile as you think. My Galey floats in 30cm of water and unless your going flat out across bommie strewn area's you won't wreck it. Light as well, got 240l fuel storage and for 40k you'll have change to buy more rods and lures! Hahaha
My other choice when I was looking was the Aussie whaler, nomad use them, exceptional ride and stand up to a reef or 2!
Definitely get a center cab, you'll appreciate it on those wet days. Otherwise you'll need clears for a cc matter what hull shape.
Each to their own hey but definitely check all the options and if you can take them on test drives!
Jay Burgess:
hmmm... never been happy with glass centre cabs, they tend to put too much emphasis on the 'cab' part of it and they don't really seem to suit my requirements from a fishing perspective :-\ just love the option of having a fully customisable boat and you can't get this unless you go ally. Couldn't imagine myself cruising up shallow pilbara creeks in a glass boat ???
Warwick Joyce:
If your planning to use it in dirty water creeks then yes I agree with you that an alloy boat would be the better choice.
My ride is fully customized (as far as starting with a basic hull and deciding what and where the other bits went), and glass.
I haven't see too many "center cab" glass boats myself but I recon all you need is room for 2 or 3 to stand/sit with spray protection from 3 sides.
I'm really keen to see what you go with Jay 8)
Jay Burgess:
--- Quote from: Warwick Joyce on February 26, 2012, 08:35:21 PM ---If your planning to use it in dirty water creeks then yes I agree with you that an alloy boat would be the better choice.
My ride is fully customized (as far as starting with a basic hull and deciding what and where the other bits went), and glass.
I haven't see too many "center cab" glass boats myself but I recon all you need is room for 2 or 3 to stand/sit with spray protection from 3 sides.
I'm really keen to see what you go with Jay 8)
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I'm pretty certain I've made up my mind but I don't want to spill the beans until it's confirmed :-X I'll be sure to update this thread once I get the ball rolling... will be interesting to post progress shots during the build 8)
Realistically I think it's still a few months away... maybe more, need to save up a bit more coin first... but it's in the foreseeable future that's for sure.
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