rahui wrote: I just don't think your promo piks of empty bins of fish and the odd kingi are convincing and the smart ones know that . HB has been on the decline for years. Anyway Back to boat shed, time to do the lawns , I am getting bored

don't need full bins only take enough for a feed, with your full bin attitude everytime there will be none left, never seem any pics posted of your catch?????

yeah  I catch a full bin, to feed the whanau, all leagal,i just don,t see the point of posting piks, not brought up that way, anyway stick to the boating forum

I go to fc in hamiltron a bit and have had a good look over the 500. I went f16 for cuddy, however I ran the tape over it and it is a big 5m boat. 5m from bow (no fair lead) to stern (no portifino), mid thigh support and a heap of fishing space in between. I haven't seen one ride in the water but I have seen a 430 tiller and I was very impressed with the dry, soft ride I saw. They were heading to gannet rock which is 30k from the boat ramp and 24k offshore from raglan. The hull looks very similar in design and concept to the everyman boats which get big raps on ride but are probably another level in build quality. In a post on the forum regarding 5m boats and mayor there have been varying opinions from too dangerous to no worries. One comment was choose your weather and you will only be limited by gas. With the number of fc boats around I would suspect they have been to mayor already. The reality is that one foot per knot of wind means you dont want to be out in much more than 15knots in the 5mboat. Structurally I would be suprised if you couldnt thrash it for 20 years plus.

 FC have just put out a 465 cuddy and are soon to release a 510 cuddy, I think they not long ago put out the 580 and 540 cuddies. they have knocked up a few models in a short space of time. Good deals to be had at fc and frewza while there overheads are lower but that would change if they went bigger

I was told by FC that the FC range was now the largest selling tinny in the country. Can anyone confirm this? As I am a bit sceptical

haha, not!

Time_Bandit wrote: rahui wrote:  FC have just put out a 465 cuddy and are soon to release a 510 cuddy, I think they not long ago put out the 580 and 540 cuddies. they have knocked up a few models in a short space of time. Good deals to be had at fc and frewza while there overheads are lower but that would change if they went bigger   more breaking news from rahui

Fresh off the press imagine the posts when he gets his boat in november

looking forward to results of the innaugral off2fish vs rahui 'fish off' keep us posted guys

Snuffit. wrote: mashinator wrote: I go to fc in hamiltron a bit and have had a good look over the 500. I went f16 for cuddy, however I ran the tape over it and it is a big 5m boat. 5m from bow (no fair lead) to stern (no portifino), mid thigh support and a heap of fishing space in between. I haven't seen one ride in the water but I have seen a 430 tiller and I was very impressed with the dry, soft ride I saw. They were heading to gannet rock which is 30k from the boat ramp and 24k offshore from raglan. The hull looks very similar in design and concept to the everyman boats which get big raps on ride but are probably another level in build quality. In a post on the forum regarding 5m boats and mayor there have been varying opinions from too dangerous to no worries. One comment was choose your weather and you will only be limited by gas. With the number of fc boats around I would suspect they have been to mayor already. The reality is that one foot per knot of wind means you dont want to be out in much more than 15knots in the 5mboat. Structurally I would be suprised if you couldnt thrash it for 20 years plus. Mash I've ridden that FC430 (Flying Dutchman, owned by my mate Andy) several times to Gannet from Manu. In different (always safe) sea conditions. I'm always amazed at the ride in that boat, I'm a bit of a lump at 100kg and never seem to unsettle it when I move while boat is in motion. At rest she's a bit tippy - of course she's a small beamy craft. Amazing amount of fishing room. (I'm a Frewza owner myself, mainly because my boat is used for going out in gob****e weather after ducks and I prefer the stability of pontoon boat as a shooting platform). They've got a lot right with the FC430, including price, so I imagine the bigger brothers are more of the same. Rahui, time to start an Aqualine thread methinks. When your truck's working that is.

  yeah kiwi/aqualine don't blow about there boats so much  like others, I think it is because they don't have to. you don't see to many of these for re  sale, I will post some piks as soon as I pic it up next week[fingers crossed]. friggen trucks been in the shop for 7 days.

rahui wrote:    yeah kiwi/aqualine don't blow about there boats so much  like others, I think it is because they don't have to. you don't see to many of these for re  sale, I will post some piks as soon as I pic it up next week[fingers crossed]. friggen trucks been in the shop for 7 days.