The 500 fisher has caught my eye, its specs stack up

2.1m Beam
5mm and 4mm ally
20 degrees deadrise

Im wondering on gunnel height. Do they have thigh height gunnels and toe recess or is a side rail needed for using the gunnel for leaning into it?

Ive heard good things about their welding, can anyone add to that or am I listening to rubbish?

Any idea on cost? About $30k new as package?

We cant get a bigger boat due to garaging. Id ideally wait for a used model to pop up on trademe.

More just a casual interest than genuinely going to buy one, but they do seem the ideal Gulf boat.

Yeah FC boats are like that, Stabicraft most certainly, only one that seems to cone down to fair prices if Surtees, perhaps because they have been around a fair while.

i know boat finance is a bad idea, but i have $10k locked up that id need to buy it. AA are offering 9.9% and 3 months no repayments. my investment unlocks in about 6 months.

Sounds like you know what you want. Its very easy to over capitalise on a new build

I have to admit I like the stabicraft frontier that matt watson built his new small rig on. A bit price though. This extreme is $31k, the smaller Stabi is in the $40s

Most 5m Boat, motor, trailer packages seem to be around the $40k mark new. But if you want a reasonably well specked boat be prepared to add up to $20k on the base package. I see a lot of people complain about a second hand boat that is the same price a the base package and a couple of years old. They probably haven't been in to a dealer to find out what all the extras are worth on top.

Out of all the boats you inquire about weekly do you actually think you'll end up buying one?.... 

pompey wrote: 700 LTR wrote: Out of all the boats you inquire about weekly do you actually think you'll end up buying one?....  Seeing is believing.

Don18025 wrote: Hi Fiz That Extreme 500 is a nice boat but at $31k it does not include an outboard. You can get an Osprey 450 with a 60hp 4S for $33,500.....https://www.trademe.co.nz/motors/boats-marine/motorboats/auction-1572475453.htm?rsqid=24a8628fec7b4aed8942394b2ba52297

Thanks Don mate, always appreciate your knowledge. I think you and I have talked about Osprey before and Im certainly a fan, especially after seeing the Otago Unis Marine Science boat up close, so professional in the finishing, but thats what I read about Extreme too, the welds are finished and everything is top spec.

That 450 seems good value with a 4 stroke 60 donk on it....

I need to measure the garaging before I can figure out what we can actually fit, we hopefully will be buying in a year, so Id imagine we will go the bigger glass boat in 2 years. But from eye sight the current second spot for us looks about a 5m boat on trailer.

Yeah thats my concern hence why Im looking at it now well ahead of buying.

Im about 6ft3 and I think that makes my gate about 1m rougly, i had about 5.5 strides which means Im left with about 4.5m boat or i pinch a metre on my second park to get to 5m. Its all secure gating.

So the 4.5m Osprey could be worth looking at given the suggested price of the Extreme. I also have thought about a Jetski, which are also a lot of fun in summer. Ive got quality spearing gear so I should stay warm even in winter, although id prefer not to where the top half and where conventional layered clothing. There doesnt seem to be much they cant do and are easy on towing. But you lose the luxury of standing. Much to discuss with the Mrs as to what her preference would be. $15k gets you quite a bit of used Jetski. It doesnt get you much of a boat (comparatively).

cant say i like the look of the newer Extreme boat hull shapes - too much beam and far too flat in the forward sections