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    Posted: 03 Feb 2011 at 9:59pm
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I purchased an 18ft Panga in October for the new fishing season and must say it has been a great buy and perfect for my softbaiting. It has a 40hp pull start Sail engine (all Yamaha parts)  which goes like a dream and cruises at about 20 Knots with three onboard. These boats were originally designed for UNESCO and built by Yamaha for third world countries - cheap to make cheap to run safe, easy to self repair and bloody useful. Panga means Machete as this is the sort of shape it is. The big 34 footers arused for drug smuggling in the Caribean. The only drugs on my one are packets of GULP!Wink 
 
 Been out in a bit of rough and though I had to pedal back a bit I was surprised how well it handled the chop. The guy up front was dry and me behind the wheel howeverf my mate on the jump seat on front of the CC got the odd splash. It has two venturas either side which push any  excess straight out under power. Had some owsomeLOL trips with heaps of snapper. There you go, just a bit about my boat. $13K for boat,motor and trailer(demo) - new in NZ about I think $16k 
 
Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have not had time to go fishing.

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Nice boat always admired those. They look like a proper boat with that nice sheerline  Go the centre cockpits!
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Hey mate nice boat. I'm looking at them at the moment as a dive boat. Does yours have an underfloor tank? After a few more months use have found any other pros & cons? Also how do you think an 18/19 footer would run with a 60hp on the back? How easy are they to launch?

Have a larger boat but it takes a bit of effort to launch and requires a 2-3 people for a trip. Want something smaller, easier for those last minute 'let's just go' sessions where I just want to shoot 10 minutes down the coast to get a feed and be back at home before the wife knows I'm gone type boats.

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Pretty good, easily handled and surprisingly stable with good load carrying capacity.  God forbid, a cheap boat that works...
 
When I was reading the description all I got was the sound track to Machete and images of half naked people shooting and stabbing each other.  Guess there's a reason they called them panga's and not machetes!
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They are made of fibre glass and damn near bulletproof. My good friend danny runs a 26ft super panga charter and would be out fishing with the big boat fleet most days 30-70 miles offshore.
They are all over the caribbean and central america which is testament to how durable they are.
I dont know that they would be used for drug running as they are pretty bloody heavy and the american centre consoles have that market covered, in saying that we had one pass us off the coast of cuba doing 35knots in the middle of the night late last year!

Isn't machete the same in english and spanish and panga just means boat?
(any spanish speakers here? my mexican slang isnt always the best)
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They're all the same thing

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Machete

How are these stability wise?
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several models of pangas being advertised on a famous nz trading website, under *STARCO* panga boats......

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Sounds like a great boat for the price. Sail outboard sounds good too. I'm impressed that the 40hp can do so much. I thought those boats would be quite heavy and require more to get that sort of speed with that many people on board. Interesting. Cheers for sharing about your boat! 
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I've been seriously thinking about one of these, but have wondered about the build quality. Any comment?
 
My previous boat for the  last 5 years was a Senator RH620 which I used out of Napier, stable platform, crap traveller. Had a stabi before that, same.
 
I moved to Raro for 18 months work in April, and have done a couple of charters, but am seriously looking for my own CC. (went out on a kiwikraft with Capt Moko last week, much narrower than senator or stabi but incredibly better in the rough). Good thing about here is 200m of water not far from the reef.
 
Still trying to work out what to get, but requirements are
-2-3 people
-easy launch
-some form of bimni/hardtop (must be removable for shipping)
-5-6m
<30k all setup
 
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Pangas only need the 40hp for the length as they are far narrower than a normal NZ boat. The upside is that they are incredibly stable, excellent boats to fish out of, run on small horsepower and make for a surprisingly comfortable ride.
Downside is that they do get quite wet in a chop (as you'd expect) and the low freeboard makes for a less than totally secure feeling when standing up in the boat, especially if it is a little rocky and roll-ey.
These are the boats we use in the solomons all the time, go everywhere in them, no worries, cast all day for GTs etc, but still not tooooo sure how you'd go in NZ, especially if a chill breeze got up.... could make life interesting. I would say they are a beaut warm weather, warm water boat however.
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I have a 22' one coming. The demonstrator is well built and finished albeit a little industrial. Plenty strong with no hungry lay up. Our first fizzy after 15 years of launches.
Mine is getting a 130 e-tec on a CMC 5" jack. A little overpowered but the e-tec weighs the same as the 4T 90 Yam. The hull is designed for use with a jack, with the concave runner plank at the transom.
I have done a lot of sea miles in Longboats in the Islands, and am not fussed by their idiosyncracies like low gunwales. They are not an ocean racing deep V but the ride is fine due to the narrower beam - any designer will tell you a fizz boat pounds out on the chines because of the beam.
Yep, exposed to the elements but consider how much usuable space on a small boat like this is taken up with a cabin, and the new breathable wet gear is more than adequate for that trip home when the weather pops up quicker than you expected. Ditto for the T top, the sun angle is never favourable and the struts get in the way.
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Rodbolt you will have a blast,   that Panga of yours is going to fly !!
Hell, if I'd jumped on all the dames I'm supposed to have jumped on, I'd have not had time to go fishing.

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Great that this thread popped up again, I was just looking at one of these on TM.
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One of my previous boats was a 4.3m glass cat hull with a stand up console on it. Always wanted to cut out and move the console to the front of the boat. Helps you get onto the plane quicker and keeps you out of the spray as well. Never got around to it though before selling it. Great boat for fishing off though! Especially using a fly rod!
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I have been trying to get plans for a panga but run into a brick wall, if anyone has plans could you let me know

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Originally posted by Blue Asparagus Blue Asparagus wrote:

I have been trying to get plans for a panga but run into a brick wall, if anyone has plans could you let me know

cheers.


what/ you want to make a mold so you can punch them out or just make one - perhaps glass over ply?

this is a 23ftr stitch n' glue;

http://www.bowdidgemarinedesigns.com/Bowdidge_Marine_Designs_1/Bosuns_Mate_23.html


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Originally posted by Blue Asparagus Blue Asparagus wrote:

I have been trying to get plans for a panga but run into a brick wall, if anyone has plans could you let me know

cheers.


I was looking around on a boat design forum, a lot of the panga plans floating around on the net are crap, top heavy and tippy and need more power to get up.
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