Was a sad day when the Kingfisher (Salty Dawg) departed, but needed something a little smaller for solo missions.
After a few months of pain waiting for the right boat. Yesterday - bingo. No mucking around, picked it up today. A few nice extras and only 53hrs on the clock. Can't wait to get back out there. Welcome aboard
II Salty Dawgs

Looks charged, something like that is my goal

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Thanks- I ordered the boat from Hary Bakr- Hary now builds the Coldfront having bought the molds from cootacraft- who have basically moved into bigger models from 7 m up to the 40ft Apache mould they just got from the US. Hary builds them exactly the same but has put more weight down the keel line to keep it a bit steadier at rest- it’s a real deep vee though and still moves a bit in a w coast swell. It’s mentally quick -I haven’t had the conditions to open it wide- well over 5k revs- but at 3.8k it’s hitting 64 kmh so I don’t doubt it’ll do 90 + on a flat day. Just need summer to come along and flatten the Tasman a bit. Hary gave me some wise words- don’t cane it till you have got used to it- it goes like a stabbed rat.

She’s run out of New Plymouth - no bar to cross as it’s a port launch but always a swell of sorts once out - and she will also head out of Waitara ( river bar) and maybe down the Cape later- which is a straight launch to open water but is a tight race and always has some swell- the boys down there can handle boats for sure. Yeah has side door and a bash plate to stop the gel oat getting too muntered. The transom is a straight vee- she might get a bit skaty over 80 I reckon but there are some chunky tabs on the stern to calm things down. Will post a few BBM ore pics over the weekend of internal layout etc cheers

It’s got a lonestar gx2 winch. Thought about Bimini etc but I like the wind in me thinning hair and I don’t mind a bit of damp- I find the additional windage from Bimini and hardtops more of a pain than it’s worth if you are basically a hit and run type of fisho- rather than a tuff it out in the rain type.

Can’t go wrong with any Haines hulls- they are the basis of a few of these Aussie hard core boats- cootacraft added a bit of length and played with the running surface to get the Gunshot from the original Haines 565. They are all solid designs. Hary has changed the running surface on this Clermont from the one in your vid- I think they changed to strakes and lost a planing plank. God knows how you’re supposed to stand up in that one in the 6m shootout with no bars or seats of any sort. I saw that same one came up for sale in aus last year- but the owner has since put seats in it �£
I went with a small aussie builder coz like you said it’s so competitive there for glass boats in the 5.5-8m sizes. The smaller guys are turning out a top quality hull they will customise - I got Hary to put a heavy lay up in this one- and he will build them light as well. It’s a versatile hull shape and weight is the key to what you want to do with it. He just finished second overall for the series in the Australia offshore powerboat champs 65mph class in a pretty standard (lighter than mine though) Coldfront with a merc 300 on it…which is now sold and offshore fishing for BFT in Victoria I think!

[QUOTE=Bertiesdad]if you are basically a hit and run type of fisho- rather than a tuff it out in the rain type.
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