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I picked up one up from Aldi in the clearance bin for <$30 and came complete with clips and a bag and has been absolutely sensational. Boat is an 80' Savage Tasman 4.6m and sits out in the weather and it's been great for money.

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Mon Jul 27, 2020 8:23 pm

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Mon Jul 27, 2020 6:39 pm

I am with club marine $645 for a Haines 650, I made a claim last year no issues.

Is that for the year? I was quoted $2,450 for a year.

Yep full 12 months no layup and no waterskiing crap

RACV also do boat insurance now, bonus discounts if you have the cars, house and contents with them etc.

Tortoise head is great for squid, whiting, salmon, trevally and tailor.

Just burley up hard in 3-5m and fish will come, guaranteed.

In my 60s now and ive had about 25 boats wood,glass and alloy. Best boat of the lot is the Quintrex 420 side console with a 40 hp 4 stroke I have now with the new blade hull.It out performs other alloy boats by far,I have a friend that has a bar crusher -I wouldnt rave about the ride in these guys -...

In my 60s now also getting old and feeble myself and in my 60s but changing from my kayak I would have to think about it - the Stealth profisha 525 is really one of the top off shore fishing skis I would maybe look at the shorter 475 profisha maybe in carbon fibre mainly for the weight reduction an...

My Haines hunter 5.2m is great for bay and offshore fishing. If I was upgrading it would be for something with a bit more fishing room maybe a Bass Strait ocean pro

Anything but aluminium I'm too old to get the s*** beat out of me these days and that includes bar crushes and yellow fins fibreglass all the way 5.6to 6.5 m and a 200 250hp minimum

There is a very nice Haines Hunter V19 on Boatsales at the moment that i think is listed at $60k.. its located in Tassy. That would do me nicely. Or something similar. https://www.boatsales.com.au/boats/details/2019-haines-hunter-19r/SSE-AD-6761028/?Cr=59 I have also had a good look at the Barcrushe...

My Haines hunter 5.2m is great for bay and offshore fishing. If I was upgrading it would be for something with a bit more fishing room maybe a Bass Strait ocean pro Haines make a bloody good boat. The Haines signature 525 think it is, very nice boat. Your not wrong handles the rough stuff no proble...