6 to 9 metres (19 to 30 feet)
Boat brand
BOAT REVIEW
Stabicraft 2050 Frontier Profish
Trailer Boat
Where this model really excels is fishability.
Horsepower (HP):
150-200
Displacement (M):
875kg (dry, no motor)
Length Over All (M):
6.3
Construction:
Arrow pontoons, wide-body hull
BOAT REVIEW
Candela C-8 Hardtop
Trailer Boat
The Candela C-8 is clearly a much more mature and technologically advanced model than its predecesso...
Horsepower (HP):
45/50kW
Displacement (M):
1850
Length Over All (M):
8.5
Construction:
Vacumm-infused carbon fibre
BOAT REVIEW
Dibley 7.5m Sportsboat
Sailing Boat
Despite the lack of gennaker it’s still a fun and fantastic ride down the harbour, and reminds me ho...
Construction:
Vacuum-infused
BOAT REVIEW
Axopar 29 XC Cross Cabin
Launch
The ultimate multi-purpose craft for boaters who demand more from their vessel.
Horsepower (HP):
350
Displacement (M):
3220 (including engine)
BOAT REVIEW
Fi-Glass Viscount
Trailer Boat
Modern engines are bigger and more efficient. They need bigger platforms to host them. Furthermore, ...
Horsepower (HP):
200-250
Length Over All (M):
6.8
Construction:
Solid GRP, no wood in structure
BOAT REVIEW
Kiwi-Kraft 780WA
Trailer Boat
Pontoon alloy boats are seriously good sea handling vessels. I should know, having fished out of man...
Horsepower (HP):
400
Length Over All (M):
7.8
Construction:
6mm hull, 4mm sides, 3mm superstructure
BOAT REVIEW
Innovision IV7000 Amphibious
Power Boat
In engineering the IV7000 to amphibious duty, Innovision has hardly compromised its utility for fish...
Horsepower (HP):
300
Length Over All (M):
8.5
Construction:
6mm bottom, 4mm sides and decks
BOAT REVIEW
Radian R27 Nordarc
Trailer Boat
Overall, this is an impressive boat. The styling is bold and unique and will certainly turn heads. T...
Horsepower (HP):
200hp max
Displacement (M):
1800
Length Over All (M):
6.67
Construction:
5mm bottom, 4mm sides, 3mm superstructure
BOAT REVIEW
Rae Line 206
Trailer Boat
Some boats are good to look at from the outside and some are good to be onboard. Like her sister the...
Horsepower (HP):
200
Displacement (M):
1580
Length Over All (M):
6.45
Construction:
Hand-laid GRP
BOAT REVIEW
What A Rush!
Launch
Catalysts were originally conceived for Emirates Team New Zealand’s America’s Cup team as a high-spe...
Horsepower (HP):
4 x 300hp up to 4 x 600hp
Length Over All (M):
13.7
Construction:
Carbon Fibre
BOAT REVIEW
Caribbean 27 Flybridge Sport Fisher
Power Boat
Fuel consumption for a vessel this size is pretty good, as you might expect from a modern common-rai...
Horsepower (HP):
380
Displacement (M):
dry, 3,140
Length Over All (M):
9.0
Construction:
Solid GRP
BOAT REVIEW
Southern XF650
Power Boat
Southern Boats has been building top-quality aluminium trailer boats for more than three decades. It...
Horsepower (HP):
150 to 225hp
Length Over All (M):
6.85m
Construction:
Aluminium
BOAT REVIEW
Tristram 691 Offshore
Power Boat
When Kingsley and Lance Fink pulled up at Westhaven boat ramp with the Tristram 691 Offshore in tow,...
Horsepower (HP):
200 to 250hp
Length Over All (M):
6.90
Construction:
GRP
BOAT REVIEW
Haines Hunter SP635
Trailer Boat
The hardtop SP635 shares the same underpinnings as the popular SF 635 which was a completely new mod...
Horsepower (HP):
200
Length Over All (M):
6.76
Construction:
Fibreglass (GRP)
BOAT REVIEW
Buccaneer Six Fifteen
Trailer Boat
Based on the well-known Buccaneer 605 hull, the Buccaneer Six Fifteen has increased the 605’s waterl...
Horsepower (HP):
200
Length Over All (M):
6.78
Construction:
Fibreglass (GRP)
BOAT REVIEW
Surtees 750 Game Fisher
Trailer Boat
The Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show prize boat package would be every Kiwi angler’s dream to own.
Horsepower (HP):
300
Displacement (M):
1590
Length Over All (M):
7.5
Construction:
Aluminium
BOAT REVIEW
Haines Hunter Overlander OP725
Trailer Boat
The Anura system is not only pleasingly quiet in operation (no noisy internal combustion engine in t...
Horsepower (HP):
300
Displacement (M):
2400
Length Over All (M):
7.5
Construction:
Fibreglass (GRP)
BOAT REVIEW
Fleury 6.7 Keeler
Sailing Boat
“Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication” – Leonardo Da Vinci. A simple boat can mean basic; more ...
Displacement (M):
850
Length Over All (M):
6.7
Construction:
Wood
BOAT REVIEW
Sea-Doo Switch
Launch
Sea-Doo’s all-new Switch marries the performance of a personal watercraft with the versatility of a ...
Length Over All (M):
6.4
Construction:
Other
BOAT REVIEW
Stryda 600s
Auckland boatbuilder Stryda Marine has just released a centre-console variation of its popular 6m 60...
Displacement (M):
2000
Length Over All (M):
6
Construction:
Aluminium
BOAT REVIEW
Sealegs 7.5m Amphibious RIB
Trailer Boat
With a modular deck plan, this is Sealegs’ most customisable model to date. Almost 30 have already s...
Displacement (M):
1600
Length Over All (M):
7.55
Construction:
Aluminium
BOAT REVIEW
Sealegs 8.5 Alloy Cabin
Launch
Sealegs’ new 8.5m Alloy Cabin take’s the company’s aluminium recreational range up another notch, a...
Horsepower (HP):
250
Displacement (M):
2230
Length Over All (M):
8.5
Construction:
Aluminium
BOAT REVIEW
Dan Leech L825 Power Cat
Launch
A family-friendly power cat cruiser, the Leech 825 was the design of choice for international ocean ...
Length Over All (M):
8.25
Construction:
Composite
BOAT REVIEW
Extreme 645 Game King
Launch
Bait Balls – a new Extreme 645 Game King equipped as a demonstrator for Josh Western’s marine electr...
Horsepower (HP):
200
Length Over All (M):
6.45
Construction:
Aluminium
BOAT REVIEW
Sealegs 7.7m Sport D-Tube
Launch
Sealegs continues to forge ahead, providing amphibious enablement systems (AES) to local and interna...
Horsepower (HP):
200
Displacement (M):
1690
Length Over All (M):
7.8
Construction:
Aluminium
BOAT REVIEW
Tristram 701
Trailer Boat
The 701 is the latest model release from Hamilton-based Tristram Marine, available in a soft top con...
Horsepower (HP):
300
Length Over All (M):
7.40
Construction:
Fibreglass (GRP)
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