But, the boat now sat there, a truly ugly cow sitting on a smart trailer, with a cool looking motor hanging off the arse end. Now, the boat itself was at my mercy. The hull It should be said right off that whoever designed the main hull shape, the wet bit, knew their job. It works safely and well and is a joy to drive, even in somewhat scary conditions. But whoever put together the white bits above the rubbing strip should be used for hairtail berley.
Allowances being made for a decade-old design, there are still two dreadful design features.
The lesser of the two is the rounded tops to the side gunwales. They are too narrow to take inset rod holders. I got the rod holders I use now from Compleat Angler in Villawood, heavy duty bronze wire holders that fit onto the cutest little bronze brackets mounted inside the gunwales back near the stern seats. They are multi directional and can be instantly removed and put away for safe keeping. But the worst feature of this boat was the anchor set up.