We are NZ's biggest trailer boat manufacturer. Most volume is sold here in NZ, most value in Aus and fastest growing market US.
We were up to 50 on deck pre GFC and are nearly back there now. We have built from the same site for 19 years and have been doing this for just under 25 years all told.
We build on platform hulls. This hull, the 2880, shares its genetics with the 2570 hull. The difference being 3.1 feet in length.
Both can come with different cabins, Supercab, Supercab Plus (lengthened cabin) and now Pilot House.
Its worth saying we name our boats by the AYBC LOA standards in (would you believe this...) Deci-feet. A hybrid of imperial and metric. A 2880 is 28.8 feet LOA. 1850 Fisher 18.5....
Every boat is built on the same principles, rigid hull, rigid pontoon style. All aluminum. All are pressure tested and baffled for safety. We pride ourselves on being virtually unsinkable. Only the foolish and very unlucky have proved this wrong.
All boats above 15 feet are jig built and some littl'uns are too. They are built downwards from the pontoons to hull then flipped for the top sides.
All pretty simple stuff really.
I'll let some pictures fill in some more gaps. Any questions fire away.
This is the jig for the 2570 & 2880's. Here is a 2570 on the go for Australia.
Here the pontoon is being pressure tested. We test them over night.
Yes, extrusion is used in most of our boats.
Our guys get plenty of feedback from the market about their welds, I hope you enjoy them.
Coming along
The cabin height is set at 6foot 7 inches, a wee bit small for me but god for most. We set all of our 21+ Supercab cabin heights at this.
Our GIII pontoons feature an aggressive chine. They turn sharp and plane very economically. We get great feedback from those that get on them
She only has 95gallon tank. Optional for more.
And on an aside, the little black 2150 Supercab in the foreground here just won Australia's Greatest Boats with Trailer Boat. That makes three wins from three entries. The 2150 has also won NZ Trade-A-Boat's Boat of the Decade and she was first equal at NZ's premier boat show in her class.
More pictures in our folders if your looking.
Cheers,
Tim.