205 Conquest, 235 Conquest - nice boats, but I am bias.

and does anyone know of some good websites for boats to buy in the states?

there is a place called distinctive imports on berriman dr wangarra that seems to have a few american import boats in his yard might be worth a look...

www.boats.com

daym thats straight forward hahaha, cheers

my bro in law just got one from america i think its a striper?? anyway he got the check done over there before he bought it but it still came with some problems. one major one was the trailor, was a good trailor but as america doesnt have restrictions like us it was too wide for over here so he would have needed permits to drive it around.  if you were getting a new boat it would obviously take the risk away but if you were going 2nd hand to get a bigger/better boat for ya $$ then do your research!

well yeh my dad knows about the trailers. He goes there n buys corvettes n mustangs but i want him to buy me a boat so he will be over there to check it all. Probs get a trailer made here. He has a few mates who know alot about boats and will help us. But i wanna know what you boat fihos on fishwrecked reccomend me :). Only 22 and dont kno much about boats and boating but boy i want a boat right now haha

trophy ,boston whaler,striper wellcraft all have great bling look for something with out timber internals most have glass stringers now. These hulls are not built as solid as oz built boats i would by oz over import all day long eden craft ,cyclone, haines hunter ,cruise craft all built for our rough conditions in saying this i have spent a lot of time tournament fishing on trophys on the east coast  and cant fault them.

Sorry Nico, but I really can't believe what you have written!

There are some well built local boats but in general the fit and finish on the US boats is miles ahead of whats available locally.

Ah but you havent seen ours Till . . . Yet

http://www.yachtauctions.com/inventory.php?sortby=price

heres an interesting site.

235 conquest is my pick

good luck, I'm keen to know how it works out.

at 92c exchange its very tempting to press the buy button on some of these!!

Cheers

PG

the hull truth . com is a great site for boats.

peter.

Well fit and finish might have to go to the likes of cyclone ,monster,force, eden craft, formula and not to forget north shore and , fury here in the west. Go custom built with full vinylester stitch cloth hulls klegecell foam core internals hand lay up, vacuume bag may be infusion do some major stainless bling alluminium trailer twin rig with custom built features to your own liking it is not hard to build wow factor.Then you have a top notch rig fit,finish, build quality Support these small boat builders who struggle to compete even against the aussie boat building giants all good solid well built hulls. If we were all given the support and backing i am sure we would be up there with the yanks the imports are killing this countries marine industry people buying cheap imports then selling for bucklies some 2,5 at a time then moving on to another shipment.Of course this is my opinion and who am i to talk aussie aussie aussie.i dont mean to offend anyone but i am very passionate about the boat building in this country and worked with some of the masters of boatbuilding in australia and seen the quality first hand of what has and could be built in this awesome country of ours.

However i think the quality & service that some let themselves down on may push people to go abroad. I believe if you buy factory direct you can get what you want as in specs but the quality still needs to be there.

It is not limited to smaller builders aswell as i have seen some major brands getting let down by the after sales service of the distributor.

Unfortunately in this day and age pride in your work is a dying attribute not just in the boat industry. I know very cynical but just my opinion.

thanks everyone. im goin to do a search wit my dad. may even be goin tot he states with him :D a holiday along with a boat cant get much better than that