The R series is Haines Hunter's latest boat series, and is a range that caters to the high demand runabout market. The low profile cabin featured on the R Series adds to its sporty feel, allowing the driver greater vision and that real sports car…
Topics:Haines Hunter
Issue: June 2006
BORN ENTERTAINER
Hit the water, crank the tunes and pop the champagne — this boat loves a good party!
WORDS WARREN STEPTOE
Anyone who loves boats will develop a soft spot for the pride and care that shows through …
Topics:Streaker Boats
Issue: October 2003
Manufacturer: Streaker Boats
You only have to sit down and talk with Leon and Paul Savage, from Melbourne based Streaker Boats, for a few minutes to find out just how passionate they are about the boats they build. Which was…
Topics:Streaker Boats
Issue: September 2003
Manufacturer: Streaker Boats
Up until only recently if you had asked me to summarise Streaker Boats I would have said, “excellent rough water boats, designed to take on Port Phillip Bay’s atrocious conditions a…
Topics:Streaker Boats
Issue: October 2001
Manufacturer: Streaker Boats
Mortein's motto is "When you're on a good thing stick to it". But boat manufacturers - at least one anyway - don't believe this is the case at all. Leon and Paul Savage, the…
Topics:Streaker Boats
Issue: April 2004
Manufacturer: Streaker Boats
If there was ever a purpose-built boat with the handling characteristics, layout and fishermen-friendly features to take on Melbourne’s Port Phillip Bay’s fickle conditions and come out…
Topics:Streaker Boats
Stingray 190LS Bowrider and 240CS Sports
Issue: April 2001
Just when you thought the exchange rate had strangled the American import market into submission, South Carolina-based Stingray has hit Australian shores.
This manufacturer concent…
Topics:Stingray
Stinger Rampage 580
Issue: January/February 2006
Stinger Season
Here's a new 5.8m vessel that takes longboat design and construction to a higher level.
WORDS + PHOTOS MICAH ADAMS
A friend of mine asked me to find him the ideal bo…
Topics:Stinger
Stessl Stinger 480
Issue: April 2003
Manufacturer: Stessl
Stessl have been undergone something of a rebirth of late, part of which included a comprehensive review and upgrading of its products. As a result, the Modern Boating team tested the f…
Topics:Stessl
Stessl Edge Vee Angler 415 and Tracker Rail 435
Issue: January 2002
Manufacturer: Stessl
Just to confuse the great tinnie debate even further, Stessl released two new additions to its already extensive range. And while these boats may look l…
Topics:Stessl
Stessl Edge Tracker 435
Issue: April 2004
Manufacturer: Stessl
If the Modern Boating team wasn't overly impressed with the latest generation of Stessl Edge Tracker hulls before this test, we certainly were after it was finished. And here…
Topics:Stessl
Stessl 5.5 Bluewater Platerix
Manufacturer: Stessl
Although theoretically this is a runabout in configuration, Stessl’s 5.5m Bluewater is so big that it puts a whole new slant on runabouts. It’s a runabout blended into a cuddy cab…
Topics:Stessl
Stessl 4.6M Bass Boss
Issue: April 2002
Manufacturer: Stessl
Stessl build aluminum boats to suit all tastes from the cheapest, most basic tinnies to some of the most specialised aluminium sports fishers in the business. And the 4.6m Bass Bos…
Topics:Stessl
Stejcraft Extreme
Issue: January 1999
Among the outstanding craft at Melbourne Boat Show last year were two new releases from local manufacturer Stejcraft Boats - the classy Monaco family runabout and an eye-catching bowrider-styled inboard c…
Topics:Stejcraft
Stebercraft 28
Issue: October 2003
Manufacturer: Steber
Alan Steber and the team at Stebercraft have won many awards and had numerous accolades piled on them over the years and with good reason. They have been at the forefront of the Aussie …
Topics:Steber
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