Inboard express cruiser Aquavette

sport-fishing

This boat is intended to fulfil the role of a quality, privately operated pleasure boat with charter capabilities, but is generally optimised for short duration coastal family cruising and sport fishing. Some charter operation is envisaged, so design and constructed is to New Zealand MSA Restricted Coastal survey requirements and will operate under the Safe Ship Management scheme. The vessel will most likely be based in Tauranga, although it may also be operated from a Coromandel boat shed. Therefore, launch and retrieval are possible from a public boat ramp using a custom built trailer. The boat may also be trailered on public roads with the appropriate over-width permits and pilots, and does not exceed 5m trailered height, thus diminishing requirements for lifting of power lines. Construction is from medium-tech foam sandwich composite, utilizing epoxy resins, cross-linked PVC foams and E-glass stitched/knitted reinforcements. Some carbon fibre unidirectional material is specified in stiffness critical members where it is considered cost effective to do so. Carbon fibre lifting lugs, similar to integral chain plates used on sailing boats, are incorporated into the structure of the vessel allowing the boat to be crane lifted without wrapping strops around the hull. The arrangement is divided into four basic areas the forward sleeping compartments, the main saloon/helm station and galley, the head and shower compartment and the cockpit.