Issue #41

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Just released! Order issue #41 of The Captain Magazine. 

If the fish are going to be difficult, we may as well make the boats interesting.

• Edencraft 655 CC in Bermagui – the brand’s first-ever centre console meets its first real test: a biblical tuna bite that never showed, and bastard weather that did.
• Ascent Marine’s AXE 80 in WA – 600HP, double stepped hull, and a cray cook-up on Rotto with boat-building champion Daniel “Squeak” Roberts.
• Tommy Miller’s 28T in Geographe Bay – a bat-out-of-hell ride in a bare-bones bruiser. Fishing? Reluctant. Boat? Brilliant.
• Tidal Marine Tidal Flare raft-up at Rottnest – 14 boats, one forgotten Savage Ranger 24 mould, and a hull born to track true and stay dry.
• Floatables on the water – another raft-up, another questionable decision. This time with a skydive thrown in.
• Bonito 660 in Moreton Bay – Brisbane Sportfishing’s Ben Williams chases GTs in Brisbane’s backyard. Turns out the CBD has top-water action.
• The Captain’s Shark Cat repower – the ancient 700 Series gets new Honda BF250s courtesy of Sapphire Marine in Eden. She now cracks 50 knots.

Also inside:

• Sandy Resinwood on the sins of second-hand outboards
• The Boat Whisperer: how much horsepower is too bloody much?
• Adam Smith profiles underwater pioneer Simone Cousteau