by The Captain | Jul 21, 2022 | Uncategorized
Clayton McDiarmid says this Haines Hunter V17R hot rocket is his first and last rebuild — but the effort to get his perfect ride was all worth it. THE CAPTAIN: We’ve never heard of Boyne Island — please explain. CLAYTON: It’s a small, peaceful coastal...
by The Captain | Oct 12, 2021 | Adventures, Articles
It might be his Italian background, or maybe it’s because he grew up in a remote coastal town like Marlo. Kyle Dicecco has a unique ability to make the simple look beautiful. While most of us are striving to strip back the layers, he’s already camped there. Need a...
by The Captain | Oct 5, 2021 | Articles, Captain's ships
There have been some epic rides and awesome destinations. Here we list 21 of them. There have also been many highs and a few lows. So, grab the popcorn and take a tour through The Captain’s memoirs. Picking favourite boats is like picking your favourite...
by The Captain | Jul 10, 2021 | Articles, Captain's ships
The Captain and Whitepointer face off in an outlandish, highly impractical, shootout that only The Captain would be prepared to publish. May the best cheat win. Erick Hyland agreed to rebuild the Captain’s clapped out Haines Hunter 445F on one condition — that we...
by The Captain | Jun 7, 2021 | Articles, Captain's ships
The two 565 hulls sitting side by side have caught the attention of Eden local — and father of Edencraft — Ron Doyle. The Captain’s crew gets wind that Ron’s on location, and before long he’s looking down the lens of a large video camera answering questions. ...
by Travis Godfredson | Apr 16, 2020 | Captain's ships, How to, Uncategorized
Kyle Dicecco crafted almost every part of this tough-as-fug Haines Hunter V17L, including the glasswork, fuel tank, stainless, paintwork and even the trailer! Words by The Captain and Kyle Dicecco, images by Kyle Dicecco The fishing is brilliant off the remote coastal...
by The Captain | Dec 15, 2019 | Articles, Captain's ships
“If you have to ask the missus for one of these game-fishing beasts, don’t bother calling back,” says old-school boat builder Erick Hyland. WHITEPOINTER Erick’s sales pitch for his Whitepointer 263 boats is pretty damn compelling. The Haines Hunter crew trained...
by The Captain | Jul 26, 2019 | Articles, Project boat
The Nub-Tub is finally ready for the fit-out phase. We take her to the experts at Johnson Bros Marine who say, “We’ve never seen anyone want to fit this much shit to a 4.5m boat in our lives.” Trav and his cohort of contractors have slogged away on the base for three...
by Travis Godfredson | Dec 6, 2018 | Articles, Project boat
When The Captain made the big decision to saw off the transom of Nub Tub, he couldn’t bear to cut up his baby. So he called in Josh Hammond from Ocean Custom Marine to do his dirty work. The Captain’s project boat, Nub Tub, wasn’t supposed to get...
by The Captain | Mar 13, 2018 | Articles, Project boat
Time to rip and strip Nub Tub, the Captain’s Haines Hunter 445F back to bare bones before building her back up to survey class, courtesy of Erick Hyland from Whitepointer glass boats in Cann River, Victoria. Erick shares his version of events… The...
by The Captain | Oct 26, 2017 | Adventures, Articles
Travis Hogan dreams big in a small trailer boat, hunting for black marlin in a Haines Hunter V19 We may live in Far North Queensland, but that doesn’t mean the gamefishing is at our doorstep. In fact, it’s further away than you’d think – it’s about 40 nautical...
by The Captain | Jun 14, 2017 | Articles, Captain's ships
The Captain jumps aboard the toughest, meanest V19 he’s ever seen. The Captain has skippered everything from a 3.8m Polycraft to a 50ft flybridge, and has come to the conclusion that his ideal all-purpose rig is around the 19ft mark, or just shy of 6m....
by The Captain | Jun 14, 2017 | Articles, Captain's ships
Dear Boat Builder, Put that chopper gun or TIG welder down. This is serious business – it’s The Captain’s first (un)official Boat Builders’ Survey. The Captain trusts you will promptly divulge all company secrets. So c’mon guys, what have you got to lose? The...
by The Captain | Mar 14, 2017 | Articles, Project boat
The Captain’s crew takes two steps forward and 445 steps backward on the project boat rebuild. Nathan Laidlaw, master craftsman at Boat Box, seen below chopping like an ’80s rock star, gave The Captain’s crew a crash course in filling and fairing holes...
by The Captain | Feb 28, 2017 | Adventures, Articles, Captain's ships
Why we do it. This is the test the public demanded. More so than the manufacturers, anyway. Which is why we never told them about it. Any of them. To prove our point, when the first Facebook post dropped, The Captain’s mobile lit up with phone calls with a Victorian...
by The Captain | Nov 8, 2016 | Articles
LUKE RYAN, PERTH, WA STYLE: I do a variety of fishing, from offshore jigging and heavy tackle to light breamin’. BOAT: I have a Haines Hunter Patriot 680 with a Yamaha 225HP. ELECTRONICS: Currently I have two Simrad NSS12 Evo2s. I run an...
by The Captain | Mar 18, 2016 | Adventures, Articles, Captain's ships
Harry Foullas spent seven years rebuilding a 1977 Haines Formula 233. He gave up several times, but now he’s finished, he’ll never sell her. The Captain knows this because we offered the neighbour’s house for it. THE CAPTAIN: WOW, WHAT A REBUILD. WHY A...
by The Captain | Sep 14, 2015 | Articles, Project boat
If there are fish on the chew, there’s usually a Haines Hunter 445F prowling nearby. These classic consoles might look like a bathtub, but their reputation as a giant killer is legendary. They’re as stable as an old gum tree, ride the waves like a Malibu surfboard,...
Recent Comments