by The Captain | Mar 13, 2021 | Adventures, All Stories
Something tasty just lobbed in The Captain’s porthole. It’s the new Clash II reel. The boffins at Penn reckon they’re toughest in class. We’ll see about that. We got in touch with charter operators Vic and Zane Levett from Ocean Hunter Sportsfishing to see if they...
by The Captain | Mar 13, 2021 | All Stories, Captain's ships
You may have noticed a few RIBs in The Captain lately. They definitely have their place in the boating order of things. People might think of them as just tender boats, but they dominate when it comes to diving, spearfishing and, er, hooning around. But do they pass...
by The Captain | May 20, 2020 | All Stories, Captain's ships
Paul Flynn loves his supersized Sailfish. His new rig is the first of the 3200 Platinum Sports range and features a beefed-up 3m beam and extended waterline length. It’s a dead-calm winter’s morning and The Captain’s crew is rugged up for a Sydney...
by The Captain | Dec 15, 2019 | All Stories, Captain's ships
In a Captain-first — actually, it’s probably a world-first, as nobody else would be so daft — we pit a brand spankin’ new Surtees 540 workmate worth $65K against a 93cm remote-controlled speedboat worth $900. Ladies and gentlemen, start your Fitbit. RC...
by The Captain | Jul 27, 2019 | All Stories, Captain's ships
When Dan Londero’s wife said, “Buy a bigger boat,” he went straight to the Grady-White showroom at Short Marine. Now he steers a sweet Marlin 300 with twin 300 HP Yammies and Furuno screens wrapped in a custom dash. The Captain is...
by The Captain | Jul 27, 2019 | Adventures, All Stories
Armed with a case of Budweiser, a mask and fins, a couple of fishing rods and a Grady-White Freedom 325, Alli Ficarra goes in search of Sydney’s coolest coves. Sydney Harbour is IMO the best waterway in the world. It takes a lot for me to say that. Ya see, I’m a...
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