Coastal boaters and anglers in these regions, including Australia and New Zealand, can now download relief shading chart content to exclusive BlueChart® g3 Vision cartography products for an easy-to-interpret, clear view of the ocean floor. “We remain committed to delivering the most detailed, accurate charts and maps for all of our customers across the globe,…
CRUISE CRAFT – WATERTESTING THE FIRST ‘FACTORY FIT’ MINN KOTO ELECTRIC BOW MOUNT MOTOR Electric motors have been installed on Cruise Crafts and other brands for quite a while but now this option is available as a ‘factory fit’ option from the Cruise Craft factory. Come and see how easy these electric motors are to…
He’s one of Team CruiseCraft’s most active members and a guru of offshore fishing as well as in stainless steel marine fabrication – David Green. Always willing to share advice and a first port of call if you are trying to figure out how to modify or repair something made of stainless steel, or even…
In a bizarre twist to traditional on-line internet romance stories, Graham Wells married his true love on Valentine’s Day – a gorgeous CruiseCraft Outsider 685. His first wife, Amanda attended, wearing black and flashing visual daggers at the new lady in Graham’s life who he said: “… is looking even more beautiful than the day…
Julie Daffy persuaded the CruiseCraft factory to build her a cruiser version of an Outsider 625 fully fitted with embroidered dashboard mat and seat backs, beige upholstery in the cockpit and Mocca suede in the cabin, a rear dining table, mood lighting, an up-market sound system, long range tanks and fresh water supply, special seat…
Kevin is a one of the industry’s most respected marine identities and an incredibly talented boat builder. He’s a second generation member of the famous Nichols boat building family. Now retired from active boat manufacturing, Kevin is a regular host at Team CruiseCraft events. Known under his call sign of Broomstick in fishing tournaments, Kevin…
He’s too modest to admit it, but Bill is an absolute guru on bar crossings and offshore fishing techniques. Most weekends he’s out on his specially kitted Explorer 685 teaching people the safe way to cross the notorious South Passage Bar between South Stradbroke and Moreton Islands. When not dicing with surf, pressure waves, wind…
He’s earned the nickname of CruiseCraft’s media tart – Brendon Tait. After a brilliant trip to fish the Boyne-Tannum Hook-Up, Brendon not only won one of the prize boats on offer, but he also appeared three times in one edition of the Gladstone Observer. Not only that, he followed it up with two appearances in…
Brett Lee started his lifetime association with CruiseCraft boats when he was just 10 years old. He fished for bream in a 10 foot timber dinghy built by Kevin Nichols when Kevin was doing his boat building apprenticeship. Brett ‘s father, Cec was a stalwart in the Southern Cross fishing club in Toowoomba. The club…
Not many kids grow up with a cougar as a playmate, but Jay Furniss pictured here, did. He and Mal McInnes have been mates since the Ark and from when Mal once owned the Golden River Zoo at Mildura in Victoria’s north-west. Pride of the exhibits was a house-tamed and trained cougar which even once…