Haines Hunter 400 Sea Wasp
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Enjoy your boat Purple, it seems to be serving you well & keeping you happy. In the end that's what it's all about 'happy boating & fishing"
Enjoy your boat Purple, it seems to be serving you well & keeping you happy. In the end that's what it's all about 'happy boating & fishing"
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I take it you got a Formula 15 ? 'Nice' :thumbsup:ducky wrote:Little beast mate.
I've got it's slightly bigger cousin. Love it.
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Yeah mines an ex tiller that's been converted to cc.Fish-Hunter wrote:I take it you got a Formula 15 ? 'Nice' :thumbsup:ducky wrote:Little beast mate.
I've got it's slightly bigger cousin. Love it.
I'm keen to do a rebuild on it and dress it up a little but house renos and everything else keeps getting in the way. One day...
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What differences handling wise have you noticed between the 2 boats.Fish-Hunter wrote:The Haines Hunter 400 Sea Wasp is an awesome tiller steer fibreglass boat, it handles better than my previous 4.55m Savage Ranger alloy centre console & is more capable in rough choppy Port Phillip Bay afternoon SW blows.
and does the haines have trim control or just a std tiller.
i think at some stage or the other every tinny has a weld let go here and there.
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I take it was a capstan style winch and not a drum? Any particular reason for deleting it or just didn't want it?Fish-Hunter wrote:The strengthing work was done on the bow's front 'Top Deck' area, as the previous owner had an electric anchor winch mounted on the bow which he removed, I got Haines Hunter after care centre to totally re-fibreglass the area strengthening it even further than standard by 3 extra layers of fibreglass matting & finish the top area again with fresh gel coat, they hand layered 3 extra sheets of glass matting underneath, then they re-flow coated the new glassed under bow area 'as new finish' & after they re-gel coated the top bow deck area, the final finish was flawless as you expect from the Haines Hunter factory.cobby wrote:Boat looks a million bucks. Just got a few questions though.
What was the strengthening work done by Haines?
How's the 2 banger on fuel?
Is the permatrim a necessity or more a fix for a minor lift problem?
Did you have a tank put in under the floor or are you running a tote in the bilge area?
Yes, I'm 95% ditching the kayak for a wasp
The new Sea Wasp's are actually over built Haines Hunter advised, they are over engineered & made super strong with a matrix structure & extra glass & thick gel coat finish. I can vouch for that my Sea Wasp is rock solid, cuts through choppy/rough Port Phillip bay conditions like a knife.
The Mercury 2 stroke is an electric start version & is great on fuel, no under floor tank, but I run a 25 fuel tank up front under the casting platform & on a big day's Snapper fishing at the top of the bay, running about from the Warmies ramp to P2, Fawkner Beacon areas & in between covering a lot of Snapper ground am lucky to use 8 to 14 litres.
The Permatrim isn't necessary, but it certainly helps get more lift & tracks better worth the $120.00, the Solas stainless prop has got slightly extra cupping so it gets more bite of the water, just little things that make a small difference. I outfitted my Sea Wasp with everything 316 stainless steel, I didn't spare any expense, it is worth doing properly the first time.
'Cobby' if you get a Sea Wasp you will be happy, you get a boat that can go freshwater lake or estuary fishing, hunt PPB Snapper, KGW, Calamari etc in rough conditions & travel out wide safely, even do some light offshore work at Apollo bay or Portland etc no probs. :cheers:
New cost is approx $15000.00 for a basic BMT setup, then depending on the fit up you can easily spend another $3k to $5k, even less if you find a top condition 2nd hand one, but late models rarely show up for sale & usually are snapped up quickly.
14 litres from ~50km of travel is a lot better than I was expecting. Is there much room left under the front deck with the fuel tank, particularly for a large battery? I was pricing up a couple with the 4 stroke as fuel capacity and usage is critical for my requirements but if you're getting roughly 3km per litre with the 2 stroke then a 25l plus a spare 12 or so litre tank when needed should be adequate for the 2 stroke and save the $4000 or so difference in cost.
I've been keeping an eye on the market, original hulls cost a bomb, cootacraft little rams are non existent and I couldn't be bothered waiting for a new build when I'm in a position to pull the trigger so I'm basically left with a new Haines build