New boat almost done.

[breamboy]

Been 3 months of suspense but shes only a couple of weeks away now cant wait to get her.
Formosa 450 Barra Pro with a Suzuki 60 on the rear.
Only pic ive got.

[breamboy]

[spawn_again]

looks very good mate how does she handle?

[breamboy]

Just got back from a week up at the Genoa and she went beautifully. Handles like a dream no dramas in 1 1/2 ft of water and with the 60hp 4 stroke used less than half a tank of juice so will be even better once shes had her first service.
Very stable even with 2 of us on one side and for a 4.5m boat i have not seen or been in a boat with that much room or freeboard and still be able to motor/drift over the sandbanks while flicking.
If i was buying one again i would probably go for the 70hp just that by the time i finish fitting her out the extra hp may come in handy but no biggie.
Top speed with the 60hp was 53km/h.

Unlike a lot of other brands these are not massed produced and each boat is hand made from cutting out the template to all the welding and being fully customizable to what you want which was a big seller on my behalf.
Coming from a Quintrex side console and my boat before that a Mako Craft i would never go back or look at them again. Just so happy with how she came up.

[lukereneeseth]

any particular reason for the Barra 450 over the Sea-Rod Deluxe 455 Side Console? I've narrowed my search down to a custom Aquamaster or Sea-Rod 455.

[breamboy]

Main reason i went the Barra Model was for fishing in the shallows in the estuaries, but if i was using it in deeper water say out in the bay ect i would go for the Deluxe 455 side console as its a deep V compared to the Barra being more of a hornet style.