gamefishing and one of the
best you’ll see in a 34-footer.
The extra 100mm on the
sheerline means you’ve got
more height off the water.
The upside to this is you
won’t get as much water
over the transom while
backing up but the downside
is that it is now quite a reach
to the water from the cockpit
if you need to bill a fish.”
The boats had yet another
move, to Arundel, Qld, but
continued as Deep Vee
Marine until production
finished around 2006.
Graham McCloy had left the
company in 2003 but Black
Watch/Deep Vee remained
big names on the lips of
every keen Australian sport
and game fisho, and they
sold well into all states, and
were also exported to the
USA, Middle East, South
Pacific, Mexico, and right
across Asia.
With a reputation as
fast, comfortable and very
dry offshore weapons,
many were built to survey
specifications and used for
gamefishing charter vessels.
Black Watch currently has
a new 40 design as well as a
34 under construction in its
current Gold Coast factory,
and has launched several
new models. In 2005 OscarFa s t ,
comfortable
and very
dry offshore
weapons,
many were
built to
survey spec
and used
as charter
vessels
Palas, an innovative young
naval architect, designed a
new 28 and this year Black
Watch released a new 28
Centre Console. Black Watch
also launched a range of
unsinkable Long Boats
in 2016, designed for the
Australian and South Pacific
markets.FEATURED 340
Game & Leisure Boats
currently has one of the last
Deep Vee 340s for sale. This
2005 model is described as
“a one-owner boat, rigged
and ready to fish. A brilliant
sea boat, huge open cockpit,
full enclosed bulkhead andMAIN tyle never goes out of fashion they say, and that's certainly S
true of this elegant gamefishing weapon
ABOVE TOP omprehensive helm has plenty of room for a couple of C
big multi-function screens when it's time to update
ABOVE & RIGHT Dancefloor has lots of storage yet remains
uncluttered; walkthrough in transom allows easy access
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