Boating New Zealand - May 2018

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Kirk’s Waverunner

is fully kitted out

for sport fishing.

It features a large

icebox, integrated

rodholders

and powerful

electronics. The ice

box is plumbed to

function as a live

bait tank.

We’d squeezed in a lot of ishing and covered a fair bit

of water in a relatively short time, which, says Kirk, is one

of the many attractions of ishing from a PWC.

“hat’s what’s so great about them. hey’re fast, so you

can cover a lot of water quickly, and they have the range to

go a long way.”

Good skis will handle rough water without pounding

their riders to pulp and they’re amazingly stable at rest,

says Kirk, making them good ishing platforms.

With so much demand on people’s time these days, the

ability to launch a PWC, blast out to your chosen ishing

ground and then return home within a few hours should

not be undervalued.

It’s one of the many things Kirk loves about jet-ski

ishing, but he also enjoys hitching up the ski and heading

away for a day, a weekend or longer: “It’s easy to tow, I can

launch it just about anywhere and it’s not a hassle to park

after a day on the water.”

It’s also easy to clean up, requiring nothing more than

a hose and a soft brush. Flushing the engine is painless,

thanks to the hose attachment itted for the purpose,

while the engine compartment remains dry and requires

little attention other than usual engine servicing.

Kirk’s ski carries enough fuel to give him a range of

over 100 nautical miles – he’s run all the way to Arid Island

east of Great Barrier and back again from Matarangi on

the eastern coast of the Coromandel Peninsula without

needing to dip into the extra fuel he was carrying.

WHAT TO LOOK FOR IN A FISHING PWC

I asked Kirk what attributes made a PWC suitable for ishing.

First up, he says, is size. Bigger skis provide superior

performance and comfort in rough water and tend to be

Propspeed prevents marine growth from bonding

to metal surfaces below the waterline.

Propspeed is the cost-effective way to keep your

marine vessel running at its peak performance.

For more information visit

http://www.oceanmax.com