Boating New Zealand - July 2018

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PACKAGES FROM

$ POA

PRICE AS TESTED

$284,000

MANUFACTURED BY

Extreme Boats

http://www.extremeboats.co.nz

Extreme 795

Walkaround

loa 7.93m

beam 2.8m

deadrise 21 degrees

construction aluminium,

8mm bottom plates

engine Yamaha 300hp four-stroke

fuel 400 litres

weight on trailer 2900kg

approx (std steel trailer)

height on trailer 3.4m

cruising speed 25-30 knots

max speed 40 knots

SPECIFICATIONS

Beautifully-presented package

that’s strongly built and an

excellent sea boat

Walkaround configuration

combines fishability with

hardtop comfort

Suitable for day fishing or

longer expeditions

HIGHLIGHTS

WATCH IT

also made changes to the chines. he underwater

coniguration deinitely works because the 795

feels eminently competent and handles very nicely.

And while this is a dry boat, we still needed the

windscreen wiper later in the day after the breeze

got up some more for the return run to Tutukaka

into wind and sea.

his boat inspires conidence: it behaved very

well, no matter which way I pointed it or how

hard I swung on the wheel. Even though it was

reasonably choppy, most of the time I was happy to

helm sitting down in the comfortable bucket seat.

Ultralex hydraulic steering is efortless and the

helm position feels just right.

We didn’t need extra ventilation on such a

cold morning but on a warm day sliding side

windows and an opening overhead skylight should

keep things comfortable under the hardtop. It

is surprisingly roomy inside the centre cabin.

he seating arrangement works well, including a

reversible backrest for lure watching. here’s decent

storage in the seat bases, which also house

a cooker, gas bottle, plumbed sink, drawers and

a 12V refrigerator, and the hardtop ofers plenty

of handholds, whether you’re standing up or sitting

down.

BEST OF BOTH WORLDS

he Extreme 795 Walkaround combines the

comfort and shelter of a conventional hardtop

or cabin boat with the enhanced ishability of

walkaround side decks and ishing foredeck. It

also combines class-leading build quality and

presentation with excellent performance, handling

and ride characteristics.

he model carries enough fuel for serious

ofshore ishing, as well as long-range stay-away

trips, made possible by the convenience of cooking

facilities, a toilet and decent sleeping berths. Able

to be trailered to wherever the ish are biting, the

Extreme 795 Walkaround is a ishing weapon –

a fast, comfortable and good looking one. BNZ

MAIN PHOTO The Exteme 795 Walkaround is good

looking from any angle. The solar panel on the

hardtop roof keeps the vessel’s batteries topped up.

BELOW The wide open, SeaDek-lined cockpit ofers

security with high sides and drop-in transom doors,

along with excellent access to the caged boarding

platforms across the transom. Tuna tubes and a live

bait well are built in across the stern.