S
ailfish burst onto the
Australian boating scene
way back in January 1993
with its impressive locally-
manufactured aluminium
twin hull designs that hit the mark
with Australian sportsfishers, divers
and nomadic seafarers. Twenty-five
years on and it has risen from humble
beginnings to become one of Australia’s
most successful marine manufacturers.
Sailfish has always offered a blend of
seaworthy offshore-capable packages
with maximised hull efficiency
delivering huge volume, deck space
and stability; all wrapped up into
towable-sized packages on innovative
alloy trailers. They carry their full
beam virtually all the way to the bow
and have enormously high sponsons
that appear mammoth when out
on the trailer. In reality, they pack
so much more volume and facility
into the compact packages than
equivalent-length monohulls, and offer
somewhat less weight than fibreglass
boats with similar purpose enhanced
by their innovations in alloy trailer
construction.
The high sponsons provide the
added safety of very stable self-
draining decks and the internal work
space is maximised creating mobile
sportsfishing/diving weapons. Sailfish
offers a range of cabin layouts and
options to suit long-range sojourns and
weekenders, but mostly with a leaning
towards providing terrific outdoor
facilities for day sports activity.
A brief look at just some of Sailfish’s
award successes reveals an impressive
story that includes:- 2014 Trade A Boat Magazine –
Finalist Aluminium Boat Of The
Year Canyon Master- 2015 Trade A Boat Magazine
Aluminium Boat Of The Year S - 2016 Trade A Boat magazine
Aluminium Boat Of The Year S - 2012 Australian Marine Export
Industry – Best export performer –
medium exporter - Ballina Chamber Of Commerce –
Business of the year – Industrial &
Trade Services + Manufacturer Of
The Year - 2012 Trade A Boat magazine –
Aluminium Catamaran Of The
Year - First ever Aluminium Catamaran
to be approved for Volvo Penta IPS
installation - 2017 NSW Safework Awards
Winner – Excellence In Workplace
Health & Safety Culture
FROM LITTLE THINGS
Sailfish Catamarans started from
humble beginnings in a little 152m²
factory in the Northern NSW township
of Alstonville, close to where the
magnificent Richmond River spills
to sea at the Northern Rivers mecca
of Ballina. Its first 5.5m offering was
displayed at the Sydney International
Boat Show some months later, enjoying
immediate acceptance and successfully
landing four more contracts for
complete BMT packages. Sailfish was
an innovator in manufacturing its
packages with custom aluminium
trailers to keep the towing weight low,
and the complete 5.5m package fitted
with twin 70hp engines retailed for
$34,999.
The team grew to cover the demand
and their continual devotion to success
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