Trade-A-Boat — February 2018

WINNER

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OPPOSITE LEFT TOP DOWN The Arvor
605 Sportsfish brought some Euro class to
AGB; The Robalo R227 showed flexibility in
design, scoring high for Innovation;
Caribbean’s 2300 Outboard shone in
Handling and Ride and Fishability.

TOP LEFT TO RIGHT Crestliner’s 1650

Super Hawk wowed in Handling and Ride;

Stabicraft’s 2050 Supercab carried on

where the 1850 left off, scoring high in

Innovation and Fishability; Bar Crusher’s

730 Hard Top did well for Design and

Layout, plus Handling and Ride.

BELOW LEFT TO RIGHT Surtees’ smallest

hardtop, the 5.5 offered good Handling and

Ride and Fishability; Savage’s 585C scored

highest for Value for Money in Fibreglass

and did well in Quality of Finish.

Haines Hunter called in the big guns, twisting the

arm of sponsored angler Jack Auld and his 675

Offshore to show how a serious angler sets up his

dream boat. It worked too, with the Haines Hunter

a judges’ favourite from first glance.

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