Saintly Fish

@Bazzer welcome to the Outlaws. Make yourself comfy!!

A fine rare specimen indeed!

Especially for £15k, and 6m long 🤣

Nice one @Sevans. Good little sesh. you see @jonnyswamp, that's how it's done!!

I've had a pair of these for the last 6 years. Very good and float too. https://www.piratescave.co.uk/barz-optics-tavarua-sunglasses.html

I lifted this from another forum, it's from a Hardy owner at the time. Hi, I have a Hardy Fisher 20, I'm not sure there is a huge difference between the fisher and the pilot apart from the pilot having more windows and generally being more kitted out for staying on rather than deck space. I think the hull is the same... It looks like it anyway. Mine has a Mercury 75 four stroke and will plane very quickly when you open the engine up. Top speed is 24 knots and she will cruise very well at 18 knots. I would either keep it off the plane at 8-10 knots or get up on to the plane quickly though. You will use more fuel half way on the plane and the ride won't feel right. I'm not sure why you would want to do this? I usually want to get somewhere quickly to fish and will then move slower to get the right spot on the mark. As others have said have a look at the Hardy forum. This would suggest to me that the Pilot being made up for more overnighting than fishing would be slightly more heavy than the fisher too, so performance will be worse? It's seems it's either balls out or slow as fuck. If that suits you then great, if not maybe look elsewhere.

Don't worry Nick, we won't tell anybody!!!

I'm guessing these will all be dry weight with no luggage or hooomans onboard?

TBH, it doesn't matter what "We" think. What matters is the manufacturers recommendation. And if I were you I'd be getting the vessel with the largest manufacturer recommended engine. This doesn't always equate to the highest fuel burn, because more HP means less revs so less fuel and less engine stress.

Yep, can't fault Ian on his quality of goods and delivery at a great price. Plenty of other things we can fault though!! His pile drive is shit for starters!!

merry fishers don't like a chop, at planning speed you'll be slamming all over the show. You would need to slow down to Semi D speeds. But then even my 4 tonne tub slams in chop. I boat in the Solent and there is plenty of it here!!

That's a rather heavy boat for a 90hp engine. Unless pootling about you'll be drinking full and thrashing the engine. Looks in nice nick though.

Which one? Both I've shown are outboard powered.

@Captain Sensible how about an older Merry fisher?? https://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/boat/2006-jeanneau-merry-fisher-625-hb-9157199/ Or the smaller 585 marlin. https://www.boatsandoutboards.co.uk/boat/2007-jeanneau-585-marlin-9173718/

Boo, get out heckler!!

Yeah, well what do you know!!

And probably funnier

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He doesn't even do that!!

At least he tied his hook on properly!!

Oh yes indeed I did!! 🔥🔥🔥

Well that's fair enough, and guess what?? Yep, I'm not worried by that!! 🤣