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No, both two different things. Rivale is basically two almost identical moulds that sit close together where fibreglass is injected between making far stronger and lighter boats, hence the 2.3ton 4x4 parked ontop of the 4.85 hull in the video. They do that at all the boat shows ( park a 4x4 on one of their hulls). This also cuts production time down to around 1/3 I believe and has virtually no waste. Only certain hulls are currently made this way but they all use the specially impregnated ply or some kind of  foam board in a few hulls. 
I mostly had open boats when I lived in the UK, so I can't see why these wouldn't be an awsome little boat for back there. The kind of seas I mostly encountered around the IOW were from mostly wind action and very little in the way of the ground swells we encounter. Ground swells can be anything from 5-10m but offshore barely noticeable but when you get back to inshore bar crossing things can soon become more dramatic. This is part of why so many boats are powered relatively higher than the UK, you need instant power when following on the shoulder of a wave that meets pressure waves from outgoing tides etc at river mouths.
Take a look at this video about 17 mins in and onwards to see just how much better our small boats are over here when it comes to coming back through our bar crossings. My daughter had a near miss with the charter boat in the last couple of weeks that shook her up a fair bit. When a wave picks your 45ft cat up and throws you towards the rocks with around 20 passengers depending on you, it's not a good feeling. In the small boats it is a good feeling, I find bar crossing fun, a bit like JetSki playing.
 
Anyway these are some very good friends of ours who recently sold up home to live on a sailing cat, this just happens to be their latest video from a couple of days ago and shows a bar crossing looking ugly. Note how the sea looks quite reasonable offshore away from the crossing.
 
 

I'm using 20-30lb in the 131, not just the boat but particularly from the shore because of how well it casts. In saying that we are mostly flicking lures 30g or heavier, so can't comment on the very light lures. I should get a spool of 10lb or lower to see how it casts very light lures but getting any of this braid can be difficult as it's so popular and sells out fast even though it's around 3x more expensive than some braids. 
My daughter uses both suffix and sunline bellow 10lb casting unweighted softplastics which are about 1 1/2 inch long as well as hardbodies bellow 5g. She's away hunting due to bad weather pushing her off the water, not sure when she will return ( as soon as she gets a deer ) but I will find out more about the light braids when she does. She's already into her third day in remote wildernesses locations tottaly off grid.

Not just marine grease but high temp marine grease. If you use the kind of marine grease that is used on the engine to do the bearings to, you might find that it liquifies and finds its way out on big drives. Bearing buddies are used on most boat trailers here, these simply push grease onto the brearings under the pressure from a spring and are easy to top up using a grease gun.

I went through so many because most were rotten!!!..bit like many of the rust bucket cars I owned when I lived there. None were what I would now call decent boats. Thinking back on how my parents left me with people they barely new, even left me in a tent for two days when I was 4 at the IOW pop festival!!!!...Now the shoe is on the other foot and Ive abandoned them !!! 
That search for a great little boat that ticks all the boxes is an addictive one, I'm already looking at different boats having only owned my current one a few months. A boat that fits for towing long distances, handles offshore conditions and can still be used on shallow sheltered waters is hard to find. I also want something fast that won't use much fuel but most importantly have room to fish with JonC one day 🙃

Formally from the IOW where I owned around 20 boats over the years before leaving. First was when I was 12, bought from bait digging money and selling rabbits!!! Targeted most species on offer but mostly enjoyed sharking, back in a day when sharks were in very good numbers back there. Im still in contact with my old sharking buddies, some who came over here not to long ago chasing sharks. These days sharks are avoided as much as possible now that Im living in the land of oz.
Anyway finally got fed up of the cold wet weather and laying bricks and moved to the upside down land where fishing can be very different. In saying that Im just as happy cruising around in boats as I am wetting a line, being on, in or just around the water ticks my box.
No probs if being from the other side of the pond isn't accepted on here, just means I will have to stay in contact with JonC by postcard instead!!!
Jon the Pom

Its a Haines signature. They are the biggest and most awarded boat company here in Oz and come from an offshore blue water racing heritage. The company split from the Haines hunter side about 30 years ago and the standard of the hunter series fell in many peoples opinions. There's an interesting video if you enjoy boating stuff, which is in a couple of parts showing the factory and build. There are numerous signature models both big and small, with mine being in that small to mid size. The boat in the video with a 4x4 parked onto of it is a 4.85m very light weight boat which will probably be my next boat as these are so light and run very economically on 70-90 4 strokes (around 4km per litre). 
 

Omg JonC is going to be so moist right now. 
Very nice looking boat, what is it? 

Moist? He'll be gushing... 💦

Lovely looking rig. Geoff.☺️

This is my fourth version of this same hull, only bought this one because I missed out on the boat I sold my zodiac to buy. Other versions of this 540 hull Ive owned have had more cab space and less deck area, this one just came along when there was nothing else that suited my likes.
For me a boat needs to be able to be towed great distances as I like heading north to the tropics in the winter ( not last winter because of covid ). I like soft riding boats as mid morning winds normally reach 25knots and combine with large ocean swells. A 33' degree variable deadrise hull cuts through waves quite well at speed, the speed is needed to get back ahead of some storms or cyclones before things get pretty nasty. Chassing game species can be anything from casting distance from the shore to 120km runs offshore.
I also enjoy trips where i island hop around the southern end of the barrier reef, taking extra fuel and water for several day trips. Camping on islands about 80km offshore is great for getting away from it all.
The window opens in the middle and the front hatch swings open so you can work big popping gear from the bow on tuna etc. The door at the stern allow me to block and tackle big fish from the front seat post,or from the front ellectric anchor winch. I normally remove the seats from my boats but have seceded to leave these in for now. Plenty of underfloor storage hatches with this one too.
More power would be better but the Suzuki 140 does get a half decent speed out of it. We tend to go with max hp on small boats so we can run ahead of bad weather, with clear blue sky's you often see storm fronts and have plenty of time to get out of there path.
 

 
 
 
 

This is my fourth version of this same hull, only bought this one because I missed out on the boat I sold my zodiac to buy. Other versions of this 540 hull Ive owned have had more cab space and less deck area, this one just came along when there was nothing else that suited my likes.
For me a boat needs to be able to be towed great distances as I like heading north to the tropics in the winter ( not last winter because of covid ). I like soft riding boats as mid morning winds normally reach 25knots and combine with large ocean swells. A 33' degree variable deadrise hull cuts through waves quite well at speed, the speed is needed to get back ahead of some storms or cyclones before things get pretty nasty. Chassing game species can be anything from casting distance from the shore to 120km runs offshore.
I also enjoy trips where i island hop around the southern end of the barrier reef, taking extra fuel and water for several day trips. Camping on islands about 80km offshore is great for getting away from it all.
The window opens in the middle and the front hatch swings open so you can work big popping gear from the bow on tuna etc. The door at the stern allow me to block and tackle big fish from the front seat post,or from the front ellectric anchor winch. I normally remove the seats from my boats but have seceded to leave these in for now. Plenty of underfloor storage hatches with this one too.
More power would be better but the Suzuki 140 does get a half decent speed out of it. We tend to go with max hp on small boats so we can run ahead of bad weather, with clear blue sky's you often see storm fronts and have plenty of time to get out of there path.
 

 
 
 
 

No worries, distance is the cure!!!

That explains Jon's lip piercings them

Oh dear.... didn’t mean to open up old wounds...

That’s because he never took it out, apart from to take photos of scrap metal. 

Is this why Stains is all up tight?

Hi Jon and welcome. 
This is a monumental day for JonC. 
Since he learnt of your arrival this morning he’s been like a dog with two dicks. You will never truly understand the amount of man love JonC has for you. 
All he talks about on WhatsApp is how in awe he is of your legendary tales from Aus. 
I think you’ve really made his day. 
Having said that, I am going to have to double check your IP addresses to make sure your not the same person !!
Good to have you here regardless ! 
 

Hello Jon D, good to have you aboard, but please don't go making us too jealous! Geoff.☺️

Welcome Jon! Good to have you on board 👍

Welcome Jon D

Formally from the IOW where I owned around 20 boats over the years before leaving. First was when I was 12, bought from bait digging money and selling rabbits!!! Targeted most species on offer but mostly enjoyed sharking, back in a day when sharks were in very good numbers back there. Im still in contact with my old sharking buddies, some who came over here not to long ago chasing sharks. These days sharks are avoided as much as possible now that Im living in the land of oz.
Anyway finally got fed up of the cold wet weather and laying bricks and moved to the upside down land where fishing can be very different. In saying that Im just as happy cruising around in boats as I am wetting a line, being on, in or just around the water ticks my box.
No probs if being from the other side of the pond isn't accepted on here, just means I will have to stay in contact with JonC by postcard instead!!!
Jon the Pom

Gee mate, looks like its straight from a showroom.

Hello
my boat is a Starfisher 840. Powered by a Yanmar 6lpa dte shaft drive engine. 
She’s the perfect choice of family cruiser and fishing boat. 

Had her since May 2019, but always on the lookout for a decent upgrade deal. 😉



contrary to popular belief , the skipper always puts the crew on the fish. 🎣
 

I decided I didn't want to spend all my retirement working on my old boat, so I treated myself to a new Warrior 165 (MegaByte) which I collected from the factory on 26th August 2009.
 

Formally from the IOW where I owned around 20 boats over the years before leaving. First was when I was 12, bought from bait digging money and selling rabbits!!! Targeted most species on offer but mostly enjoyed sharking, back in a day when sharks were in very good numbers back there. Im still in contact with my old sharking buddies, some who came over here not to long ago chasing sharks. These days sharks are avoided as much as possible now that Im living in the land of oz.
Anyway finally got fed up of the cold wet weather and laying bricks and moved to the upside down land where fishing can be very different. In saying that Im just as happy cruising around in boats as I am wetting a line, being on, in or just around the water ticks my box.
No probs if being from the other side of the pond isn't accepted on here, just means I will have to stay in contact with JonC by postcard instead!!!
Jon the Pom