New Boat on the way

Should be picking myself up one of these in a couple of weeks.......

Can't wait :D

I'm very new to boat fishing so if any of you guys on the east coast have a few marks you wouldn't mind sharing..... PM away. Looking forward to meeting a few of the guys here on the water.

Kevin

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I'll find a bottle of champagne, where we going fishing? :D :wink:

Well done MAC, very nice, deeply envious...

Nice one Kev!
I'm sure you'll make it to Cork for a trip before the summer ends!
Tie up with Rob McClean, he's operating out of Greystones.

keep off the bennet bank or there will be trouble :D :D

Best of luck with her Kev, give me a shout if you ever need any info for this neck of the woods.

Nice one Mac i,m sure you wont be dissappointed with her , fine seaworthy boat .
8)
Andy

Well wear Kev lad, much jealousy in these parts......

Lovely MAC,

We must meet up this summer to do a few local marks...thats if I can get mboat probs sorted!! :? ...........sure Im only down the road from you.

Regards,

Cheers Lads,

Looking forward to getting her setup.

Jim / Sean, you can bet she will be heading west or south west during the summer. I will let you guys know if I'm in the area and we can get out together.

Starting to get excited now...

Kev

Nice one Kev, the very best of Luck with her :lol: :lol:

Nice one Kev.
Best of luck with her. Let me know if you are bringing her down this way. I will fix you up with a few marks.

Congrats Kevin, wish you the best in her.

nice one kev, you didnt go for that warrior? love the raiders

i have loads of marks for you, will give you them when you are over for the disgorgers.

might organise a late summer few days down in dingle. in aug or sept maybe?

talk to you soon, what size is the engine

Thanks again boys, She'll see Waterford that's for Sure Paul so I'll be giving you a call before I go.

I'll give you a call later Adam, the engine is a Mercury 60Hp 4 Stroke EFI
Was looking hard a a few second hand warriors, but I got this new for what some people are looking for a 3 year old warrior, and by all accounts there is not too much between them, although I'm sure some will disagree :lol:

I'm picking her up March 2nd so if you want to pop over for a look your more that welcome.

Dingle at that time of the year.... Count me in man.... I'll be there for sure.

Kev

its not a warrior....... wise choice.....

Well done Mac. Am a big Raider fan. Wish you the best with a brilliant boat.

nice boat kev,,, def have to meet up with you when i have word the tope are moving,,

good luck with her

Say hello to your new "mortgage"!!

Nice one, well jealous!

Kev

ps, Its going to be a bugger fluff chucking during the mayfly off her :lol:

ps, Its going to be a bugger fluff chucking during the mayfly off her :lol:

Not at all Kev..... I'll just use the Cuddy as a casting platform :lol: That should be some fun in a rolling wave.

Kev

I have the same setup - and am approaching my third (already?) season in the Raider. I'm very happy with mine, and I think you'll be very pleasantly surprised by the fuel consumption of the 60 EFI on the 16. I was out from DL Sunday before last and headed out to the Codling and East Codling bouys. I did 58 miles that day, nothing less than 5,000 rpm the whole way there and back, 2 up plus all gear and spare 22 ltr and 12 ltr tanks. By the time I stopped at Bray Head on the way back, I still had fuel left in the first 25 ltr tank. I might just have done the whole trip on that first tank, but I swapped over before continuing back to port. Cruising at 4,000 rpm - around 17-18kts, would have given even better mileage.

I find mine a real doddle to launch and retrieve single-handedly, and it is very comfortable in a chop.

It does not seem to porpoise, have a list problem (unless you're up forward) or have water ingress through the anchor locker, unlike some examples of another admirable and reputable but more expensive 16 ft angling boat!

I didn't notice from the photo if you have an aux bracket, but McAleese put one on for me, but it doesn't suit the boat - look at the Raider site for the better set-up. It would need a long shaft, not the short shaft supplied to me by McAleese.

Actually, I have a problem with the Aux, the steering friction doesn't work. McAleese advised me to lock the aux straight ahead with the friction screw, but Mercury says it's not designed to lock, and now it doesn't.

The aux is actually a bit of a millstone, to be honest - it's a pain to get on and off the boat and in and out of the car - mine is not even run in properly but has numerous paint chips already. I have it so feel the need to use it, "just in case", but the truth is that a new modern fuel-injected outboard is extremely reliable, and many people's view is that the money would be better spent on regular servicing of the main.

Speaking of which, I found McAleese rather expensive, and got it serviced at Viking.

If you would like to discuss other aspects of the Radier 16/60 EFI, let me know. In any event, enjoy the boat and land some good fish!