Every boat's wake sits inside these two lines, whatever her speed.
Drag on the water to steer and open the throttle. Arrow keys work too.
Bay 07 6.2 m bowrider New
New and used boats at the Holdfast Bay marina. Every one leaves the pen with you aboard before anyone signs. This one's warmed up. Take the helm.
Speed 22 knots, trim 3.8 degrees bow up, on the plane.
Trim is the angle bow to stern. On the plane means riding up on the water instead of pushing through it. Figures worked out on this page from the drawn hull. Illustrative.
Six boats in the yard. Pull a card for the whole sheet: what she’s good at, what she isn’t, and what the survey found.
Used
| Length | 5.4 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 2.1 m |
| Draft | 0.3 m |
| Displacement | 780 kg |
| Engine | Outboard, 410 hrs |
| Fuel | 90 L |
| Berths | None |
| Where she lies | Dry stack, rack 2 |
Yard note Mornings. Home by eleven.
New
| Length | 6.2 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 2.4 m |
| Draft | 0.35 m |
| Displacement | 1,250 kg |
| Engine | Outboard, run in at the yard |
| Fuel | 150 L |
| Berths | None |
| Where she lies | Pen 14 |
Yard note The one on the water up top.
Used
| Length | 7.8 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 2.7 m |
| Draft | 0.6 m |
| Displacement | 3,600 kg light |
| Engine | Sterndrive, 640 hrs |
| Fuel | 400 L |
| Berths | 2 |
| Where she lies | Pen 9 |
Yard note Take her out in the afternoon.
Used
| Length | 9.4 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 3.3 m |
| Draft | 0.9 m |
| Displacement | 6,800 kg |
| Engines | Twin shafts, 1,180 hrs |
| Fuel | 800 L |
| Berths | 4 |
| Where she lies | Hardstand, bay H6 |
Yard note On the hard. See the survey.
Used
| Length | 8.5 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 2.9 m |
| Draft | 1.7 m |
| Displacement | 3,300 kg |
| Engine | Inboard diesel, 290 hrs |
| Fuel | 60 L |
| Berths | 4 |
| Sails | Main and headsail, two seasons in them |
| Where she lies | Pen 31 |
Yard note Wants a crew of three.
She’s in the water at pen 22. Photographs when she’s on the hard next month.
Used
| Length | 10.6 m |
|---|---|
| Beam | 3.5 m |
| Draft | 1.9 m |
| Displacement | 6,900 kg |
| Engine | Inboard diesel, 1,900 hrs |
| Fuel | 150 L |
| Berths | 6 |
| Where she lies | Pen 22 |
Yard note Built for the Passage.
Every boat looks right at the pen. Put four people, a full tank and the esky on it, then take it past the breakwater at three in the afternoon when the sea breeze is in. That’s the boat you’re buying.
Drag the load on and watch the waterline. Trim is the angle bow to stern, heel is the lean to one side, and freeboard is how much hull is left above the water. Less of it means more spray in the cockpit.
Pick a load, then a place on the deck. Or drag it on.
Bay 11 hardtop cruiser
Trim 0.3 degrees bow up, heel 0.0 degrees, freeboard 1.02 m at the bow and 0.44 m at the transom, 3840 kg.
That’s a fair load for her.
Illustrative. Worked out on this page from the drawn hull, balanced in still water.
Nobody signs at the pen. We go out, we come back, then we talk.
We walk the hull together, dry. Open every hatch you like.
Four knots, and you steer. Listen to the engine.
Open it up. A hard turn each way, then stop it dead and let it drift.
The survey sheet and your questions. Nobody signs on the day unless they want to.
Your run, a few minutes ago.
The offing is the stretch of sea you can see from the beach, out past the moorings. That’s where we open her up.
Every used boat goes on the hardstand before she goes on the rack. Then we write on the photos. This is Bay 12.
New, fitted last week. The old ones were down to a third. Anodes are the zinc blocks that corrode so the bronze doesn’t.
Fine crazing by the waterline, port side. Cosmetic, not structural. We’ll show you, and tell you what it costs to fix if you want it gone.
No play at the bearing. We checked twice.
One season left in it. Less if she sits in the pen all summer.
None of this is a secret. It goes on her card, and it stays there.
The hardstand is the concrete where boats sit out of the water. Ours is behind the marina, with the dry-stack shed at the back.
We lift her at the well and wash her off before she sits anywhere.
For antifouling and survey. Anodes and antifouling done by the crew if you’d rather not. Bay 12 is on H6 now.
Racked three high under a roof. Call ahead the night before and she’s in the water when you get here.
Ask us for the rates.
A small crew. We lift the boats, service them, survey them and take every trial ourselves. We know each hull in the yard, and if the one you like doesn’t suit the water you’ll use it on, we’ll tell you, and show you the one that does.
Tell us which boat and where you’ll use it. We’ll pick a morning when the Gulf is doing what you’ll actually meet.