First Invincible catamaran lands in Australia

Boat Monster, Invincible’s Australian distributor, took delivery of the new boat at Port Kembla earlier this month, and it has since made its way to the group’s new showroom on Sydney’s northern beaches.

The brand had planned to launch at this year’s Perth International Boat Show, which was eventually cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic.

However, Boat Monster principals Sam and Lucy Wallrock said they planned to hold a separate event early in 2021 after already attracting a number of potential customers.

“We’re particularly excited about the Invincible catamarans and believe there’s a huge gap in the market here that we are ready to fill,” Sam Wallrock said.

The Wallrocks settled on the 35-foot model as the first one for the Australian market after trialling a number of Invincible’s boats – the company builds open and centre cab monohulls ranging from 10 to 13 metres, and catamarans ranging from 10 to 14 metres – at February’s Miami International Boat Show to assess what would work here.

Sam Wallrock said entering the Australian new-boat market was part of Invincible’s long-term plans.

“They [Invincible] see our markets as important to their long-term expansion plans and we are very happy to be able to get started and to show off this first boat,” he said.

“We expect it to be the first of many now that we can let customers get onboard and see the quality finish for themselves and to experience the fast, dry ride which is a hallmark of the Invincible catamarans.”

Invincible describes its 35-footer as a stable twin-hulled fishing platform that performs “better than a normal catamaran”.

In standard form, the boat has two aft live wells and four insulated fish boxes, and an optional starboard dive door. Buyers can then stack on more fishing features picked from a long list of optional extras.

The centre console can take up to 1200hp from its four outboard engines housed behind the flat transom, with a range of more than 500nm – that’s enough reach to take it from Sydney to Brisbane on a single fill.