First look: 2024 Bonito 760 CC cracks out of the mould

The 25-foot Bonito 760 CC will join the Bonito range as what its maker claims will be the ultimate Australia sportfishing centre console.

When it is completed in September, the Bonito 760 will be a boat built to run wide, featuring a 600-litre fuel capacity and a performance rating of more than 400hp.

Other features will include a full-height walk-through transom, a live bait tank that will extend three-quarters the length of the transom, and a flooded keel system to give it more stability at rest.

Best of all, the entire package is expected to come in at less than 3.5 tonnes sitting on a trailer, meaning you’re not going to upgrade the existing tow rig to haul it around.

The plug, which will be used to form the mould, shows a deeply flared hull with reversed chines that run all the way to the bow, as well as a pair of lifting strakes to help get the Bonito 760 CC up onto the plane.

The hull is based on the Magnum 27, a proven offshore racing hull that has been adapted to suit Bonito's needs for the 760.

Hull No.1 will be matched with a 400hp Mercury V10 Verado outboard engine.

The new Bonito 760 CC follows closely behind Bonito’s recent release of the Bonito 620 sportfisher. Initially launched as a centre console, the boat has added an “express” model featuring a wavebreaker and split console.

The new model was designed so that the bow section of the 640 Express can double as a casting platform, while below it is a large storage space that can also double as a sleeping space for those long overnight trips running wide.

Bonito Boats' Adam Gunton told boatsales the new 760 CC was born after several customers asked if he would be building a bigger boat.

He says he will start spraying the filler gel coat this week, the first step in making the hull mould.

The first boat will be a centre console, although based on the customer response to the 620 Express, Gunton said he "probably look at something like that" for the 760.

Gunton says he planned to lift out the first completed hull "in a couple of months" with that hull used to size the plug that will form the 760's top deck.

So what's after this? Gunton reveals he's keen to one day do a bigger boat that sits above the 760.

"It won't be too much bigger, but it will be bigger, he says.