Friday wrap: Hook, Line and Sinker’s The Saint comes up for sale

The boat was completely rebuilt over two years, with the most recent modification a new SeaDek floor. Hook, Line and Sinker’s Nick Duigan admits he may have tipped more than $80,000 into the project over the two years it has taken to complete the work.

While the reverse chine hulled boat may be decades old, the full composite rebuild has replaced all the original hull’s timber with Thermo-lite composite.

On the back of the boat is a 2019 Yamaha F200 outboard engine with fewer than 100 hours of use logged and providing “45-knot top-end performance”, as well as Seastar hydraulic steering.

A carry-over from the original boat is a solid teak windscreen surround, instrument binnacle and fridge compartment door. The Saint sits on top of a 20187 Seatrail dual-axle trailer.

All this could be yours for the bargain price of $63,000.

NSW has reminded the estimated 2 million people who take to the water each year in the state to be safe as it heads into the first-ever National Safe Boating Week.

“We want people to stop and think about what else could be done to improve their safety before and during every trip on a boat,” Transport for NSW safety, environment and regulation deputy secretary Tara McCarthy said.

“To the boaties, fishos, sailors and paddlers out there, as well as those who are just along for the ride, we all have a responsibility to be smarter about safety on the water.”

National Safe Boating Week, which runs until 2 October, combines the resources of the NSW government, the Boating Industry Association and volunteer marine rescue services.

“Our data shows that not wearing a lifejacket and not making considered judgements about weather conditions are some of the top reasons people get into trouble out on the water,” McCarthy said.

“The solution is pretty simple – wearing a lifejacket at all times and checking weather forecasts both before and during trips out on the water could save your life.”

The week will end with “Wear a Lifejacket to Work Day” on Friday, October 2.

Spain has taken the unusual step of banning boats from a stretch of water off its north-west coast after a spate of boat attacks – by a pod of killer whales.

Boats less than 15 metres long have been banned from the area for a week after at least three boats travelling along the coastlines of Spain and neighbouring Portugal reported to authorities that killer whales had attacked them, damaging their boats.

Damage has included broken rudders and teeth marks along a boat’s hull where the killer whales have rammed it.

One of the victims has even included a Spanish navy vessel.