Stacer 539 Bay Master

The rear lounge utilises a profile cut bracket at each end which are attached to the inner liner coming down from the coamings. This bracket allows the bench seat to be set up with the fold down support legs, or hung in a higher rebate so that the base hangs vertical with plenty of toe-under access for stability. The seat then becomes a shin guard when standing across the back fishing and is just as quickly removed from the boat for storage at home when not required.

Telwater has done a lot of work in the back end of this model and the results are very practical indeed.

The cockpit deck is drained via scuppers installed in a raised platform across the transom and water is channelled via plumbing overboard. This raised platform runs full beam and the centre section has a removable lid to access the battery and ETEC oil reservoir which normally sit atop this area. They are now hidden down in the bilge along with the auto bilge pump. With this gear removed, installation teams have ready and easy access to all of the bolts for the engine mount.

Effectively most of the platform top is now available for storage space though a very small amount of it is taken up on the starboard side with wiring looms, isolation switch and fuel filter.

Ideally, a couple of plastic tubs with one part of Velcro tape fixed to the bottom would make for some secure storage here. A small kill tank recessed in the deck forward of the raised platform is made from rotoform moulding and another, quite a bit larger, is forward of that.

The side pockets are apertures in the padded cockpit liners. Most of the length of these liners meet the floor and hold in place the secreted flotation material but there are some rebates cut into it through which the toes may insert to give those standing at the gunwales better balance when fishing.

Under foot at the helm the deck has a rebate of about 90 mm going abeam. Those short in stature and seated here will have their legs swinging due to the height of the afore-mentioned ‘bum’ seat when it is in a retracted position. No big deal though, a couple of ice boxes here would serve a number of purposes; including that of a foot rest. Perhaps a fixed foot rest might be the better option to some.

Typically for a Telwater boat, there is a heavy accent on the rotomold panels throughout. The helm station has had plenty of this treatment with a brow for the supplied Evinrude ETEC outboard instrumentation and a lower rebate in which the Lowrance depth sounder cabinet fits perfectly on its mount.

The Lowrance VHF radio is fitted here along with mechanical cable steering hub and wheel.

Opposite in front of the passenger seat a small glove compartment will keep goods out of the sun but most likely not too dry in inclement weather and there are a couple of rebates to hold gear.

The windscreen is constructed of three-piece wrap around acrylic installed in a frame with a sturdy grab rail running across its back. This grab rail is a standard item also which is good to see. Something so important for safety and comfort often isn’t.

The Telwater designers really had their thinking caps on when sorting the layout aft of the transom.

This area on nearly all outboard-powered boats is usually subject to a fair amount of clutter from wires and looms. What we found on the 539 was a loom tube exiting the hull in front of the engine mounts at a lower level than the boarding platform. At last! No more looms to negotiate when coming to and fro or just fishing over the aft corners.

Telwater’s Maxi Bracket is fitted on the portside boarding platform and may have a telescopic ladder fitted or one of the company's auxiliary outboard motor brackets.