SYDNEY BOAT SHOW: Bar Crusher's fishing trailerboats

Bar Crusher’s NSW dealer Blakes Marine will have a fleet of Fishing Weapons on display at this month’s Sydney International Boat Show from July 28 to August 1.

From the folding-roof cuddy cabin (C) series and centre console/walkaround (XS and WR) series, right through to the award-winning hard top (HT) series, all Bar Crusher boats on display will be ready do battle on their intended freshwater, estuary, inshore and offshore fisheries.

The 2016 model range features a number of new design innovations and upgrades; among them Bar Crusher’s exclusive Game Lock coaming (575 to 780 hull series). Allowing you to lock yourself into an extremely comfortable and secure position while fighting big fish, this new design also makes the spacious cockpit fishing area even bigger.

New hard top designs and dash layouts, re-designed rocket launchers, extra heavy-duty bowsprits and bow/grab rails, and fresh paint schemes are just some of the other new features to be found on various models across the range.

Designed and built for Australian conditions, all Bar Crusher boats incorporate exclusive innovations such as the Waveslicer deep-vee, non-pounding hull for an ultra-smooth ride, Rigideck engineered sub-floor system for maximum hull strength, and Quickflow water-ballast technology designed for extra stability at rest.

All models from the 490 through to the 615 are also now built on Bar Crusher’s industry-leading Gen2 hull. This design combines key features including a wider negative chine running forward, optimised wider chine aft and the distinctive Delta Flare – a complex vee-shaped planing plank that starts wider at the transom and narrows as it runs forward. The result is greater hydrodynamic lift for more efficient planing and improved fuel economy, a higher bow attitude and better spray deflection for a drier ride, the Vic boatbuilder says.

Priding itself on quality construction, and promoting superior performance and maximum fishability via a wide range of standard features, Bar Crusher boats are all factory-packaged on custom-designed trailers to ensure towing, launching and retrieving is a breeze. Self-centering and aligning perfectly every time, Bar Crusher’s innovative Bar Catch system is said to allow for easy single-handed launch and retrieve.

Located on stand 408 at the Sydney Exhibition Centre at Glebe Island, Blakes Marine will have the following Bar Crusher models on display: 490C, 535C, 535XS, 575C, 615C, 615WR, 615HT, 670C, 670HT and 730HT.

Whether you’re a first-time boat buyer or have owned 10 boats and you’re looking for your next one, drop by and say g’day to the Blakes Marine team and pick-up a free copy of Bar Crusher’s boat buyer’s guide to assist with pre-purchase research. More at <a title="www.barcrusher.com.au. Also more than <a title=".