Such a great little hull. I had a 1974 V163C which originally had a 70 hp Johnson on it which was a great motor, especially when it was reconditioned with an 80's prop rated block on it- perfect power for the hull. Later I put the 90 Yamaha on like yours. I was keen on an etec but the hull is narrow and tender and the Yamaha had the best power to weight of anything else I could find. Wonderful combo. We fished from a bar crossing ramp and that little hull handled all conditions and crossing without fault, they really punch well above their weight and ride nice and dry as well. Nice roomy cockpit too. Awesome rig.

I swear I was just wondering the specs of your boat and then I click and find this upload. Perfect! Many thanks to who requested this, cheers.

always a great time restoring a boat, now to enjoy it for many more years!

Learn to tie an Alpine butterfly (off the hand) for your anchor line set up. You can thank me later.. Great little set up btw. Reminds me of a Caribbean I did up beautiful. Hit brown’s mountain and saw two of the biggest tiger sharks I’ve ever seen. Next weekend, seven kms off the heads the rotten stringer and transom ( hidden under the glass) imploded and she and us went into the drink in 30s. Nearly killed us all. Lol

The long awaited return, glad to see your back !

Sooo many awesome tricks shown for the budget friendly as myself. Thanks brother!!!

Great vid Harry and Jake. Was great you went into more depth on different areas of the boat as opposed to other videos! Cheers mate!

That's crazy I was watching your other boat video thinking when's he doing a tour

Goals! Beautiful build mate

Awesome build, really well thought out. For the anchor setup, try a bowline on a bight instead of a figure 8 - much easier to untie after it's been loaded by the swell!

Nice little boat, a 115 sazuki would be great fun on the back of it.

Alpine butterfly for a loop in a line. There are others. Don't we all dream about 4 strokes

Was surprised with your top speed. I've got a Haines 460slr with a 90hp ocean pro. According to the boat speedo top speed is up around 75kph. Haven't checked with gps. The 460 has a flat plank along the bottom of the hull - maybe helps with top speed as it sits up on it. Is pretty skittish trimmed right up, need to trim it down before turning. Just thought you'd be interested in top speed comparison. Great vids. 👍

Love this boats i have the same one great tip about the anchor thx. Hope you don’t mind just shared this vid on a Haines fb page.

Nice boat mate, I’m currently doing up an old school Caribbean for spearing out of and got a few ideas from yours 👌

Great vid bro🔥🤙🏽🔥🤙🏽🔥

Livin life

Bout time bro!

add a pod and a 140 suzi

Thats a beautiful boat. I've been hoping to transition from a 14' aluminum tinner w/ a tiller to something a few feet larger with forward controls. Any ideas what the North American version of this? Hourston Glascraft?

Hey mate are you using the throttle lever to cold start the motor? There’s instructions in the yamaha manual which i found really handy! :)

Hey mate what did the wavebreaker set you back and who's the guy who did it again? I saw you mention on a video last night I just can't remember what one! Hope you can help out. Awesome rig and great vids 🤙

Hey mate how thick did you end up going with your transom with the rebuild?

It’s either full send, or no send. There’s no in between 🤙🏼 Cheers for a good day on the water!

Might get shit for this but idk who else to ask. Been thinking of piercing the old shnoz but am an avid freediver and surfer. How long realistically would I need to spend out of the water after and does it ever get in the way of clearing?

Were the haines hunter boats sold in the us?

Do U know a good way to figure out the exact model of Haines hunter one has ? From looking at something on the boat ECT ?

Super sick build man! Looking into doing something similar, have seen heaps of these around however some are labelled as 16r’s and some as v16r’s. Is there any difference?

Rumours have it you’re taking one of your subscribers out

Hey mate do you have a link for the bungee cheers

I want to buy your boat mate it’s available?

You should have a swing out extendable draw bar

3 grand to replace the head on an older motor?? Aren’t you better off buying a new motor altogether, maybe second hand with low hours?

Wherw is your lovely Talia