After nearly 12 months of planning and seven months of R&D in the Haines Group Factory we finally took delivery of our fantastic new Signature 543sf during the 1st week of February 2014
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Overcast skies and 15 knots of SE didn’t stop our 1st run up the Island and it wasn’t long before we found our 1st school of longtails
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Katrina with the 1st of many longtails to come onboard “Gadget”
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The lay out of this boat has been built around fishing and the stability at rest if simply fantastic !
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The longtails had just arrived in numbers with a few quality fish amongst them
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There where still a few spotties about as well …
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The sharks where also on the chew with a number of quality fish reduced in weight !
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We racked up 35 housr in our 1st week on the bay and coulnd’t be happier with the performance and lay out – It truly is an amazing sportfishing machine
Boatless No Longer – Scotto