Hi There....
If you know the Supercat 620 that was built by A%G Marine in Port Alfred it also had a Charriot console fitted...
Kamassi Craft dont build a Charriot console KC 520....they build a normal center console boat...
I wanted the Charriot console on my boat as it gives a lot more packing space and more importantly a lot more shelter in rough windy weather...especially for us old toppies.:fishn
I found this mould in their store and we carried it out and fitted it onto a KC 520 in the position where the normal center console sits...it was a bit to wide at the bottom and it came up about 3 cm from the sides of the boat...nevertheless....I told them to cast it and fit it to my boat and then cut the console off at the bottom by 180 mm....this narrowed it at the bottom and when fitted and laminated onto the deck it gave about 100 mm clearance around the sides ( At the bottom ) and a lot more at the step as the console tapers upwards ) ....we then fitted a step from the console to the side of the boat about 180 mm from the deck...so when you go to the front of the boat you step over....the step is hollow underneath and this allows plenty of drainage in the event that you take a wave over the front.
The Supercat 620 was built exactly the same....
I also changed my plans and moved the fuel tanks to the front hatch ( in front of the console ) to get more weight to the front...
The back seat hatch is BIG...can take plenty of fish and you will notice that it is stepped up at the back....this is a freezer box ( totally insulated ) and you can put a LOT of bait in there...so much so that we also have a sealed tuppaware in the bait hatch to keep water and whatever cold...
The big door hatch that is under the console can take 6 fuel tanks, depending on what layout you want....so any BIGGER fish that cannot fit into the rear hatch go in there....but they would have to be a lot bigger as the rear hatch can take a cob of 30 kg easily......if push comes to shove I can move the fuel tanks back into the console and then the front hatch can take eg: Cob of 50 kg easily...with a bit of a curve..
I dont keep big cob....I release them as they are breeding stock...on the odd occassion or if I catch one and it is badly hooked in the gills etc...I will keep it as it will die....but I try and release as much as possible.
Hope that the explination on the console explains the layoit a bit better....
I am going to try and attach a pic that will show you the step on the side of the console...hope that it downloads.
There is a bucket standing on the step...it will give you an idea of how wide the step is.
Cheers.
If you know the Supercat 620 that was built by A%G Marine in Port Alfred it also had a Charriot console fitted...
Kamassi Craft dont build a Charriot console KC 520....they build a normal center console boat...
I wanted the Charriot console on my boat as it gives a lot more packing space and more importantly a lot more shelter in rough windy weather...especially for us old toppies.:fishn
I found this mould in their store and we carried it out and fitted it onto a KC 520 in the position where the normal center console sits...it was a bit to wide at the bottom and it came up about 3 cm from the sides of the boat...nevertheless....I told them to cast it and fit it to my boat and then cut the console off at the bottom by 180 mm....this narrowed it at the bottom and when fitted and laminated onto the deck it gave about 100 mm clearance around the sides ( At the bottom ) and a lot more at the step as the console tapers upwards ) ....we then fitted a step from the console to the side of the boat about 180 mm from the deck...so when you go to the front of the boat you step over....the step is hollow underneath and this allows plenty of drainage in the event that you take a wave over the front.
The Supercat 620 was built exactly the same....
I also changed my plans and moved the fuel tanks to the front hatch ( in front of the console ) to get more weight to the front...
The back seat hatch is BIG...can take plenty of fish and you will notice that it is stepped up at the back....this is a freezer box ( totally insulated ) and you can put a LOT of bait in there...so much so that we also have a sealed tuppaware in the bait hatch to keep water and whatever cold...
The big door hatch that is under the console can take 6 fuel tanks, depending on what layout you want....so any BIGGER fish that cannot fit into the rear hatch go in there....but they would have to be a lot bigger as the rear hatch can take a cob of 30 kg easily......if push comes to shove I can move the fuel tanks back into the console and then the front hatch can take eg: Cob of 50 kg easily...with a bit of a curve..
I dont keep big cob....I release them as they are breeding stock...on the odd occassion or if I catch one and it is badly hooked in the gills etc...I will keep it as it will die....but I try and release as much as possible.
Hope that the explination on the console explains the layoit a bit better....
I am going to try and attach a pic that will show you the step on the side of the console...hope that it downloads.
There is a bucket standing on the step...it will give you an idea of how wide the step is.
Cheers.
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( please let me go port control )
here we come