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16 January 2008, 14:02
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Country: Canada
Town: Tobermory, Canada eh
Boat name: Verius
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 590
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F150
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Toronto Boat Show
I spent a few hours poking around the Toronto Boat Show yesterday. There was more RIBs there than I can remember from previous years. The "usual suspects" were there with Zodiac having a large display including a CZ7... an amazing boat, but even the dealer thought it was overpriced. I spoke with the President of Zodiac NA who offered me a two-for-one deal... Unfortunatley the second one was a 18" model... 
What was intersting though was the influx of EE boats made in the Ukraine... Brig, Grand etc. They aren't my cup of tea, but the prices are sure right.
Here's a few pics for your review. Sorry for the quality as I was using a wee camera...
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16 January 2008, 14:08
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Member
Country: Canada
Town: Tobermory, Canada eh
Boat name: Verius
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 590
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F150
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A few more...
A big Zodiac Pro and a used Hurricane 630 at ZHT booth. (New toobs and power if you're interested...)
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16 January 2008, 14:15
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Member
Country: Canada
Town: Tobermory, Canada eh
Boat name: Verius
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 590
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Engine: Yamaha F150
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Some alternate offerings... These wouldn't last a weekend of diving I don't think (flimsy windshields, light-weight fibreglass trim etc) but for a sport boat they might be fine. As I said, they're priced right...
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16 January 2008, 14:20
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Country: Canada
Town: Tobermory, Canada eh
Boat name: Verius
Make: Zodiac Hurricane 590
Length: 5m +
Engine: Yamaha F150
Join Date: Oct 2006
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And finally, Caribe. I'm not sure where these come from but looked pretty good. Of course I'm a sucker for flashing lights and emergency stickers. Not sure about using a white boat for oil spill work mind you... 
Also and offering from Mercury Marine but no one was around and there was no literature so I can't tell you anything about it other than it's orange and appeared to have PVC toobs...
Now let me get the hell out of this city!
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16 January 2008, 15:41
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Country: Canada
Town: British Columbia
Make: Gemini
Length: 4m +
Engine: 40hp 2 str
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoo
Now let me get the hell out of this city!
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Having to spend time in TO is pennance for taking in a major boat show. I'd call it even.  Thanks for the pics & report. 
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16 January 2008, 16:43
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Quote:
Originally Posted by prairie tuber
Having to spend time in TO is pennance for taking in a major boat show. I'd call it even. Thanks for the pics & report. |
Hey PT... I saw a nice camo Floater suit and thought of you! Is your lake hard yet? We had a big thaw and could have used the boat but it's all locked up in storage and the guy has gone to Florida.
This pic is from a local website, taken Jan 13...
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16 January 2008, 17:26
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The lakes around here have been frozen up for a while now, save for some very high current areas near river outlets. Haven't been out yet, but I hear the ice fishing has been pretty good so far. Saw some open water last week, but I was in Arizona at the time.
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16 January 2008, 17:33
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However, the lake (Canyon L. east of Mesa) was drained pretty dry, with just enough water left so that the boats in the marina could still float.
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16 January 2008, 17:37
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Awesome... where is that?
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16 January 2008, 18:19
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Country: USA
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Stoo;
Thanks for the pics.
What's the deal with that console display on the Pro-however-big-it-was? Is that a cardboard mockup or something?
jky
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16 January 2008, 19:07
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Quote:
Originally Posted by Stoo
Awesome... where is that?
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Just east Phoenix. Some amazingly beautiful country throughout the area. Not as many lakes as we are used to though...
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16 January 2008, 20:09
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Town: Tobermory, Canada eh
Boat name: Verius
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No that was the real thing... there's a couple of plastic folders in front but it was pretty big... I think the boat was 23 or 24 feet... It was a big 'un
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