Commodore All Rounder 670 DONT MISS THIS BARGIN ** NOW SOLD **

NO, not all trailer boats from WA are in plate aluminium.

Commodore, for one, has been building in fibreglass since not long after marine ply gave up the race. All their boats have been designed to cope with the kind of awful weather Sandgropers routinely head to sea in, and are especially at home in big following seas.

The Commodore 670 has long been the builder's most popular model, and deservedly. It is one of the best combinations around of useable cabin, maximum cockpit, and rock steady stability.

This is a serious fishing boat that has been bought by some serious fishermen. A couple of commercial cray-fishermen use them in their leisure moments, and they have become very popular with game fishermen on the Pilbara coast.

It was mainly for Dampier people who travel to the Montebello Islands and those from Port Hedland who have to travel 40 miles just to get 40m of depth, that Commodore gave the option of a 300lt fuel tank instead of the standard 240.

Up front the bottom has a 33-degree deadrise, which shallows to 18 at the transom. Instead of the two halves of the bottom meeting at the keel in a hard angle as usual, the keel section is rounded. This is where the eye was deceived. The curve achieves a couple of things: in turns across a sea it cushions the boat better, and it removes some buoyancy from the underwater body, enhancing stability.

There are seats for five adults: a generous width driver's seats, a similar sized single drop down seat off the transom. This is probably the right amount of seating. It does not interfere with access to the rail or movement fore and aft, and five is about as many as would want to fish at the same time. The folded lounge has toe space underneath it, making the starboard quarter the securest and cushiest fishing spot on board.

The five would have no complaints about stowage for their rods. As well as racks for four within the bulwarks, there are sockets for four on the bait board, six on the bimini and six more in the coamings. The coaming sockets are unlike most; they are circular and have the appearance of being vertical, but all except two rake aft. The odd two out provide an alternate position for the bait board that normally lives at the transom.

And all that suggests that the 670 is purely a fishing boat. The truth is that its called alrounder for a reason. Add a few bean bags or folding chairs, the recess for a optional electric toilet and the optional drop-in tables, and you have an instrument the whole family would enjoy. There is almost no such thing as a standard Commodore.

Some well chosen customising and you can have a boat that is capable of almost anything.

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