I miss my boat and are thinking of getting a second hand 4.5 metre Black Dog Cat cuddy cabin. Any one got any experience with these. The few reviews I've seen are positive. Had a 5metre Kiwi kraft I should have kept!
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Re: Blackdog Cats? Reply #1 - Feb 2nd, 2019 at 10:12pm
From what I hear, they have improved quite alot from their earlier models and are getting good reviews. personally no experience in them so cant comment.
I would be keen to know if any of your mates have the larger version Ospreys, like from 7500 HT upwards.
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Re: Blackdog Cats? Reply #4 - Feb 5th, 2019 at 8:36am
I've had a smaller 4.0 Blackdog with a tiller steer 50hp, regret selling it! it was the best small boat i've had. Ample room and loved the rough stuff. Got a few funny looks from bigger boats 25km off the Dunedin coast.
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Re: Blackdog Cats? Reply #7 - Feb 6th, 2019 at 9:39am
I've had a smaller 4.0 Blackdog with a tiller steer 50hp, regret selling it! it was the best small boat i've had. Ample room and loved the rough stuff. Got a few funny looks from bigger boats 25km off the Dunedin coast.
Thanks for that, I cant seem to find any negative feedback.
A customer of mine had a custom built 6.7 Black Dog cat. Only had it a short while and had too many issues with the welds. They took it back from him and i believe it is in Australia now. I would be happy to give you his contact details if you want to talk to him about his experience.
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Re: Blackdog Cats? Reply #9 - Feb 7th, 2019 at 7:16pm
A customer of mine had a custom built 6.7 Black Dog cat. Only had it a short while and had too many issues with the welds. They took it back from him and i believe it is in Australia now. I would be happy to give you his contact details if you want to talk to him about his experience.
Thank you, I'm going to look at a small 4.5 cuddy next week, it's 5 years old and the owner has replaced with larger one. Any repairs should hopefully be obvious. Hopefully your friends one was a one off.
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Re: Blackdog Cats? Reply #10 - Jun 8th, 2019 at 7:02am