First time in one today in Sydney Harbour out of the heads with a crazy swell, this boat was laughing!!! Simply amazing!! And the Yamahas are extraordinary! Well done Rob.
How good is it to see a boat being driven hard in big water!? Very rare even in full on advertisements. ‘Our boat is the smoothest riding rocket sled on rails’ and they’re cruising in 1 meter chop.
I fish off the west coast of NZ North Island. Two metre swell is my limit. I never ever drive it like I’ve stolen it, it would break my back. Wish I could afford one of these.
Wouldn’t add much performance the extra weight from the bigger engines and the hundreds of extra litres of fuel would destroy the handling and performance of a smaller boat like this
The best inflatable would be silicone pet and silicone foam togheter. Inter connected or independent described above material kevalr an the surface. With eventual watertight zipper at the top. Exactly as the net pet boat pet air filylled raft tjat I saw on the tv. documentary with deserted island. Besa regards from Cluj Napoca, Petru Razvan Pop.
@@beesea4788 Naiad is still made in Picton NZ and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Not a kiwi company anymore as the founder sold it to Yamba Engineering. Will continue to be built in WA as well as Yamba NSW.
Could you not increase the bow rake angle / sheer line some more? Always looks like in short chop, wind wave against tide etc that your going to stuff the bow & ship water over the front. Only thing I can think of that might be improved.
I’ve driven these boats for 20 years in NZ. Spent 100s if not 1000s of hours on the water. Never stuffed the bow in that time. Don’t think you could if you tried. I’ve driven and worked on the 4.8m, 6m, 7.4m. Best boat on the water by far.
@@henryihaka7256 Maybe so, but I wouldn’t buy one for that exact reason. More bow rake and sheer & I’d be tempted. NZ doesn’t experience some of the 7 meter diurnal tides we deal with in the top half of Oz where wind against tide creates standing steep faced waves much like the famed US Florida “Haulover Inlet” videos you see on TH-cam. I’d be leery of one of these, but that’s just my experience - horses for courses. You kiwis in the Lobster game seem to like to buy our commercial west coast Oz boats because often they handle your conditions better that your own. Kiwi conditions can be bad - particularly your west coast but I’d venture ours can be worse because of the large tidal movements we get once your above the 26th parallel.
@@ianmoone2359 The NZ fishing fleet buys 2nd hand West Coasters because they are relatively cheap and fit for purpose. If you brought one of these for commercial fishing it would be like buying a Range Rover to haul firewood. It’s horses for courses. I’ve seen Haulover. I’ve been in similar seas in a 4.8m one of these and it handled it no problem. No boat is invincible and there always comes a point where you look at the conditions and say “nope, not today maybe tomorrow” and you stay home. If you think a few inches of rake on the front will save your boat then I suggest you should have stayed home. I would have. These are widely used in NZ by Government Agencies., fisheries , police , coastguard, harbour masters. Their downfall, the price tag $$$ makes you want to cry.
@@henryihaka7256 Yes our sea rescue & govt departments here are all hooked on Niad / Rib style boats not dissimilar to these at all. To my mind the collar is a huge wasted space albeit the positive buoyancy provided along with block line stability is why they are so favoured by these agencies. I’m just not a great fan of boats that ship green water over the bow. Have a green wave punch out your pilot house windows one day and you’ll understand. I personally wouldn’t buy one of these as a master 5. They might sell truckloads and make a squillion, they just wouldn’t sell one to me is what I was saying without raising the bow substantially. But that’s just me, I might be the only bloke on the planet thinks that way perhaps. To my mind? Life’s too feckin short to own a butt ugly boat! 😜😂😂😉
A vanilla 2016 and very ugly 8.5m is on boatsales "reduced" for $230k. What a fkn joke, $230k can buy you so much more, like a 3000 Noosacat fully optioned. Rich-Fanboy fueled material this Naiad stuff.
@Grant Odermatt thats some big words little fella. Well it so happens I studied hydrodynamics at uni. Have you? Or are you just in your moms basements being a keyboard warrior?
This chads an absolute baller. This is the kind of person you want running a boat company
First time in one today in Sydney Harbour out of the heads with a crazy swell, this boat was laughing!!! Simply amazing!! And the Yamahas are extraordinary!
Well done Rob.
Epic content guys. These things are machines!
Power options “They don’t make outboards big enough😂😂😂 that! Is legendary comment!
Ripper video! Rob is awesome at telling his story. Smart and articulate
Finally Cheers. Props to whoever edits these videos
Rob Kirby and the crew really do build brilliant boats, fantastic quailty
I watch this time & time again. What an absolute legend.. I love the concept of this boat. I might just have to steal one my self 😅
Absolutely beautiful in every way!! Thanks!
How good is it to see a boat being driven hard in big water!? Very rare even in full on advertisements. ‘Our boat is the smoothest riding rocket sled on rails’ and they’re cruising in 1 meter chop.
Epic. How often do u see boats that big jumping like jet skis
4:06 FUCK!! That’s pretty impressive
The Yamahas at 2:28
Kye Chivers they look like their about to fall off
drive it like you stole it.... from the builder 👌
Are these the Naiad boats that first started in Picton, New Zealand?
Yup they're stil designing them in Picton, great people
You should put your names all over one and send it up here and we can promote it over the great lakes and st. Lawrence river. What an amazing boat.
Looked like me and my buddy on the Harris Chain yesterday lol
Awesome boats👍👍
I fish off the west coast of NZ North Island. Two metre swell is my limit. I never ever drive it like I’ve stolen it, it would break my back. Wish I could afford one of these.
They need twin seven marine, outboards on the back, few more horses then the yams
Couple more kilos aswell
Wouldn’t add much performance the extra weight from the bigger engines and the hundreds of extra litres of fuel would destroy the handling and performance of a smaller boat like this
Did those collars ever come off the boat from wear and tear or physical stress? Also do they deflate?
BlAir Akana they never come off, air you may need to inflate occasionally
Rob were you my apprentice instructor in port Hedland b/ maker in the 80s
I thought he was for sure gonna hit that rock on the yellow tour boat at the end they must drive like beasts
The best inflatable would be silicone pet and silicone foam togheter. Inter connected or independent described above material kevalr an the surface. With eventual watertight zipper at the top. Exactly as the net pet boat pet air filylled raft tjat I saw on the tv. documentary with deserted island. Besa regards from Cluj Napoca, Petru Razvan Pop.
no mention that until recently, Naiad is a New Zealand brand/product....
Marcus Petraska you have any idea ?
@@beesea4788 Naiad is still made in Picton NZ and will continue to be for the foreseeable future. Not a kiwi company anymore as the founder sold it to Yamba Engineering. Will continue to be built in WA as well as Yamba NSW.
Could you not increase the bow rake angle / sheer line some more?
Always looks like in short chop, wind wave against tide etc that your going to stuff the bow & ship water over the front.
Only thing I can think of that might be improved.
I’ve driven these boats for 20 years in NZ. Spent 100s if not 1000s of hours on the water. Never stuffed the bow in that time. Don’t think you could if you tried. I’ve driven and worked on the 4.8m, 6m, 7.4m. Best boat on the water by far.
@@henryihaka7256 Maybe so, but I wouldn’t buy one for that exact reason. More bow rake and sheer & I’d be tempted. NZ doesn’t experience some of the 7 meter diurnal tides we deal with in the top half of Oz where wind against tide creates standing steep faced waves much like the famed US Florida “Haulover Inlet” videos you see on TH-cam. I’d be leery of one of these, but that’s just my experience - horses for courses.
You kiwis in the Lobster game seem to like to buy our commercial west coast Oz boats because often they handle your conditions better that your own. Kiwi conditions can be bad - particularly your west coast but I’d venture ours can be worse because of the large tidal movements we get once your above the 26th parallel.
@@ianmoone2359 The NZ fishing fleet buys 2nd hand West Coasters because they are relatively cheap and fit for purpose. If you brought one of these for commercial fishing it would be like buying a Range Rover to haul firewood. It’s horses for courses. I’ve seen Haulover. I’ve been in similar seas in a 4.8m one of these and it handled it no problem. No boat is invincible and there always comes a point where you look at the conditions and say “nope, not today maybe tomorrow” and you stay home. If you think a few inches of rake on the front will save your boat then I suggest you should have stayed home. I would have. These are widely used in NZ by Government Agencies., fisheries , police , coastguard, harbour masters. Their downfall, the price tag $$$ makes you want to cry.
@@ianmoone2359 I did a few trips on an old Oz west coaster many years ago… good vessel… lots of deck room. They look good as well.
@@henryihaka7256 Yes our sea rescue & govt departments here are all hooked on Niad / Rib style boats not dissimilar to these at all.
To my mind the collar is a huge wasted space albeit the positive buoyancy provided along with block line stability is why they are so favoured by these agencies.
I’m just not a great fan of boats that ship green water over the bow. Have a green wave punch out your pilot house windows one day and you’ll understand.
I personally wouldn’t buy one of these as a master 5. They might sell truckloads and make a squillion, they just wouldn’t sell one to me is what I was saying without raising the bow substantially.
But that’s just me, I might be the only bloke on the planet thinks that way perhaps.
To my mind?
Life’s too feckin short to own a butt ugly boat! 😜😂😂😉
Looks awesome. .
These are unreal boats 4wd of the seas there is not much you can't throw at them! 🤙🏼
West Australia represent!
881Gino I’ve been on the sea rescue boat shown! I wasn’t being rescued thankfully
It’s a kiwi design.
Drive it like you stole it 💪🏽💪🏽
who's the tub diving in the speedo's
I want one
👍
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Ketamine fan😂
A vanilla 2016 and very ugly 8.5m is on boatsales "reduced" for $230k. What a fkn joke, $230k can buy you so much more, like a 3000 Noosacat fully optioned. Rich-Fanboy fueled material this Naiad stuff.
@Grant Odermatt ya dreamin bud
@Grant Odermatt thats some big words little fella. Well it so happens I studied hydrodynamics at uni. Have you? Or are you just in your moms basements being a keyboard warrior?