TEAM TALK: AFRICAN MADE BASS BOATS? (WOW!)
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- TEAM TALK: AFRICAN MADE BASS BOATS? (WOW!)
Special thanks goes out to our friend Robert Jacobs for assisting us with this video. From Ultra to Crackleback to Ruffnek these are some of South Africa's finest bass rigs. Have you heard of any of these? Comment below if you like SPEED!
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Special shout out to all of our South African friends! We love you!
I live in south africa
Hi there, im also from South Africa and i really enjoyed this video, loved the pronunciation, but understand the difficulty for you guys, keep up with the videos love em , i own and run a shop in Pretoria, some of these boats are super fast capable 80 - 100mph, i owned the Viper with 225 Pro XS 83 mph tournament ready
Hello from the USA!!! What’s the name of your shop?
Thank you for the love to South Africa I was in that flood lots of apreciation from you guys. Couldn’t be on the water for 2 months
Thank you for the kind words 🙂 sending love and all from South Africa 🇿🇦.
You should come down and try some of them out 😉😂
We should definitely come down and try them out! Maybe sooner than ya think! ;)
Ruffneck boats was the original badass boat company that lead the way for bass boat production in Southern Africa.
The Viper , Venom and Renegade were all based off of a 20 foot Gambler built in 1994 .
Many modifications and and alterations to the running surface made by Jerry Jooste have made it one of the easiest boats to drive consistantly over 75 mph.
The ultra and Eliminator are copies of the ruffneck.
Gerry Jooste is an outright legend in his field. He is currently working on a new 21 foot bass boat which will be built once again in Zimbabwe and should blow the lid off the competition.
Much respect to Gerry !
So darn cool!!! Gerry sounds like the man!
Stay safe SA friends!
Thank you we will try...
I’ve been largemouth fishing in South Africa on a SA made bass boat. It was an awesome boat. We saw other people out with rangers. It’s as say, the HP on the motors was insane. Also lots of double digit Florida strain largemouth in SA and in Zimbabwe
SA has Giants! My pb when living there was only an 8.5lb but my mate that still lives there has 10 plus fish at the 10lb mark. Here in Canada a 7lb largie is a lifetime fish but nobody can beat Canadian smallies!
So cool! We had no idea
@@TeamMarineService The South African record largemouth is 15.86 lbs and the Zimbabwe record is just over 18lbs
We have Largemouth including Florida strain, Spotted Bass and Smallmouth here in South Africa
Hi. South African subscriber here. Great informative video. Like your straight-talking approach. Had to smile at some pronunciations :). Apart from bass boating, boating in general in our country is huge and well regulated. Been doing deep sea fishing (you guys call it offshore) for 35+ years. Our offshore boat builders build extremely robust boats that can handle our uniquely difficult sea conditions. I recon they produce some of the best and safest designs in the world. Many of us do surf launching - and once out there the sea can quickly get mighty unfriendly. For this reason, motors are extremely important. Plenty of Yamaha outboards hanging on the transoms our offshore boats, but these days Suzuki outboards are becoming more and more popular because of their reliability, fuel economy, pricing and after sales service. Thank you for sharing your thoughts and experience. Keep the videos coming.
Hello Ray! Glad to have ya aboard! We cannot say it enough....our South African subscribers rock!! All of you have been extremely informative, kind and thankful and we appreciate that so much.
Andy, no long distance necessary... Zoom. 👍 A zoom interview with those companies would be cool.
Eliminator boats also have a 15ft model and a very recently launched 16ft model as well...I've ordered the 15ft and should be arriving by the end of this month. Manufacturer is keeping me posted with pics and videos daily. Boat is built proper. You made a good decision
Thanks Andy and Jordan. Got you on those numbers. Will put them together and send it to you guys. Yeah we have Ranger, NItro, Basscat, Phoenix, Skeeter. Very costly to import the US Boats.
Started in Lacrosse to now covering the world. I think your on to something special here!! Speed , Money and No Brakes.
The guy who owns Ruffnek fished in the bass master classic a few times through BASS Federation years ago
Reach out and DM me. Ill put you in contact with the owner of Ruffnek boats. We are in the process pf shipping Ruffneks latest design to the USA as a sponsored boat for me to fish the Bassmaster Opens in 2023. We are looking at getting these boats into the USA market. Would love to have a chat and show you the boat when it arrives in the US in a few months
That would be great 👍
Speedmoneynobrakes@gmail.com
The crackleback range has another 3 boats. A CR360 (11.8ft) a CR460 (15.09ft) and a CR530 (17.4ft)
Yeah we saw those too! Who knows, maybe someone down there has a 250 on an 11.8 ft boat! Haha
Y’all don’t understand how good your videos are. Also that’s for making me aware of that African flood very scary will be in our prayers
Thanks buddy and yes, we hope everyone has them in their prayers
I have fished for South Africa many years and own my own boating business here. Driven many of the mentioned boats and out of my experience my personal favorite would most definitely be the brilliant bass boats. The terminator is based off of a 17ft Ranger, seen a few of them with 250hp outboards and owned one myself with a 150hp. The Xterminator is based off of a 19ft skeeter and this boat in my experience is the best handling and well finished boat that is made in RSA. Sold one a few months ago with a 300hp on it. Great to see you guys over in the US chatting about RSA!
That's awesome Gareth. Thanks for your input. It's great to see Brilliant getting some love here.
I have fished on a Xterminator with 250 SHO on two trips and it is a great rig!
They look great. I am familiar with the ruffnek boats. Can only imagine the workmanship that goes into these boats...
Awesome ANDY. Look straight into the camera & tell us that you haven’t driven or seen a 16’ Champion or Hydro Sport with (150 hp decals) super tuned considerably!! 😊😉👍. OBTW I Talked with Catrina yesterday (Thursday) & she’s THE BEST!! Good Lord Willing, I’ll be in to see THE TEAM in late August!!👍😊🎣🎣
Kat is the best! Hope to see you as well buddy!
Hi Team Marine
I personally own a Crackleback 460 , it is an entry level bass boat rated for 100 hp 4 stroke and 115 hp 2 stroke .I don,t know if it is still manufactured today . Mine has a 115 v4 2 stroke Yamaha on it and it gets on plane from idling in about 1,5 boatlengths with a 4 blade 19 pitch propeller .
I cannot speak for the other models of the brand , but I am happy with mine .
On the size of bass in South Africa , there is one of the guys that commented that held a South African record on one of our local tournaments a few years ago and if I am correct the Southern African record was caught in Letsibogo dam in Botswana also a few years ago that was 7.4 kg if I remember correct .
Love your channel , love the enthusiasm
Warm South African greetings
There seems to be a lot of love for the Crackleback down there.
Wow that's a monster too
Big fan this was so rad to see my home country being spoken about !!
We don’t limit the Hp on our rigs. We fun 400hps. It will only change when someone dies unfortunately
I own the Eliminator boat shown in the video here. I love my boat. South Africa is very much on the bass fishinh map as we have won World Championships twice already. Its a big sport in SA.
Wow that's awesome! Love hearing that!
16ft 4" with a 200, brings back memories of my old 15ft challenger w a 200 mercury back in the 70's. It was a pocket rocket!
Wow that would have been one hell of a ride!
I got a ride on a roughneck Viper with a 300 Mercury 2-stroke pro max, very stable for 150kph. The boat also won the ice block race twice not bad for a bass boat.
Wow!!! 🔥🔥🔥
You definitely need to come and check the market here. I have friends with all of the mentioned boats, and can put you on one of each if you like. Believe me you won’t need someone to pay for it, the trip is cheap. Lol. Yes eliminator is still making, and have ramped production, and now also have a 500 model. All of the above brands are still making. Would love to have you guys over!
Excellent info. Would really like to see a factory tour for the Crackleback!
He'll yeah, I got to know more about the crackleback. We need to see them before Johnny Morris buys them out lol. I'm looking for videos now
Awesome show! Man those boat sound crazy fast!
These guys know speed! 200's on 16ft, 300's on 17ft and 400's on 21ft!!! Wow!
The South African's got places to go and no US Coastguard rating plate's gonna hold them back! Haha
Ive had a Lightning Bass made by Pittsmarine in Pietermaritzburg. Had a 200hp on, deep V and was one of the smoothest rides on rough water. You can check them out
Ruffnek the number one in SA 💪💪💪
Who wants to see Andy build a boat 👏👋👍
I had no idea bass boats were big in another country!! And they speak my language......huge hp on smaller rigs. I'd bet they handle like a squirrley pocket rocket. Like the old javelin little renegade 18 with a 175 fast strike.
, or ranger 320 with 150s or 200s did. 65mph feels like 95 in those little rigs.
Those rigs look pretty cool too. I'd bet they are a splash of one of the US made boats. One of these company's orda get ahold of the old Stratos hull molds and start building them again. A new Stratos asx or 201 with a 400r would be kick ass.
I had a 16' Sugar Sand Tango Off-Shore saltwater surf rider with Mercury 200 XR tricked out that was a fun toy. I always thought that boat could have been enlarged to make a nice Bass boat fitted with a different top cap & with an outboard.
That's awesome Shane!
Great video guys, for sure interesting stuff! Pretty neat see and hear how they have took our boats and made whole industry outta it. And how.
We agree!
I like the Terminator I will be back lol🤣You guys rock
Hey Guys
All these companies are still in business. Ruffnek and Crackleback (Escape Boating) are probably the older so the companies, with Ultra and Eliminator the new kids on the block. We have Nitro, Ranger, Skeeter and Triton… with a handful of Phoenix and one Bass Cat Lynx and odd Gambler in the country that guys have imported themselves. Skeeter are distributed through Yamaha here in SA, and I do believe Ranger and Triton still have dealerships, but not as much as 10/15 years ago. The odd Stratos and Champion are still around too I think !!
Escape Boating are a family owned company (the Barkers) and have a good number of staff and turn around roughly 20-30 units annually in the crackleback range alone.
Ruffnek have moved countries over the years, and have settled in Cape Town and are a favourite amongst the tournament regulars and are common place amongst most of the angling populous. I believe a lot of their models are based off early rangers and gamblers that guys imported in the 90s/00s, but I could be mistaken.
Ultra are seen as top end in the local scene and are priced as such. I believe they’re modelled off of some older Skeeters, but have a very sleek look, and offer top end components such as the sea Dec and other mod cons.
Eliminator are quite new in the market place, and I think are based on the Bullet hull (again, stand to correction) but several are in manufacture at the moment and should see some more coming through the course of the year
Our water ways country wide are generally small in comparison to you guys in the States, and tend to fish quite small too as some bodies of water don’t have huge populations generally … so speed is key, hence you’re seeing what you’re seeing. So guys can get to their spots sooner !! Also yes … no regulations … so 400R’s and super charger kits are common place out here if you got the $$$$
Hope this helps !!! And I’m sure most of the manufacturers would be happy to take your calls and answer your questions (especially the Barkers at Escape boating, I call them my friends to say the least)
Mike
Thanks for all of this info Mike! Great stuff! Our email is speedmoneynobrakes@gmail.com if you had any phone numbers at escape boating. Thanks buddy
These are my top 3 choices for build quality.
The holeshot on that 16ft has to be insane.
Mine 0-100kph in 9 sec lol
Yea some of our manufacturers should take note. I'll take that crackleback 600. A 19' boat with a 90" beam and if I got the balls to do it I can hang a 350 hp motor on it. That's got to be a crazy ride !
HELL YA!!, South Africa represents. We have really cool Bass fishing opportunity here.
Can we get a video on what’s your opinion of tohatsu motors ? Or on 50-60hp outboards down here in Texas I’m starting to see more and more tohatsus on skiff and I’m looking to repower soon !
Tohatsu makes a solid outboard. We've heard that Honda makes them. Reliable yes, High performance no
I know Jerry since 1994 and he made several BASSMasters Classic including the 2005 that I fished. Jerry told me in 1994 that the boat he made at the time was an exact copy of a Ranger 320V. They made a mold from one so at that time he couldn’t sell them outside Zimbabwe
Oh wow! Thanks for that info Edward. Interesting that he couldn't sell it outside of Zimbabwe.
@@TeamMarineService in 2005 Zimbabwe was in total melt down mod and he was looking to move. Glad to hear that he is still in business and landed on his feet. The last time I saw Jerry was in 2006, he told me that the fish he saw me catch off a bed first thing at the 1994 Federation National Championship cost him the win. Funny thing I just stopped there to catch that one fish and left. He finished 2nd, I came in 6th, Bryan Kerchal won!
I run one of these older Ruffnek Rakers X16 mentioned. As a mater of fact we have some many in South Africa we have a Facebook group dedicated to them. Still one of the most popular startup boats around and if one goes on the market it is sold almost immediately.
Ohhhhhhh that’s Jerry! I remember he won his way into the classic on Toho. He set the hook like 3 times on a big bass and everyone was in a big uproar about that. That was a cool moment for me though seeing SA get into the classic back then
@@juliuswomack267 I thought he was still in Zimbabwe at the time
I'm getting an Elimanator being build at the moment ,let me know if you want the owners number,must say boats are being build properly👌
Oh of course we do. Email us at speedmoneynobrakes@gmail.com. thanks
I have a Terminator bass boats - Rouge 17.7ft with a Yamaha 250 SHO. 😂
🔥🔥🔥 What speeds are ya hitting?
@@TeamMarineService to nervous to take it passed 75mph. I’m only sitting at 5100rpm. I’ve been told to push it passed the chime. But that takes a little more crazy then I am.
Hey Team Marine Service, freaking awesome videos, content, and funny. I don’t I know where else to ask this but can you do a video where you discuss what type of fuel and additives to use in the new four-stroke 250s. Thanks. You guys are awesome. From Grand Lake Oklahoma.
We could do that for ya Shawn.
Them crackleback boats sound like they would be fun to have. You could out run 21 foot boats with a 16 foot boat.
You guys should do a video on factory tunnel hull jet outboard boats. For us true skinny water river guys.
We could do that for ya Dennis
If they imported the Crackleback 5.0 I would buy it yesterday, as it reminds me of the Ranger r61 that I owned. Contrary to what manufactures want to tell us what we need that boat is all the boat that I would want.
Wow never new cool info I have to check it out.
This one was fun. How many other countries are building bass boats? I wonder?
We'd like to know that too! Japan has to have some and Australia too we'd think
I own a Crackleback 600 very stable boat, thank you for the video.
Awesome Rudolf! What speeds are ya hitting in it?
Andy .... I can get you in touch with Jerry if you are interested. I'd love to see you guys come down here and do a demo ride in his new 21 footer.
We are very interested and would love the opportunity!
I'll make mine available for testing, it was the 1st Renegade rolling out the Cape Town factory, paired with a Suzuki 250SS.
After looking on”bass centre” online I feel like it might be cheaper to just buy a boat from South Africa and get it shipped here.
It probably is Lucas!
You can get 2021 ultra 20 with 300 merc, hydraulic Jack plate, bow 14” helix with 360, console lowrance 12 hd, 112 ultrex for $48k usd 🤔 we are getting screwed in America for bass boats.
Lol this South Africans are wild. This one dude selling a 2018 skeeter fx20 with a 400r on the back, wft!!! Are we getting the same skeeter’s ain’t no way in the hell I’ll trust 400r on a skeeter 😂
Holy cow!!! Now that's a deal!
No way you'd catch us in a Skeeter with a 400
That skeeter belonged to my friend. It was pretty wild. He has the skeeter apex now with a 250 Yamaha that's getting a supercharger soon 🤘🏻
Ruffnek boats and Cracklback is the only 2 original manufacturers. The other brands are basically copies of ruffneks models
Those Ruffnek's look like the deal. That Renegade with the 400r must fly
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Good friend Vincent de Boer is running a 250 SS on a Renegade. What a sweet looking rig. Will email you guys a photo of that.
@@robertjacobsfishing We'd love to see it!
Ruffnek boats are legit! Mr Jooste knows what he is doing, I think he fished 3 BM Classic. I think the guys are just nuts running such high rated hp boats - We had a Triton 186 with a 250hp on it. I am now living in Canada and the SA boats won't survive running big engines on the big lakes, their lakes are very small.
Crack-a-lackin' in my Crackleback! 🤣 Those rigs must hall.
Hahaha
Crackleback brace and a helmet, I'm ready. Crackleback sounds like some kind of fried pork rinds. LOL
Here’s the honest shit. Ruffnek and Jerry designed most of those rigs. Unfortunately the Ultra and Eliminators are copies of ruffneks with small differences . Crableback is an original design too.
The Ruffnek ViperS and RenegadeS are the most versatile Bass Boats that I ever bin driven and the Top Speed/ Driving performance is insane.
What makes me sad is to see how guys like Ultra Boats taking here glory with a Copy of the Ruffnek Hulls and design, that's not a respectful way to make your business.
Thx to Team Marine Service for that awesome video.
Camping and Boating Centre - also in Benoni
Those Cracklebacks must be heavy, no? If only I could put a 200 on my 16'6" boat, omg....I'd be dead on my first trip out.
Its quite fun, had one with cable steer, gives you that proper go-cart feeling
Only if u don.t know how to drive learn to drive no problem
Who else loves the name Crackleback? Haha
I don’t care what they call it if the quality is there and not the friggin ridiculous prices we are seeing today
Hahahaha Fibercraft Thunderbird Mercury Pro xs v8 250 on a 17.5ft boat its funn
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I think I need me a Crackleback in my life.
I'm from South Africa our boats down here are wild , you need to come down some sizer fish in our dams aswell but ruffneck and ultra by far the best some proper speeds on our boats , it's more like drag racing with a bit of fishing but you can't believe how stable all these boats are at high speed and a even better fishing platform
No wood in our boats at all , woodfree
You should create a forum on your web page so the Team Marine community can have great discussions and share input. But don't forget to invite Al from BBC.
That's a great idea Chris! We will get Jordan on that. But, we gotta invite Al as our first official member! 🤣🤣🤣
Cool video
Dude I'd love a Crackleback haha. Talk about sh*t and get 🤣
Can you do a comparison Including the Triton 179 Trx
Over/under these!!!
Great idea!!! Yes!
I was in south Afrika in 2021 and Stay there 10 days with Jürgen Geiger (the actual owner of Ruffnek) I got the chance to drive by myself all the models of Ruffnek boats and hell yea I can only say, this are absolutely dreamboats in point of driving performance top speed and fishing space.
It’s super sad to see guys like the Ultra Boat crew how only copies the hull and the design of a long developed boat liege the Viper of Ruffnek.
In the end the hard and honest work of the Original will pay of that’s for sure 😉💪.
Interesting! We are trying to set up a zoom call with Jurgen. We'd love to chat with him
Lord I am in this fast boat on my way
your opinion on progator boat ?
I own the 170v progator and I'm very happy with it 😍 (I'm French and it's very rare in France and the United States, it's known? I'm curious)
Did you buy it there used or did you have it shipped there? Thanks
@@TeamMarineService
I have them shipped to France progators are rare, expensive for us in France, impossible to find information on progators, that's why I thought to myself why not ask Americans, maybe they could tell me more about bassboat progrators
@@TeamMarineService bought them new with a 115 suzuki
I have a Viper with 250 sport xs it does 144 kph would like to fit a 450 R on next
🔥🔥🔥 Wow!!! That's haulin' Leon!
Most definitely top 3 are Ruffnek, Ultra and Crackleback..
Do they have the same trolling motors like us or is there different brands in those as well
Exactly the same. We have the latest Garmin, MotorGuide, Lowrance and Minn Kota
Regardless of the boat quality I the max hp ratings lol and the names a bad ass
I would like to know your opinion on the bassboat progator boat? thank you
We are looking into them
That’s when your Co. angler shows up and sees your in a crackleback and says nope no thank you I’d rather go listen to Nickelback in my truck then go fishing in that crackleback!!!
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Crackleback is the only bass boat built in South Africa which is designed and built from scratch to final product
Escape boating supplied 4 boats to American bass team when it came to fish world championships in South Africa with Scott Martin as capt
Hi Neil! We'd like to go further with a conversation via email if you'd be interested. speedmoneynobrakes@gmail.com
The crackleback reminds me of a legend.
A 16'6 boat with a 200hp!! Got to me made to carry all the firearms and ammo you have to take along when you fish!
I’d run a ruffnek all day everyday
Best boats out here
Ruffnek got on there and built a renegade and all the options I'd want and it was 37,890.00 that's a damn good deal
Hi I actually live in Zimbabwe and know the founders of Tufnell which I think are the best to fish out of and performance especially the renegade or the new legacy
Nothing beats a ruffnek viper s with nizpro 250 sho Yamaha doing 150 on the water
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One year later , you guys where helping the Zim MLF jnr team find boats in la crosse😂
It was great seeing you guys!
Did he "say kiss my hole batman" lol 😆
Great video keep them coming 👍
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A 16.4 boat with 200hp, hold my beer watch this, I need one now
Haha totally!!
These videos are hilarious
PREPARE FOR LUDICROUS SPEED!🤘🤣🤘
Please come visit us in South africa we would love to host you .safari Is on us .
We are figuring out logistics now! 👍🏻👍🏻
It's easy... R16 for every dollar.... your good...
Wow .
Under 19’ with a 300hp would be an absolute toothpick needing ride after all the skeeters hitting you in the face. I’d love to see what to top speed is and how easy they are to lose control in big wake.
I wonder if you can find me 450R SECONDHAND with sports master gearbox THANKS
We have some connections
I want a 16 foot 4 inches bass boat with a 200 on it
Honestly them Cracklebacks kinda look like a ProCraft.
Hi Andy
U must check out fusion power boats south africa aswell
They are amazing boats,its a multi use boat for ocean and lakes,most people use it for bass fishing, check it out,would like to see your input.
Will do Neil, Thanks for the heads up!
You never know what you have to outrun in South Africa !
Hahaha very true!!!!