Everyman for himself
In a few short years Hamilton’s Everyman Boats has forged a reputation for producing high-quality aluminium trailer boats popular with both recreational and commercial fishers.
Hamilton’s Everyman Boats has forged a reputation for producing high-quality aluminium trailer boats like the 8.4m CC.
Team Effort, an 8.4m walk-around centre-cab, is ample illustration why the company is growing fast. A dedicated sport-fisher with stay-away credentials, it’s Everyman Principal Russell Spiers’ personal boat, but its configuration and detailing incorporate the pooled knowledge and expertise of the whole crew at Everyman Boats.
The team pulled out all the stops to have this boat ready, taking it from delivery of the aluminium plates to the first on-water trial in just five weeks. Team Effort was used as a demonstrator for the latest Simrad marine electronics at the recent Navico Conference in Auckland. Getting her finished in time was a marathon effort, explained Russell, but the Everyman crew pulled together and delivered on time.
Shortly after the Navico event Team Effort raised plenty of eyebrows at the Hutchwilco New Zealand Boat Show, generating at least one order for a similar vessel destined for Vanuatu.
It’s been a couple of game fishing seasons since Russell has had a boat of his own and he and his partner Jo are busting to spend time in this one. They’ve already enjoyed a couple of overnighters onboard.
Designed by Jarrod Hall, the Everyman 840 CC is suitable for either outboard or inboard diesel power. Based on Everyman’s 820 hull, stretched 300mm to compensate for the extra 110kg of a V8 engine, Team Effort has the grunty Mercruiser 370hp V8 twinturbo diesel powerplant and Bravo III leg. It would perform fine with the smaller 270hp V6 Mercruiser, says Russell, and the boat destined for Vanuatu will have twin Honda 250hp outboards.
GREAT LAYOUT
The walk-around centre-cab layout is a real winner. This boat is large enough to pull it off – in smaller craft the cabin always feels cramped or the walk around side-decks are too narrow, or the foredeck is barely useful. In the 840 CC the cabin feels quite roomy, with decent, even generous, sleeping accommodation down below and a toilet. Russell has opted for a tandem, bench-style helm seat, comfortably upholstered, with a wellpositioned footrest, that works equally well whether standing up to drive or seated. Vision through the wrap-around curved windscreens is exceptional.
The helm seat folds forward to reveal the galley unit, with stowage for eating utensils, pots and pans; the 12V fridge is under the seat. A feature of the centre-cabin is plenty of storage, for odds and ends, but also for larger items under the floor, plus an upturned lip on the carpeted dashboard to stop items sliding off.