Whittley Cruisemaster CR2800

Whittley Cruisemaster CR2800

Everything about Whittley's new flagship, the Cruisemaster CR 2800, is BIG. It towers above its aluminium trailer like a Trojan horse. It is certainly the largest fibreglass, legally trailerable boat built in Australia. Maybe there's a bigger trailerable tinny around somewhere but I'm unaware of it.

It has an LOA of 8.9 metres or 29.16ft. It has a BMT (boat, motor, trailer) dry weight of 3236kg, according to Whittley, up 236kg on the model it replaces, the Cruisemaster 700.

The Land Cruiser/Patrol genre of 4WDs have a maximum braked tow weight of 3500kg (though, I'm led to believe those ratings will jump to 4000kg with new models soon).

And with a beam of 2.5m, it doesn't require towing permits as most large - and wider - American trailerable boats do. You just look at this thing and say WOW!

Inside the new Whittley is just as awesome. At one stage, I noted that the headroom around the area of the cabin bulkhead was a little tight, but then had to remind myself that this was, after all, a trailerboat with a hull length of just 7.5m, not a 15-metre gin palace! The fittings and furnishings are traditional Whittley quality as is the finish.

The Whittley family is very proud of their new flagship. It represented an investment of $1.2m in R&D but the dividends are coming through with most dealers having already sold their annual allocation of boats.

Whittley plans to build eight boats a month at its Campbellfield plant in Victoria and another eight at the company's plant in Georgia, USA. In fact, there is a strong US influence in the boat's fit-out and design, without compromising the feedback Whittley gets from its Aussie customers. The company currently builds 1000 trailerboats a year in Australia in cruising, fishing and now, ski genres. It has re-branded all boats to meet international marketing benchmarks. ...... read more on this item at Boat Point

Boat Sales, Updated:16-10-2007 Whittley Cruisemaster CR2800 Images

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