Year of Registration: 2003
Beam (Feet): 7 1/2
Length (Feet): 18
Engine Manufacturer: Mercury
Country/Region of Manufacture: United Kingdom
Boat Type: Fishing/ Angling
Boat Use: Salt Water
RAIDER 18 WHEELHOUSE MODEL. British made (2003) so no problems! All original gelcoat, no cracking or bad scratches. Small fore-deck has been painted in non-slip deck paint and safety handrail fitted on front of wheelhouse. The wheelhouse model has a lockable cuddy for storage with safety hatch to fore-deck and a huge open wheelhouse and cockpit.
Beam is a massive 7' 6" carried over most of the aft section. This is a seriously large boat for an 18 footer, the gunwhales are at waist height! Superb fast fishing boat renowned for it's sea-keeping qualities and super stable when drifting or at anchor due to the reverse chine hull. Huge free-board. Rails all round and locking transom door for access to rear step and engines.Very safe for children and those not so stable on their feet!
Suitable anchor, chain and rope stored in special compartment in cuddy. Horse-shoe lifebouy and light fitted on cuddy bulkhead. Sold with Custom winter wheelhouse cover (Only 2 year old, cost £500) Single swivel seat fitted to port side and matching seat for starboard side. (not fitted at present.) Folding double bench seat at rear. 3 rod holders fitted, also 3 bay rod rack on port-side of cockpit.
Fitted main engine:- Mercury 90 HP fourstroke. PTT. L/S. 12 hours since oil changes and filters. Low total hours. Very reliable and fuel efficient, giving the boat a top speed of over 30 mph.
(best seen 37 mph on GPS) OEM full workshop manual with main engine. Auxillary engine Mercury 4HP fourstroke. Fitted on heavy duty transom mounted stainless steel bracket (locked on with anti-theft cable.) Very low total hours (less than 50) as only used for occasional trolling and running up for testing. Fuel tanks. 2 x Mercury 5 gallon for main engine plus 1 x 5 gallon can.
(for emergency and refilling.) 1 x 2.5 gallon tank for the auxillary engine. Batteries. 3 x 12 volt deep discharge Leisure batteries with switched charging, No.1 for engine start only. No. 2 for Auto bilge pump and general running. No. 3 for Electronics only, charged from No. 1 only when engine running via split charge diodes.
Electronics consist of:- Garmin 5" colour 500 model Deep Vu sonar/fish-finder. Garmin 7" model GPSMAP 235. GPS/map/fish-finder (B/W) (with map memory cards)Cobra Marine F57 fixed mount VHF marine band radio (You will need licence to use, not registered to boat) plus usual navigation lights, LED deck-light, All switched and fused. All electronics fitted in security console which locks down into the cuddy when boat unmanned. Electric automatic bilge pump with manual switch.
Manual 6" diaphragm pump and handle mounted on transom. Full instruction manuals come with the electronics. All in good running order (Main Engine has been run up and batteries charged every month since launching, last time 22/2/19) The boat is now on the trailer, pressure washed and back at our yard ready to go as is.Price is for boat as is on trailer ready to use.Trailer is a Nicholson 2 wheel un-braked double rail roller coaster road trailer, overhauled. (new mudguards fitted, wheels and tyres checked, bearings checked, adjusted and greased. Fitted with 2 speed manual winch and 20 foot strap.
If required boat can be polished and waxed, cleaned throughout, Anti-fouled, Engines fully serviced and ready to relaunch. Price then £11750. This is my own personal boat and I think the best of the fast fishers I have ever owned. The only reason for selling is that at the age of 75 I am finding it too heavy to manage single handed so I am reluctantly getting a smaller, lighter and slower! 14 Footer.Payment to be arranged.
Collection only from Padstow or our yard. Please contact us via classifieds board messages as our phone is not always manned and classifieds board will not allow us to give contact times but try 0900-1700 weekdays. WARNING. IGNORE ANY COPIES OF OUR ADVERT YOU MAY FIND ON OTHER SITES SUCH AS GUMTREE, BOATSANDOUTBOARDS. ETC. AS THEY ARE PUT THERE TO SCAM YOU AND ARE NOTHING TO DO WITH US. IF YOU PAY ANY MONEY TO THEM YOU WILL NOT GET THE BOAT!
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