Boating NZ

IN THE zone

The Dickey Custom 950 is at the top end of the company’s trailerable sport range and it has pitched this at the twilight zone – between a launch and a large trailer boat. It’s an ambitious target as few that venture into this market get the precise combination of launch-like, solid feel in a boat that’s nimble enough to be trailered without the entourage of a house-moving company.

Along with the high expectations, the clean shoes and notebook I’ve learned to take notice when the Dickey team puts its mind to challenges like this as the results are likely to be spectacular.

DESIGN

The first thing the expectant reviewer notices about the 950 is its hull design – it’s from the 28 Semifly ancestry. If you are going to have ancestors make them good ones. The hours of designing and detailing put in by

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