XCEEDING EXPECTATIONS

At the time, a hardtop version of the boat was nearing completion, but with Covid getting in the way the new model wasn’t ready until July. A second lockdown in Auckland further interfered with our plans and when we finally spent a day on board in early September, Xceed had already been in her owner’s hands for a couple of months.

Darryl Beynon and his new boat have history. While Xceed was being built he was working in the same Whangarei facility fabricating CAM aluminium trailers. These high-quality custom trailers are standard with Offshore Boats but can also be found under the boats of other manufacturers.

Already familiar with the 650 Pro Dive, which had also been built on site, Darryl became obsessed with the new HT model, eventually deciding he had to own one. After selling “all his toys” he did a deal with Offshore Boats’ Jonathan Barlow and became the owner of the first Offshore 650 HT to leave the workshop.

Darryl and fishing-mad, lure-maker son Coen