DAY TRIPPER
Following a decade-long absence, giant US boat builder Bayliner re-introduced its Trophy fishing boat range in 2020. Retired by parent company Brunswick Corporation shortly after the Global Financial Crisis, the Trophy range was for many years a stand-alone and very popular boat range throughout the world.
Trophy was traditionally best known for its six-to-eight metre walkaround cabin fishing boats. Renowned models, like the late 1990s Trophy 2102/2152, 2302/2352 and 2502/2552 (the 52 referring to the sterndrive model), sold in their thousands.
When Trophy first came to Australia I recall being fixated with several of this brand’s outboard and sterndrive powered craft. At the time there very few locally made trailer boats with a proper fishing fit-out, and the Trophy models were available with the works. Fishing features like rocket launchers, live wells, bait boards and insulated kill tanks came standard on these craft — at a time when a locally made trailer boat was considered a fishing model if it had a large cockpit!
Trophy boats were innovatively designed compared to most Aussie-made rivals back in the day, and yet these craft were considered entry models in their home country.
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