The Maritimo 550, a classic battlewagon designed specifically to claim top honours at Australia’s premiere game fishing tournaments, is the latest release from Bill Barry-Cotter’s award-winning Gold Coast yard. Every aspect of the vessel has been created to hunt the giant ‘granders’, black marlin tipping the scales in excess of 1000lbs, roaming the Coral Sea. It’s not only the overall design of the boat that leaves nothing to chance; campaigning the vessel will be none other than Captain Bill Bilson ...

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