2021 Hutchwilco Boat of the Show Awards

Innovision Boats are the proud winners of two Boat of the Show awards given at the 2021 Hutchwilco Boat Show (held in Auckland).

The first award was for Best Specialist Fishing Boat up to 6m which was won by ‘Amica’, one of our 585 Explorers. Amica is a little game fishing weapon, with absolutely everything you would get on a much bigger game fishing boat - all on a 5.8m boat. Features include extensive electronic fit-out (including autohelm and through-hull transducers), custom interior layout and transom, side deck capstan, retractable rod tethers, window wipers and demisters along with heaps other additional extras. Not only does this boat have everything you need for serious game fishing, it is beautifully finished – with all the welding coved, painted hardtop/cabin and nyalic on cockpit, transom and sides. We really rate the nyalic finish on a fishing boat as it gives a great finish but is much easier to maintain than a painted finish. Big thank you to Amica’s owner for letting us use her at the show – we can’t wait to get out finishing on her again soon!

The second award was Best New Model for our 707 Explorer. This was the first year we had shown our 707 Explorer and we knew this particular boat had a shot at an award, but as we hadn’t quite finished it (despite a massive effort from the team leading up to the show) we weren’t that confident. We were stoked to get the recognition as Best New Model of the show as there were a lot of new models entered into the awards.

This 707 Explorer is another fishing beast – it is set up for bluewater fishing off the East Coast with basically every extra you can have onboard. Features include extensive electronic fit-out (including radar, autohelm and through-hull transducers), custom interior layout and transom, side desk capstan, retractable rod tethers, window wipers and demisters along with heaps other additional extras. We also absolutely love the colour scheme this owner went for – black gloss painted hardtop and cabin, nyalic on cockpit, transom and sides, black on bright blue U Dek foam flooring and blue accent stitching on the upholstery. It's going to really turn heads down in Gisborne! Thanks again to the owner for letting us show off your boat before you even got to take her out for a spin, we’re coming down to Gisborne to go fishing soon.

Massive shout out to our suppliers who have helped up from the start – in particular Lusty and Blundall, Honda and Yamaha. Without you guys giving us competitive pricing from the start we probably wouldn’t be here today so thank you again.

Thank you to our awesome team, we appreciate it’s not easy working in a small company but we are so stoked to have each one of you working with us and really appreciated the hard work you put in.

Thank you to the organisers of the Hutchwilco Boat Show, Dave, Veronica and Liz, we appreciate all the efforts you put in to host an awesome show. It was so good to get back in front of so many people again after the turbulent times we’ve had with COVID in 2020.

And last thank you is to the wider Innovision Boats family – our family and friends who have given us so much support over the years. It’s truly been blood, sweat and tears getting this business up off the ground, and we couldn’t have done it without so much support.

We’re pumped for the year ahead. We’ll be at the Tairua Boat Show in August and then the Auckland (on water) Boat show in October. Hope to meet some more of you there!