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New hire boat based at Ettalong

 

A $200,000 five-tonne cruiser powered by two V6 200 horsepower motors was recently licensed to operate on local waterways carrying paying passengers.

The licence covers Brisbane Waters, the Hawkesbury River and Pittwater as well as 10 nautical miles seaward.

The boat is being promoted as an aquatic "limousine" to take passengers to waterfront restaurants.

It is also available for bridal charter.

The 31-foot cruiser, which carries up to nine passengers and one crew, is based at Anderson's Marina, Ettalong, and has been introduced by the marina's new owner, Sean Quinn.

It operates seven days a week and a coxswain's certificate is required to drive it.

Sean also has a water taxi based there as well as a large fleet of traditional hire boats with an average age of 75 years, all surveyed annually by NSW Waterways.

Sean, who has lived at Umina for six years, has been a boat lover all of his life and early this year left his Sydney job to take over the marina.

The taxi carries up to six people and could be used as a temporary replacement for the Woy Woy to Davistown ferry if enough interest was shown, according to Sean.

Cec Bucello, May 1