The New Smithy Crew Family Boat 540F Haines Signature

Walk through of the new Smithy Crew family boat, a 540F Haines Signature half cab fibreglass boat pushed by a 2015 100hp Mercury 4 stroke on a Dunbier dual axle trailer. Look out for it on trips in South East Queensland from the Gold Coast to 1770,

[@johnnyorbegoso4067]

Did a good job with it mate. I have exactly the same same boat I got it 4 months ago. Do you disconnect the battery terminals when is not in the water?

[@smithysfishing]

Nah, just turn the battery isolator to off.

[@yakenstein2360]

Hi Smithy, how much of a difference to the trim tabs make? And do you feel the steering wheel is too low? Trying to com up with ideas to reconfigure the dash and move the wheel up.

[@smithysfishing]

I've had trim tabs on my last 4 boats. Don't think I could have a boat without them anymore. Wheel was fine. Didn't have an issue with it. Only major thing I have contemplated was moving the batteries to the foot well. It does sit down bum heavy. Too much stuffing around. Went with 2xnew Marine Pro 500 size batteries rather than 2xN70 size ones. Not much room in that rear compartment. When I got the boat, it had two on the floor. Duno what else you could use that back compartment for, maybe just tackle storage.