AUSTRALIAN MADE ALUMINIUM BOATS

BOATS BUILT TO LAST

TABS Boats is an Australian-owned and operated family business, building quality aluminium plate fishing boats in South East Queensland for over 20 years. Built in Luscombe, Queensland, our range includes side consoles, centre consoles, rear mount consoles, cabins, hard tops and bow riders for fishing and family boating.

As keen fishermen ourselves, we understand the importance of a tough, practical boat. Founder Wayne Pearce has drawn on years of boat building, repairs and on-water experience to develop the TABS range for Australian conditions.

Explore our Wildfisher, Territory Pros, Southern Raider, Ocean Series and Marquis Bow Rider ranges to find a boat suited to your needs. Tough Aussie Boats—built to fish… built to last.

WHY CHOOSE TABS BOATS?

Designed and built in Australia, TABS aluminium plate boats are built tough, with layouts designed around the way you fish. From exploring creeks and estuaries to heading offshore, our range offers a choice of sizes and configurations to suit your fishing and family boating needs.

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Tabs Boats - Designed and made in Australia

HULL CONSTRUCTION

All TABS models are fully strung plate boats made with 5083 marine grade plate aluminium with a precisely designed subfloor structure to ensure maximum strength and rigidity through the hull of the boats.  Unlike some well known manufacturers on the market our boats run 6 full length longitudinal stringers and cross frames that are fully welded to the hull of the boat with small gaps either side of the stringers to ensure the water can fully drain from the bottom of the boat to prevent any water from sitting in the bottom of the hull.  Having this subfloor structure ensurers there is no movement in the bottom of our hull resulting in a hull design that makes it all one piece so you have a solid built boat.

All our boats are foam filled to meet the Australian Standards.

HULL DESIGN

We offer two options with the flooring in your boat.

Option 1 – A carpeted timber floor is the most common choice for boats as this provides comfort for when you are standing bare foot in your boat all day and is a much cheaper option.  Our floors are made from the best materials on the market which ensure the floor will last many years before having to be replaced as long as the correct precautions are taken to look after the floor.

Option 2 – A fully welded and true self draining floor (wash deck) in either checker plate or flat sheet carpeted. Unlike other manufacturers who claim that their boats are a self draining floor which only drains in to a section in the back of the boat and then has to be pumped out via a bilge pump, TABS are fully welded self draining that drains water out of the boat through scuppers at the back of the boat means you wont need to have a pump in the back of your boat for your floor to drain.  So if you were heading out through a bar and happen to cop a wave over the front of the boat which is very difficult in one of our boats as our bows are very high compared to other boats of equivalent size… you wont have to worry about having a large amount of water sloshing around on the floor of your boat waiting for the bilge pump to drain the water.

A self draining floor is very low maintenance and an easy to clean option for your flooring due to it requiring a very minimal cleaning procedure.  When you get home just simply hose the floor down and let dry out.