C-SKI 444

An awesome small boat with the handling of a big boat!

New and Improved Spearfishing Boat

Fibre Tech has been manufacturing glass fibre boats for the last ten years. I have been building boats for the last 25 years, so I have a bit of experience.

I fished commercially for ten years but I have always spearfished. The reason we built the C-SKI 440 was you could not buy a decent small spearfishing boat so the C-SKI 440 was built with my experience and a lot of other spear’s input. The C-SKI 440 is very soft riding and a perfect tiller bar set up for somebody wanting a small rig. A lot of people wanted the stand up console version so we built it however it made the C-SKI 440 a little unstable which you got use to after a couple of launches.

Eventually we widened and lengthened the hull, improving the stability, with more deck space, changed the deck layout and all round better handling. The C-SKI 444 is very soft riding, awesome little boat with big boat performance without the big hassles!!

The new C-SKI 444 is 180 mm wider and 60 mm longer.  It’s a light and easy boat to tow. The beauty of this boat it’s manageable for two people to launch and takes up to 3 divers and their gear, however, sometimes we squeeze 4 divers.

Specs:

Length - 4.46m
Width - 1.90 m

  • C-Ski 444 is a molded fibreglass gel coated hull.
  • The unloaded overall weight of the C-Ski 444 is 200 kgs, excluding the motor.
  • Hatches: Four - Anchor, fuel, large fish hatch and dry hatch.
  • Ropes on hatches.
  • Foam sealing strip under hatch lids.
  • Bulkheads: Constructed of fibreglass in a chassis configuration.
  • Prior to bonding the deck to the bulkheads, the molded chassis bulkhead is filled with polyurethane foam, which complies with SAMSA (The South African Marine Safety Authority) regulations.
  • Transom: Composite (incredibly strong) - takes up to a 50 HP outboard motor and now even a 60HP Outboard.
  • The transom can be raised for long-shaft motor (optional extra).
  • Deck: Self-draining and anti-slip.
  • Hatches are molded and bonded to the deck.
  • Console has a built-in shelf, with a side access (screw in hatch), it also has molded battery compartment.
  • Molded top deck incorporating a front anchor hatch with flush fitting lid
  • Anchor Post.
  • Aluminum keel strip.
  • Bow eye.
  • Scuppers.
  • Built in fuel line.

Trailer:

Standard Features (including spare wheel)

  • Galvanized
  • 4 X Large Urethane rollers
  • Winch
  • Jockey wheel
  • Lockable hitch
  • Mudguards
  • Mounted tail lights
  • Molded sleepers - Unique to this trailer (2 X Rear, 1 X center front)
  • New rear tilting rollers
  • Easy and light towing