Aliboats endeavour to suit each hull to the job it will be expected to do. You, the buyer, can assist us enormously and receive a considerably more accurate quote if you provide us with as much relevant information as possible at the outset.

The difference between aluminium and fibreglass/PVC boats is that a customer can have the internals placed wherever he wants them right at the outset - within reason of course. For example - the console can be on the left, right, or centre - it can be forward, amidships or aft .....

Not all of our questions will necessarily relate to the boat you want, however, if you let us have as much of the information listed below as might be applicable to your requirements we will have gone a long way towards eliminating any misunderstandings and providing you with a quote that at least bears a resemblance to your "real" requirements.

1) What size boat do you want?
2) How many passengers do you want to carry?
3) What volume/weight of cargo do you want to carry (exclusive of passengers)?
4) We only use top marine grade aluminium suitable for salt water but the shape and thickness of each hull is specific to each application.
5) What kind of propulsion system do you want (outboard, jet, Z-drive [diesel or petrol], Air boat [aircraft prop], etc.)?
6) What fuel capacity do you require (operating range)?
7) What seating arrangements do you want?
8) Do you want a console or wheelhouse?
9) Where do you want the console/wheelhouse?
10) Do you want carpets or tread plate decks?
11) Do you need weather protection (top deck, flying sail, sleeping cabin / bunks, toilet, etc)
12) If a fishing boat, which of the following do you need - live well, bait well, electric stalking motor, rod holders, rod lockers, stowage lockers, fitted fish finder, GPS, compass, anchor, line outriggers, etc.
13) Do you need special equipment facilities, for example: hard weapons mounts, underwater search equipment, fitted radar, marine band, VHF or/and HF radios (fitted - yes/no?), Night running lights, life saving equipment (jackets/rings), first aid box, fire extinguishers, etc.
14) Do you need a boat trailer (paved or off road?), and roadworthy certificate (for which country?)
15) We also build an "all aluminium" trailer - very suitable for repeated and continuous use in salt water. A galvanised trailer will eventually succumb to corrosion in the sea - our "submersible trailer" will last "for ever".
16) Do you want the hull delivered? (We deliver to any port in Africa [Angola, Ghana, Nigeria, Senegal, etc] & by road as far north as Kenya, Uganda, etc.).

Please email us with as much of the aforementioned information as possible, or simply go to our enquiry form and select the options applicable to your requirements.