AUSTRALIAN MADE ALUMINIUM PLATE BOATS

Built Tough. Built Here. Built to Last.

BOATS BUILT TO LAST

TABS Boats is an Australian-owned and operated family business, building tough aluminium boats in South East Queensland for over 24 years, backed by more than 33 years of boat building industry experience. 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 Pro Side Console, Territory Pro Centre Console, Territory Pro Rear Mount Console, Southern Raider Centre Cab, Ocean Series Cabin  & Hard Tops and Marquis Bow Rider ranges to find a boat suited to your needs.                                                                                    Tough Aussie Boats — Built tough… built to fish.

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.

SEE OUR BOAT MODELS
Tabs Boats - Designed and made in Australia

HULL CONSTRUCTION

All TABS models are fully strung plate boats engineered for ultimate durability, our hulls are built from heavy duty 5083 marine grade plate aluminium with a structurally optimized subfloor for maximum strength and rigidity. The backbone of our design features six full length longitudinal stringers and interlocking cross frames, fully welded to the hull. This integrated matrix reinforces the bottom, virtually eliminating hull flex to deliver an incredibly tough, solid foundation underfoot. Drainage gaps run alongside the stringers and frames allows water to move through the underfloor structure towards the stern, helping prevent water from becoming trapped beneath the floor. For absolute safety and peace of mind on the water, every hull is completed with high density buoyancy foam.

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.