‘How We Roll’ is a very finely appointed Maritimo M600 Offshore Motor Yacht. You may have to look very closely to see her optional Scania Di16 1150MHP V8s, and if her demountable game fishing chair is not in the command position, then it will be her enclosed transom, and outrigger poles that afford an appreciation as to her mission and sublime adaptability.
Just like so many Maritimos, ‘How We Roll’ has pampering owners who maintain their M600 in ‘as new’ condition where it’s moored on the quay at their home. It is also not Wade and Margie’s first vessel from the world recognised brand. In 2014 they secured a previously loved 2008 M52, and then after that in 2018 a new-to-them M70.
“We do two very distinctly different types of boating, as Margie is not that keen on going outside. When we are in family mode it’s normally an inshore situation, either the Broadwater here on the Gold Coast, or up at Hamilton Island and the Whitsundays. She likes the smooth water, so we installed a Seakeeper gyro stabiliser to assist with that, and I’m a very keen fisho and so is my best mate, who is an ex-Pro fisherman, and he’s my Deck Hand. So, this M600 works beautifully with its enclosed transom, because we’ve got the nice apartment inside for the family, or we can go out offshore fishing,” said Wade.
A ‘marlin addict’ is how Wade describes himself. ‘How We Roll’ is a tag and release boat, and when operating in game fishing mode the tender will be left behind from its usual position on the bow, as Wade is a stickler for weight that’s not needed. This he says can be a critical element in getting out to where the fish are. During a competition, this takes on even more importance.
“There’s enormous room at the back of the boat which allows the chair to be out of the way of the lazarette, and we have adjustable slats in the huge fish well to stop the smaller fish sloshing about so much. It’s a great set up with larger slats in the shorter swim platform so when we back down on a fish the water can escape, especially in the gap between the platform and the transom. The toe holds around the cockpit are great for stand-up fishing and placing tags in, but for me I just love the aft helm position, as it affords great visibility, and I am into the finding of the fish, much more so than the bringing them to the surface aspect of our sport.”
“I find it’s awesome to be able to look out the back. We see the bite before we normally get the bite. You just have to move around a bit to look for birds and so forth, as we did not want to go for a full tower,” added Wade.
“Last year we did really well with our best being eight in day, and regularly we tagged and released six or seven marlin, but this year it has been more like just the one,” said Wade by way of explaining just how important backing down is on How We Roll.
