b'TestedSenator RH690SENATOR RH690BY MATHEW HEWETSONEditor Matt Hewetson caught up with co-owner of Epic Adventures, Bruce OBrien to head out on the Hauraki Gulf in the new Senator RH690 paired with a Yamaha F250hp.B ruce lives inRH770 Senators they use inserious fishing vessel in myinvolved with Epics Senators, Auckland and istheir fleet.I have been outbook.I have been on manyhe realised a Senator would part owner ofa few times on these boatsdifferent sizes/models and onmeet his needs and more.successful charterand Im always impressed byboth coasts fishing from them,Bruce liaised with Grant business Epictheir sea going abilities andand they are my kind of boat.Simmonds at Senator HQ Adventures basedas a great platform for anglersBruce too has come toin Napier to discuss his in Whitianga, onto get to work no mattercherish them, he used torequirements and added a the Eastern Coromandel andthe conditions. own a smaller hard top alloyfew changes to the standard the Bay of Islands.Bruce hasSenators are a no-nonsenseboat and decided to look atRH690 design.This is the been involved with helping totype of boat, they arent tooupgrading to an RH690 forgood thing about Senator, they run the business for severalflashy, and some people arenthis fishing in the Hauraki Gulf,are willing to work with each years and the skippers theykeen on pontoon boats, butgoing over the Manukau andbuyer along the build process employ are fond of the bigthey certainly appeal as afurther afield.From beingand customise to their needs.48FISHING IN GODZONE MAR/APR 2021'