BOAT COLLAR PRICES

The full-length is a major feature that makes KBCs work as well as they do. #1. It turns down the spray, for dry rides. #.2 It produces bow lift, to protect against nose-diving. #3. It provides maximum overall buoyancy.#4. IMPORTANT: if a Collar stops short (is not full length) on a chine fitting, 'green' water can get on top of it during a turn, which has the potential to make it dig in and flip the boat. A proper-length Collar does the opposite, allowing the tightest, most level turns possible.

We take all precaution to avoid corrosion between the dissimilar metals of the tnnie hull & screws. All screws are coated with Tef-gel, an amazing, non-toxic cream that remains tacky for years, to keep a protective barrier between the stainless steel screws & your aluminium hull.

The Collar itself is fitted tight against your hull and is non-corrosive, being foam. If you use your boat up very dirty creeks or flood waters, and are concerned about debris wedging against your hull, you can run a strip/bead of Sikaflex or silicon around the Collar to seal it, if you want.

Regarding painted boats; factory painted or boats that have been prepped and painted with quality marine paint, won't have a problem with a Boat Collar being fitted. BUT, if you have a hull that's painted cheaply, like with house paint, that was also poorly prepared, the paint will deteriorate over the years and will allow water to sit behind the paint and possibly cause corrosion.

Our advice is to frequently wash the Collar down with fresh water, and get the hose down the front of the Collar to wash any water out that's sitting behind it. You can slacken off on the fixings to give it a thorough clean and let the hull breathe & dry out, as often as you see fit. 

No, for quality control, all sales go through the Nambour office in Queensland, Australia. 

KBCs are great on V-nose punts, most fibreglass & plastic hulls, open single-skin canoes & kayaks, flat-nose punts, and of course the standard tinnie.

Double-skinned fibreglass hulls & big plate boats over 5m have the option of a different type of fitting, we call the Chemi-Weld method. Ask us for more info.

RIBs, jet skis & ski boats, inboard jet boats (including most bass boats) are not suitable for the Collars.