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Innovison’s smallest model, the 515 Active, is a surprising package: a small boat that feels much bigger inside, with big boat ride and handling characteristics to match.

Innovision Boats’ owner, Simon Minoprio, is passionate about his designs and like the rest of the Innovision range of semicustom aluminium trailer boats, the 515 Active stands out from the crowd. With a distinctive plumb bow, its waterline length is longer than some 6m vessels, which in part explains why it behaves like a bigger boat on the water.

The 515 Active’s hull is also at its widest at the chines, rather than at the gunwales, which improves stability at rest, optimises floor space inside the boat and ensures excellent toeroom – important attributes in a walkaround centre-console boat designed primarily for inshore sport fishing.

Viewed from above, the 515’s hull is roughly

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