Silveredition
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Gday guys
I thought I would do a bit of a write-up on my old Quintrex...
My Dad bought it in about 1986 from a professional fisherman who used it part of the year to fish for Spangled Emperor at Ningaloo, and for netting in the bottom of Exmouth Gulf for the remainder of the year. When Dad got it it was pretty knocked around, and unfortunately suffered from Quintrex putting in the wrong rubber compound in-between the hull and the ribs, causing a lot of corrosion. There were a couple of sections at the bow that had to be cut out and replaced. It originally had a 70 Johnson (or Evinrude), and over the years the outboard became a mix of both Johnson and Evinrude parts - until it eventually died, and was replaced with a 90 XL Yamaha, which required the transom to be extended in height....
I bought it off Dad around 2002, and did the transom, and Gunmetal Grey 2-pack paint. I started to get the Misssion Brown off the hull, but got bored, so it is still half there...
I have used the boat for Whiting Fishing in Albany, all the way up to Threadfin / Barra fishing up at Balla Balla, but it gets mostly used in Exmouth Gulf for Spearfishing nowdays.
The trailer is now running LT tyres, a 2T axle with 1.5T Landcruiser hubs, 1.25T eye to eye springs with Hilux shock absorbers, a drop-down spare, and full width rear slide. It has done the Ningaloo track plenty of times, Carrarang, Lucky Bay (near Kalbarri), and plenty of sand dunes to get to the bottom of Exmouth Gulf...
I thought I would do a bit of a write-up on my old Quintrex...
My Dad bought it in about 1986 from a professional fisherman who used it part of the year to fish for Spangled Emperor at Ningaloo, and for netting in the bottom of Exmouth Gulf for the remainder of the year. When Dad got it it was pretty knocked around, and unfortunately suffered from Quintrex putting in the wrong rubber compound in-between the hull and the ribs, causing a lot of corrosion. There were a couple of sections at the bow that had to be cut out and replaced. It originally had a 70 Johnson (or Evinrude), and over the years the outboard became a mix of both Johnson and Evinrude parts - until it eventually died, and was replaced with a 90 XL Yamaha, which required the transom to be extended in height....
I bought it off Dad around 2002, and did the transom, and Gunmetal Grey 2-pack paint. I started to get the Misssion Brown off the hull, but got bored, so it is still half there...
I have used the boat for Whiting Fishing in Albany, all the way up to Threadfin / Barra fishing up at Balla Balla, but it gets mostly used in Exmouth Gulf for Spearfishing nowdays.
The trailer is now running LT tyres, a 2T axle with 1.5T Landcruiser hubs, 1.25T eye to eye springs with Hilux shock absorbers, a drop-down spare, and full width rear slide. It has done the Ningaloo track plenty of times, Carrarang, Lucky Bay (near Kalbarri), and plenty of sand dunes to get to the bottom of Exmouth Gulf...
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