ideas on a project boat

[melony]

Hey guys

I am thinking of buying a standard tinnie and starting a project boat out of it, i have a few ideas for the base of it all these are

stessl 4.2M EDGETRACKER HD http://www.stessl.com.au/downloads/features/EDGETRACKER_HD.pdf (http://www.stessl.com.au/downloads/features/EDGETRACKER_HD.pdf)

Bluefin 430 TREKKER http://www.bluefinboats.com.au/trekker.htm (http://www.bluefinboats.com.au/trekker.htm)

Stacer proline 429 http://www.stacer.com.au/Aluminium-Boat-Range1/429_Proline (http://www.stacer.com.au/Aluminium-Boat-Range1/429_Proline)

Quintrex 420 explorer http://www.quintrex.com.au/Aluminium-Boat-Range/420Explorer (http://www.quintrex.com.au/Aluminium-Boat-Range/420Explorer)

what my plan is to end up with a unit that has a full floor, live bait tank, live well tournament standards, may be a rod locker, and a few storage area's.

i am thinking either 30 or 40HP and tillier steer.

if anyone knows how the stessl handles estuarie chop and has feedback on these would be a bonus

any ideas, brands or models would be great and any decent dealers would be great as well

Thanks Tony

[Nathan Tuskes]

i did a similar fit out on a 420 makocraft with full casting decks front andback and found it a fantastic casting platform, but you have to remember itsstill a punt style boat so the ride in chop, is pretty ordinary…. anything over1 foot it gets a bit painful, crossing large boat wakes have to be thoughtabout and such. The boat was fitted with a 40hp yamaha 3 pot 2 stroke. The boatplaned very quickly and top out nicely but with out elec trim you had to use a conservativetrim angle all the time to suit all conditions....

[Noelm]

I reckon it will cost just as much to build what you want, as it would to buy a fully fitted rig in the first place, the only advantage in DIY is , you can build what YOU want, not what some boat builder likes. Just be aware that you will be adding a lot of extra weight, so consider power near the recomened top end, also probably one of the best options is an under floor fuel tank, even in a "small" boat like you are looking at. We did a lot of work on my son's Stacer after he had it for a while, and believe me, he spent a bucket load, and we got all the Aluminium work done for a case of beer! I guess to be fair, the money spent is over a period of time, so it is kind of painless compared to forking out a pile of loot for a factory fitted rig. Any of the boats you mentioned will be OK, none of them are stand outs, there is only so much you can do to a tinny to make it different to the rest!

[melony]

Hey Guys

Thanks for your reply's and input, I have owned a stacer 429 Nomad Elite & also just sold a 420 proline angler with Side console, I did put livewells and livebait tank into the proline, but being a fussy bugger have thought i want to layout my own design, my other step is to build my own unit hull, trailer and other bits and pieces as i have access to my uncles engineering firm which is my second fav play ground. so may be i might start throwing some ideas into auto cad and see where i end up

Thanks Tony

[deckie]

if u have access to a good uncles workshop then whynot save a few bux and start with a good nick second hand v nose punt tinnie instead of paying for a brand name. No difference. A tinnie is a tinnie, as long as its stable u can make the perfect catfish skateboard....and u can do it from the ground up YOUR WAY, even give it a lick of paint if needed.

Christ only knows how some tinnie manufacturers justify the prices they charge for what is just a v nose punt with a few stickers..then they want to charge extra for a cheap paint job thats just gonna temporarily hide corrosion. Paying money for them second hand due to a simple brand name is kinda dumb i reckon...they all bang like the dunny door into a chop, whilst freezing your arse off getting wind blown and wet as a shag, just before you get sick of standing up balancing, then stand on your favorite graphite stick, trip and fall overboard coz its basically a skateboard with one pointy end. 8-)

They can put a name like trophy elite super dooper eagle master blaster on any v nose punt tinnie and its still a v nose punt tinnie.

The thing about tinnies is that the older they are, the more dings they have, the less pretentious stickers they have, the more beer onboard....the more fish they catch. They even look like they catch more fish. Well ok i might be generalising ;D

[Shawn 66]

if u have access to a good uncles workshop then whynot save a few bux and start with a good nick second hand v nose punt tinnie instead of paying for a brand name. No difference. A tinnie is a tinnie, as long as its stable u can make the perfect catfish skateboard....and u can do it from the ground up YOUR WAY, even give it a lick of paint if needed.

Christ only knows how some tinnie manufacturers justify the prices they charge for what is just a v nose punt with a few stickers..then they want to charge extra for a cheap paint job thats just gonna temporarily hide corrosion. Paying money for them second hand due to a simple brand name is kinda dumb i reckon...they all bang like the dunny door into a chop, whilst freezing your arse off getting wind blown and wet as a shag, just before you get sick of standing up balancing, then stand on your favorite graphite stick, trip and fall overboard coz its basically a skateboard with one pointy end. 8-)

They can put a name like trophy elite super dooper eagle master blaster on any v nose punt tinnie and its still a v nose punt tinnie.

The thing about tinnies is that the older they are, the more dings they have, the less pretentious stickers they have, the more beer onboard....the more fish they catch. They even look like they catch more fish. Well ok i might be generalising ;D
Righto I think we get it , you are not a big fan of tinnies .
Shawn

[deckie]

Righto I think we get it , you are not a big fan of tinnies .
Shawn
Nope...love good sensible tinnies. Just dont see why some continue to be sucked into paying overs for a simple marketing job that goes with many of them.
I swear if i paint, shine up and whack a few stickers on any old v nose tinnie, then call it a fancy "tournament" type name, pay for a few good reviews, then i could easily sell them to the honey hole brigade for twice what they're actually worth.
They're supposed to be the cheap, tough, knockabout option for hard work, but some continue to pay far too much for what is just a cheap and nasty factory fitout that anyone that could do.