Advice on tinny

[cHiCo]

G`day all,
Am looking to buy a second hand tinny around 13 - 14ft with motor and trailer for around $5000. Could you please give me any advice on what to get and what to avoid. Anything would be greatly appreciated. Cheers
Travis Meyn - Cairns

[Brenno]

i've been doing some reading up on boats and i think stacer have a boat about that size for little under $5000, or it could be a bit smaller.

or just check out the papers, or a few web sites.

[NQCairns]

Hi I know of someone in Cairns who bought a 14 foot deepish V tinny and 30hp evinrude + trailer for $1800 all in good condition . Most people seem to try to sell for up to 1 to 2/3 above what their boat is really worth and some get it too. You could get a basic 16+ foot tinny with a late 80s or early to mid 90s 40 or 50 - 60 hp for $5000 second hand and in good cond if you look around. What do you want to do with it, that will help with what to steer clear of.nq

[cHiCo]

16ft is probably a bit big, was wanting to hit the estuarys a fair bit but all get out to the inner reefs quite easily. I saw something in todays Cairns Post that would be perfect but couldnt get out to see it. 14' Clark Abalone c/console, 94 mod, 40hp evinrude reconditioned, Trailer, boat rego, some safety gear asking $4000 ono. Do you think something around that would suit what i want to do?

[haggard]

mate i have a stacer proline 4.3 great boat bit rough in choppy water but with 2 seets in it there is a hell of a lot of fishing area the wife and i both love it best boat as in fishing i have been in like a said it has only one fault that it is a bit rough in choppy water.
as for motor we run a 1995 25 jhonno plenty big enough

u should be able to pick up a unit like this for under your 5000
good luck and good fishing

regards geoff and anne

[cHiCo]

Yeh something like that sounds good haggard, you personal messaged me but there was nothing in the messages :-/ .
Well i will keep looking and hopefully i can pick something like that up cheap. Cheers

[NQCairns]

In a perfect world I think that 4.0m is just a tad small solo but still do-able, it may cut down on your time out or change your mind at the ramp or half way out. 4.3 to 4.5 would be the smallest to hit the reefs, I have an old 4.2 and it is great for the close stuff but just a tad to small overall when the lose reefs are around 27km + offshore, thats a lot of travel home in rough weather (dont forget those squalls we have been having lately). I will be upgrading the hull for a light 4.5 - 7ish version just for close reef trips, it will still do the estuary fine. cheers nq

[PG]

Think about any extras you want to add to the boat like sounder, GPS, safety gear, bimini, battery, lights etc....they add up to quite a bit if you're not careful.
I bought a 4 M Horizon tinny with 25 Yamaha, cost me almost $1000 more to deckit oput with dsafety gear and sounder etc. Great boat but not very good on outside the bay. I'd look for 4.5 m or so and probably 40 to 50 hp if you can get it.
Something more to think about...hahaha.
Nomatter what boat you get, it's all good mate, fishin is fishin !

[PG]

oops, forgot...make sure you get 13" rims or bigger, don't get those little boat trailer wheels...they're as useless as tits on a bull !

[Robbo_Townsville]

Have a mate who had a Abalone and reckoned that it was the wettest ride he had ever had. Sold it in less than 4 months for a Stacer c/console.

Just his opinion though

[NQCairns]

Here you go sounds like a good fishing machine ;D; in the NQ trading post thursday edition, Stessl 14ft 30hp 1994 model, 60lsstank with 20lreserve, sounder, all safety for offshore, ssprops, 12m rego, bow rail, carpeted etc $3500 email for number or grab the post. On paper I wouldnt pay much more than $2800 or $3000 probably but it would have to be very smick, offer $2200 as a start if all in very good condition and go to $2800. not worth much more than that, unless only used twice once on the muffs etc good luck.nq

[cHiCo]

That sounds alright, gonna have to pick up the post. Cheers