can i get some advie on seafaer, quality & ride?

[Jarrah Jack]

Hope you don't have one of these end up around the corner GBC. There was one for sale with twin 300 zuks not long ago.

http://www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-fo...px?R=9354324:o

Made for crossing bass strait with a ton of ab's, very quickly.

[GBC]

Thank Christ the link doesn't work or some of the girls in the office might have gotten embarassed haha.

[Jarrah Jack]

Thank Christ the link doesn't work or some of the girls in the office might have gotten embarassed haha.

Try this one then and look out girls..

http://www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-fo...spx?R=12297380

[stue2]

To answer the question on quality and ride. both excellent. the ride is much better with tabs. stability is great.

As far as wet goes, I was worried it would catch me out when I bought my Vagabond. The cab is not packed to the hilt with junk and the closest its been to spearing was a small splash over the bow sprit in very ordinary conditions.
You get a bit over the sides when beam on.

as an earlier post said, it needs to be 20knots and head on. trim out and a bit more speed is all thats needed.

cheers Stu

[conco46]

ok well if i wanted to save some money what do u all think of the large quintrex offsore, will the plate handle it like class, and iv heard the millenuim hull are good and very dry?

i might post a new post about them if i dont here much from this post about the plate millenuim hull
at the end of the day i want to be able to get way outside need a cab & bed for kids, dont want to go under 6m & wood love to have twin engines on it, dont know if u can on quintrex?
cheers boys

[GBC]

Offshore and quintrex are two words that should NEVER be used in the same sentence.

[conco46]

y is that mate u sound like uv had a bad experence?

no good hey?

[conco46]

i just looked at a heap of post about quintrex, no good at all, quintrex is out.

[Smithy]

This one is a no-brainer. In Mackay and all. Go for a test drive.

http://www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-fo...aspx?R=8351412

Another.

http://www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-fo...spx?R=12113935

3rd choice.

http://www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-fo...spx?R=11200925

[GBC]

You're not wrong, those 2400's would have never been this side of $100k not so long ago.

[conco46]

This one is a no-brainer. In Mackay and all. Go for a test drive.

http://www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-fo...aspx?R=8351412

Another.

http://www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-fo...spx?R=12113935

3rd choice.

http://www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-fo...spx?R=11200925

mate that has been the boat iv wanted from day 1, but i wasnt keen on getting something so old, i didnt what to go under 2007 model thats y i have stopped looking at them.
wat do u think of getting something that old?

[ozynorts]

There are only old if they have been mistreated. Get them checked out by a surveyor and go from there. Up the road from me this week were 2 Haines V19c's, must have been at least 94 models and they looked like new. I am learning that it is better to judge the boat on it's merits rather than it's year of manufacture.

[Finnatical]

It would be hard to go past the KC2400's in that price and size bracket. It is all about condition as the construction and layout has not changed much if at all in the last few years, so it boils down to the condition of the boat and in particular the motors. If you can get one with 140 Suzuki's you can't go too far wrong if they are in good nick. When I was looking in that bracket a few years back I just couldnt go past the KC2400, and they weren't that cheap second hand back then, great buying these days in this market. I loved mine so much that I moved up to the KC3000. You will need to drive the KC2400 like any cat and they take a bit of getting used to the way they move in the water if you haven't been on small cats before, however once you get your head around them you will never look back.

There are a couple of guys on here that are recent converts to KC2400's and they might be able to chime in about getting used to them, but I was able to do it quite easily so anybody can.

Good luck with the shopping, great time to be a cashed up boat buyer at the moment.
Cheers,

[Smithy]

Boats aren't cars. What the other guys have all said. Don't be concerned about the Yammies on the 2400s. Pre '06 I think it was 90-115-140 Suzukes are not 100% bulletproof. Had a mate look at a Seajay the other day. Had never been washed and salt all over it and it was late model. You will be better off with something a few years old that has been well looked after than something late model that has had no love.

[conco46]

yeah i hear ya boys i got told by alot of old fishermen that the best haines hunter hulls were hte old ones

this looks good bit a bit over priced u wood need to change engine asap
http://www.boatpoint.com.au/boats-fo...spx?R=12555840

looks like its back to the drawing board for me.

thanx for all the replys and advice boy helps heaps