Quinny project (pic heavy)
So a couple of years back (maybe 3 or more lol) I picked up this Bayhunter from Gordon (Sunshine) before he retired as a write off hull. From what I can remember she had rolled on a reef and as you can see in the following pics copped a fair hiding on the Starboard side. I'd always wanted a challenge like this so thought why not.
So the first job was to strip her out as I was going to convert her to a centre console.
Once cleaned out next job was to get some new gunnel rails rolled up and try to align everything. The hull had a slight twist so I had to get it all straight and secure it to the ground while I locked everything in. She came out as straight as a dye so very happy with that. Sadly the skin on the starboard side was stretched a little so have had to dolly it up as best I can but it's tidy and only going to be a dedicated fisher anyway.
Next was to infill the gunells, do the internal rail and fab up the handrails etc and weld on.
So now ready for blast
Back at work and prime coats
Internal painting done and last weekend top coats
Now the good fun starts with the fitout, I've been collecting lots of goodies over the last year or so to fit her out with. I Picked up a ready made console from a guy up in Yanchep. She will have a brand new 60HP 4 stroke Suzi fitted in the next couple of weeks. I also ripped out the original fuel tank and made a bigger one that will carry around 80L, will find out precisely when I fill her up.
More pics to come.
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Silver Fox
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Sweet
Looking the goods there Andy . How long till you drag her up here and ding up your nice paint job on the Gnaraloo track ?
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sea-kem
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Ha ha the boys have their
Ha ha the boys have their eyes all over it.
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Dale
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Looking good Andy, panel beating has come up pretty good.
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backlash
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Impressive
great job !
uncle
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Looking good
Bit of work going on there
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sea-kem
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Yeah hours of love Unc,
Yeah hours of love Unc, you'd never make any money out of this. But it's enjoyable.
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sunshine
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Is that the one you picked up as salvage
Hell you have done a great job of restoring her as the photos don't do justice to the damage that was present
Skull
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Nice Job
Well done Andy really looks the goods,
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Willlo
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Looking good Andy , turning
Looking good Andy , turning into a collector of boats and trailers lol.
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Hi Andy
Looking good mate. You can bring both up to Gnaraloo
Pretty handy on those tools. Looking forward to seeing her finished. Gotten over the Gnaraloo hangover yet?
sea-kem
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Cheers Dave, I'm seriously
Cheers Dave, I'm seriously thinking about next year's trip already.
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We are booked. 6th to 13th of July i think.
still trying
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Awesome job of getting that
Awesome job of getting that back to that shape. Were people in it when it hit the reef looks like it would have hurt if they were. Great job the kids will love it.
rather be fishing
sea-kem
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think they were mate, not
think they were mate, not sure if Gorden can elaborate.
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sunshine
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Yup they got knocked around a bit
But thankfully only minor injuries, the boat faired much worse. Great to see it rebuilt and repurposed
Faulkner Family
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nice little project there.
nice little project there. you have done well with what it was. bet you cant wait to get it wet after the effort put in
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sea-kem
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Hopefully won't be a 5m
Hopefully won't be a 5m swell as is the norm at the moment Russ lol
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Faulkner Family
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your not wrong. 3 weekends
your not wrong. 3 weekends back in perth and no fishing, the wind and swell has been relentless. sunday arvo may turn out ok ish.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
surge
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good job mate looks the
good job mate looks the goods
sea-kem
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Cheers Surge, not as good as
Cheers Surge, not as good as your glassy paintwork. But it'll do
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Jackfrost80
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Awesome stuff to see the
Awesome stuff to see the progress. Somehow I think it'll be like when you buy and new car and don't get to use it coz I reckon your boys are going to give her a flogging and I don't reckon you'll mind one bit
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Cruise Control
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Looking the goods Andy.
Looking the goods Andy. Second profession perhaps ?
Scotte
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You've done a good job on
You've done a good job on that mate.probably be better than new once you've finished it.
Daz490
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Nice one, I always had a
Nice one, I always had a good look at this boat when I was doing the bin run on Tuesday when we used to drive behind the lane way
over the past I’m thinking 4-5 years and always wondered what your plans were
that’s if this is the boat next to the old rail lines, top job mate good to see a good restore
I’ve got a 5m quinny and I’m really happy with it
sea-kem
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Ha ha yes that's the one,
Ha ha yes that's the one, finally pulled my finger out to get it done.
My other Quinny is a 540 Coastrunner and yeah they are a top boat.
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tot
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Looking the goods
mate , nice one.
See you soon.
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NORUN NOFUN
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Great work and really
Great work and really satisfying I would imagine, would be great to see the end result with fitout when finished.
sea-kem
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Cheers mate, hopefully donk
Cheers mate, hopefully donk on next week then all downhill from there fitting out.
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Stevo81
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Looks sweet mate, hope the
Looks sweet mate, hope the boys have been helping!
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Rob H
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Lovely job Andy!
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ChrisG
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Saw at Andy’s workshop
Saw at Andy’s workshop couple of weeks back - ripper restoration job!
hezzy
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great work andy will be
great work andy
will be well worth the hours put in when she hits the water and catches a feed !!
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sea-kem
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Cheers Hezzy, all the decals
Cheers Hezzy, all the decals arrived today. Looking forward to putting them on
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