Service history on motor. All electrics working as they should. Upto date safety equipment. Have a good look over the trailer. Often gets over looked. If you buy it, and they say the bearing were done recently, get them changed anyway.
+1 for doing the bearings asap. I learned the hard way with my dinghy trailer believing the guy they'd been done. Drove to Waroona dam and back and the wheel fell off in my driveway with the outer bearing fused to the axle
If you are standing shin deep in water in the boat after 10 minutes it's reasonable to suspect the boat has a major leak, or you have forgotten to put the bungs in.
You may well laugh at the thought but let me assure you I have seen it happen with a new boat, everyone was excited etc and no one thought of the bungs checked every other thing possible but not what keeps the water out.
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holth
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Date Joined: 09/10/06
Service history on motor.
Service history on motor. All electrics working as they should. Upto date safety equipment. Have a good look over the trailer. Often gets over looked. If you buy it, and they say the bearing were done recently, get them changed anyway.
Jackfrost80
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Date Joined: 07/05/12
+1 for doing the bearings
+1 for doing the bearings asap. I learned the hard way with my dinghy trailer believing the guy they'd been done. Drove to Waroona dam and back and the wheel fell off in my driveway with the outer bearing fused to the axle
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squidvicious1
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Date Joined: 22/07/10
Crawl under and look at both
Crawl under and look at both sides of the keel for cracks.
Jackfrost80
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Date Joined: 07/05/12
Take it to WOT and record the
Take it to WOT and record the RPM then ring a dealership to make sure it's been running propped correctly
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crasny1
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Date Joined: 16/10/08
Make sure the bung's in- Lol
Make sure the bung's in- Lol
"I would like to die on Mars. Just not on impact!!" _ Elon Musk
sea-kem
Posts: 14857
Date Joined: 30/11/09
First rule of boat club lol
First rule of boat club lol
Love the West!
Shane O
Posts: 926
Date Joined: 22/01/10
3500 revs
was doing about 3500 to 4000 with the throttle just under half through the estuary got on the
plane easy enough, its not a jetski so will have to get used to the power difference.
Shane O
Posts: 926
Date Joined: 22/01/10
Service history
has a service history the bearing look clean on the trailer.
Shane O
Posts: 926
Date Joined: 22/01/10
WOT
couldnt do that had my daughter and she wasnt up for it, was getting death stares.
Anyfishwilldo (not verified)
Posts: 23
Date Joined: 01/01/70
Like I said before, make sure
Like I said before, make sure your happy with the 75hp... mate had the same boat with a 90 and that was perfect..
Jackfrost80
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Date Joined: 07/05/12
I got a 90 on my 600kg
I got a 90 on my 600kg Seafarer (max allowed). Would love to see the top speed on your mate's Quinny. Must frigging fly along!
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Anyfishwilldo (not verified)
Posts: 23
Date Joined: 01/01/70
90 was good for cruising
90 was good for cruising speed.... and the new equivalent quintrex weighs in at 550kg so not much in it
meglodon
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Date Joined: 17/06/10
Leaks
If you are standing shin deep in water in the boat after 10 minutes it's reasonable to suspect the boat has a major leak, or you have forgotten to put the bungs in.
You may well laugh at the thought but let me assure you I have seen it happen with a new boat, everyone was excited etc and no one thought of the bungs checked every other thing possible but not what keeps the water out.