Tinnie in Coral bay hire or buy?

 I'm heading to Coral bay warroora station for a week before Easter with the camper trailer.

I'm tossing up buying a tinnie and taking it on the camper vs hire one when up there.

Pros of buying:

- can use on any day 

- can customise

- sell after trip to get money back 

- don't have to drive into CB to collect/return

Pros of hire:

-  don't need to risk not being able to sell it after

- would be larger and reliable

- no transfer fees

 

What are your thoughts?


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 Aren't the coral bay hire

Sat, 2021-02-27 09:03

 Aren't the coral bay hire boats actually from exmouth? So you'd need to add a delivery charge onto that as well. 
I don't think beach launching is too easy at warroora. Not the places I've seen anyway. You would really want a lightweight car topper easy to carry up and down the beach. 

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Yep, Exmouth boat hire.Great

Sat, 2021-02-27 11:44

Yep, Exmouth boat hire.

Great feedback on the beaches, it's my first Time at warroora. 

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 So we had this delimma last

Sat, 2021-02-27 15:23

 So we had this delimma last year and opted to buy a 3.3m soft floor inflatable and 9.9hp outboard.

All up, less than 3 grand where the boat hire was going to be 1900 for a week + delivery + 2x 80km drive to the drop off location.

We are taking the boat north again this year and it will pay for itself this year, in the second trip.
 

I don't think you would have any issues selling a tinny in the market today

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 How did you go with the 9.8

Sat, 2021-02-27 17:01

 How did you go with the 9.8 and the soft floor getting out to the reef for a fish?

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We had a 5 and did 5.4 knots

Sun, 2021-02-28 18:26

We had a 5 and did 5.4 knots when hurtling out of control down a wave in 15 knots of wind....we did 8 miles that day on 8l of fuel

 

I only got the 9.8 a month back, we tested it a fortnight ago and can get 15 knots out of it with two adults or 11 knots with fat adults (me and the brother in law). The boat can take 15hp.

 

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 Cheers 

Mon, 2021-03-01 11:04

 Cheers 

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 Hey Josh, exact same

Thu, 2023-01-12 09:28

 Hey Josh, exact same situation as you for this year- what did you end up doing? How did you go? Cheers!

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 For what it's worth, we have

Thu, 2023-01-12 18:00

 For what it's worth, we have since picked up a $6k quintrex dory. Have taken it on four trips and fished out of it 20 odd days in 12 months including Exmouth, Kalbarri, port Gregory, Cervantes, dunsborough and duke of Orleans. Have also used it at home when I didn't want to take the bigger boat.

I went halves in the inflatable with my brother in law and he takes it every so often too.

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 I would buy one. There would

Sat, 2021-02-27 16:10

 I would buy one. There would be plenty out there that would do the job you want . You may end up keeping it In the end . Not realy a huge amount to out lay . Better than hiring one in my opinion

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Definitely buy one i picked

Sun, 2021-02-28 17:26

 Up a 3.4m dinghy with a fold out trailer that is licensed and a 9.9hp suzuki for 2.5k spent $220 on welding some patches and haven't looked back

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