tugger

Kev the quintrex is a good boat for its size and weight its got its own pros and cons . good things going for it is light and easy to handle on your own compared to the fibreglass boats will be cheaper on fuel and easier to tow being lighter. can be a bit more rough with a aluminium hull than a fibreglass boat when beaching it at ramps and rock foreshores. will not handle seas as well than the fibre glass boats but for a first boat the quintrex would be ample in most bay spots. i had 1 for years and in good weather you can sneak off shore to some close reefs. the seafarer has been a good boat for years as well but as you can tell i like my tinnies

kev when you get a large fish on light gear near the boat you go very steady never increase the drag setting as you have less line therefor less stretch and the line could snatch load and bust all your good effort.

my mate landed a 12kilo cobia on 2.6 kilo line on a whiting rod (black queen) it took him 50 minutes and split the line in two for about the first 100m of line. my best was a 20 kilo tuna in the bay on 6 kilo line and took me 50 minutes and it came up dead. my first trip with the missus and she drove the boat got the anchor up , couldn't have caught it with out her