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wsdunc
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I have been interested in quintrex boats for a while now. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there is any serious supply in the US. Occasionally one
shows up on the boat trader, and Gandalfe Marine used to be listed as a dealer, but their website doesn't show a stock of quintrex.
A few years ago Quintrex opened a plant in the southeast, but closed it down.
Am I wrong, does anyone know of any active Quintrex dealers in the USA?
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Russ
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There is no such thing as the perfect boat. It is always a matter of compromises and your specific priorities. |
Nonsense. |
No Bait tank
No outriggers
No fish holds
NO RANGE
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Actually, it's a 22 footer piloted by leprechauns. 
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Would that work for Lake Crowly (sp) opener?
Bahia Concepcion where life starts...given a chance!
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Pescador
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| Quote: | Originally posted by wsdunc
I have been interested in quintrex boats for a while now. Unfortunately it doesn't seem like there is any serious supply in the US. Occasionally one
shows up on the boat trader, and Gandalfe Marine used to be listed as a dealer, but their website doesn't show a stock of quintrex.
A few years ago Quintrex opened a plant in the southeast, but closed it down.
Am I wrong, does anyone know of any active Quintrex dealers in the USA? |
You are right, this boat rules in the Sea of Cortez and I was so hopeful that they could get things together when they started a facility in the
Southeast. The head company is from Australia and they just could not adjust to how manufacturing works in the United States, so they have moved the
facility to British Columbia. If this boat was to receive the proper marketing, it would literally put Gregor and Klamath out of business, since it
is built a little like a tank. I think the Pacific Boat is tank like too but in my humble opinion, it looks a little like a tank also. A friend of
mine has one at Punta Chivato and I have run mine for the last 3 or 4 years and love it. Try www.quintrexboats.com and see if that does not give you the BC site. Gandolfe was a large dealer in New Jersey but I have not talked to him for
awhile so I do not know if he is still selling the boat. We actually had a dealer in Colorado but he did not want to deal very much on the boat I
bought so I ended up going to Florida to pick mine up from the same guys who occasionaly show one on the Boattraderonline. com. I have a 115 Yamaha
and can go from San Bruno to Tortuga Island which is about a 70 mile round trip and I use about 12 gallons of gas and cruise about 26 to 28. If I
kick it up to 35, she goes but burns a little more gas.
The dealer for North America is Ben Hanson who is in Kelowna, BC phone 12502604197, email is Quintrex@telus.net
[Edited on 4-30-2008 by Pescador]
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bombero
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Perfect Boat
Two great things for the start of a perfect boat are "Reliable and Paid for.
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Bob H
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Perfect Boat
Tiger Woods has the perfect boat if you ask me.... Bob H
http://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/megayachts/tiger-woods-yac...
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Roberto
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This would be MY perfect boat if I could afford it:
http://www.nordhavn.com/55/overview.php4
I'd live aboard and travel the world.
With a 22'-26' center console as a tender, of course. 
[Edited on 5-2-2008 by Roberto]
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AcuDoc
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I used to crew on the Wild Goose, John Waynes boat. A 134 foot converted Navy minesweeper. We had two 17' boston whaler on board that we could wench
down and use as fishing boats.
It was a pretty sweet boat!
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by AcuDoc
We had two 17' boston whaler on board that we could wench down and use as fishing boats.
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You had chicks putting your boats in the water? I guess the Duke could get those wenches to do just about anything.
Sorry, Doc, couldn't resist.
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fishbuck
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bombero
Two great things for the start of a perfect boat are "Reliable and Paid for. |
Bingo! We have a winner.
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Hook
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| Quote: | Originally posted by bombero
Two great things for the start of a perfect boat are "Reliable and Paid for. |
Heh, heh! He said "reliable" and "boat" in the same sentence.
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Roberto
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Since we're resuscitating platitudes ...
Boat = Break Out Another Thousand.
and ...
| Quote: | | The two happiest days in a boat owner's life are the day they buy and the day they sell |
[Edited on 5-1-2008 by Roberto]
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fishbuck
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Former boat owner: The day I bought that boat was my second happiest!
Friend: What was the happiest day?
Former Boat Owner: The day I sold it!
[Edited on 5-2-2008 by fishbuck]
"A ship in harbor is safe, but that is not what ships are built for." J. A. Shedd.
A clever person solves a problem. A wise person avoids it. – Albert Einstein
"Life's a Beach... and then you Fly!" Fishbuck
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Capt. George
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For Baja, my Dusky
\"The penalty good men pay for indifference to public affairs is to be ruled by evil men\" Plato
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Pescador
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Capt. George
For Baja, my Dusky |
Geez, George, is that boat for sale again?
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Oso
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Roberto,
I'd be afraid to go to sea on that tub.
There's a hat on the bed!!!
Bad juju. Worse than bananas.
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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Roberto
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| Quote: | Originally posted by Oso
Bad juju. Worse than bananas. |
Do you know the origin of that? In Italy, it comes from the fact that an officer's hat is placed on the bed when they die.
I've never spoken to an American who knew about this.
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Bob and Susan
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roberto
i always heard it was because hair holds evil spirits
this is belived because static electricity sparks in the hair
sparking occurs when you take a hat off....sometimes
if you HAVE hair
lots of older hats were lined with fur and static electricty was really bad ...
if a hat was placed on a bed the evil spirits could come out of it and go into the mattress and blankets... to attack later
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billgow
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If money was no object http://www.yachtpangaea.com/welcome.html
I heard Albin is no longer in business and that their 26’ CC was never as well built as the originals from Cape Cod Marine in S. Dennis,
Massachusetts. http://www.capecodmarineinc.com/
Maybe Cape Cod Marine will begin making these again. These were very seaworthy offshore boats designed for long-range tuna fishing.
I a big fan of the eastern style boats, especially the Carolina flavor. If you’re thinking inboard diesel, I think the 24’ Albemarle is a better
choice for many reasons. http://www.albemarleboats.com/trailerable/242CC.html
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Oso
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I heard one of those was for sale in SD not long ago...
(but not the same model)
[Edited on 5-10-2008 by Oso]
All my childhood I wanted to be older. Now I\'m older and this chitn sucks.
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rob
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PERFECT BOAT? NO - BUT IT GOES ANYWHERE
I bought a 15´Klamath and designed a trailer for it (thanks US Marines) with one object - to be able to go anywhere in Baja by road, and launch it.
The Klamath was the largest boat I could get and not compromise the objective - it has been great. The motor not so (through no fault of its own). I
bought a 40HP Yamaha because it was the largest the USCG would allow - although why the USCG meddles with motor choices is less clear.
40HP is NOT powerful enough to safely surf launch where we live on the Pacific Coast - 12 foot breakers are present if not daily, at least often.
Also, with hindsight - do NOT buy tilt-control if you are going to surf launch - it is dangerous and can potantially tear the motor off the boat if
you hit the bottom hard enough.
Yet the boat (with a second 15HP Suzuki for backup) takes us out to the Lusitania Banks (sshhh) 35 miles out.
My next boat is a 22foot panga with either 70 or 95HP Yamaha - the perfect surf-launch boat.
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