Finally got the old Quintrex launched on Geographe Bay yesterday with no fanfare given it looks like i should have taken it to the tip rather than Monaghan's ramp. It performed extremely well as far as i was concerned though the son's mate who is a boatie said i could get more revs out of the 35hp with a smaller prop. Being mainly concerned with how the boat went i let the team down by bringing none of Spess'es super burley and only having some very old occy and prawns. Still managed a couple of hook ups that snapped the 5lb line like string but nothing else other than pickers. I was more than a bit ashamed of the bait situation when a school of Pinks circled the boat for a few minutes - including a couple of whoppers. At least i know a couple of spots and when all is up to scratch boatwise with a floor and some welds - hopefully it's look out.

I have one query someone can perhaps advise on - at full tilt there was a leak on a seam where the strake runs along the hull - nothing major - but when i was cleaning the hull down, i found a line of corrosion running down the hull on the inside of the strake. Is this common with Quintrex Fishabouts? I am having a boat builder look at it and hopefully a weld run along it will cure the problem rather than start looking for another hull.