davidsch1

Well, we are looking at upgrading from our current boat, which is a 5.5m Stessl Bluewater 550. Although its a perfect boat, we want to go offshore fishing at the continental shelf (we have taken our 5.5m Stessl up to 40km offshore from Lakes Entrance [and about 35km away from the actual coast itself], but would feel much happier with a bigger boat going 60-80km offshore past the oil rigs). Now my question is if you had to choose between a Sea Jay 7.2 Pursuit GS, a Quintrex Yellow Fin 7400 HT, a Quintrex Trident 690 HT, or a Stacer Ocean Ranger 7.39 HT, which would you choose? Why? How have you found that it rides (especially in rough water)? …and I would particularly be interested if you own/had experience with one of these models of boats. Would prefer single outboard, rather than twin, so would be looking at around the 200 to 250HP engine, probably an Evinrude e-tec (not interested in the new G2 series as I don’t feel its worth the extra 6 – 8k just for an extra 6km/hr of speed, and the faster take-off). Open to ideas and opinions, especially if you have had experience with one of these bigger boats. Our maximum budget would be $90,000. These are four different boat that we are particularly interested in (will be towed by either a 2009 Diesel Nissan Patrol which can tow 3.2T, or a 2015 Nissan Pathfinder which can tow 3.0T, both fitted with Electric brakes): NO #1: the Sea Jay 7.2 GS Basic Specs: 4mm to 5mm plated, beam – 2.49m, hull weight - 1480kg, complete weight – boat/max HP motor/trailer – 2650kg weight, Glass Screen Hard top, 400L fuel tank, requires 200 – 250HP NO #2: Quintrex Yellow Fin 7400 HT Basic Specs: 4mm to 6mm plated, beam – 2.40m, hull weight – 1265kg, complete weight – boat/max HP motor/trailer – 2200kg, Glass Screen Hard Top, 250L fuel tank, requires 200 – 250HP NO #3 Quintrex Trident 690 HT Basic Specs: 3mm to 5mm plated, beam – 2.48m, hull weight – 1130kg, complete weight – boat/max HP motor/trailer – 2150kg, Glass Screen Hard Top, 200L fuel tank, requires 150 – 250HP NO #4 Stacer Ocean Ranger 7.39 HT Basic Specs: 4mm to 5mm plated, beam – 2.49m, hull weight – 1248kg, complete weight – boat/max HP motor/trailer – 2180kg, Glass Screen Hard Top, 215L fuel tank, requires 130 – 250HP