Whats your thoughts?

[fishnut]

Do u own a Quintrex bowl,if not i wouldn be saying too much and i agree most glass boats have a smoother ride and quintrex hold their value better

[Kimtown]

I have a 485 bay cruiser

Solid boat

[Kimtown]

Yes they're both made by Telwater in the exact same factory in Queensland as each other out of the exact same alloy sheets and welding gear with the exact same tradies doing the work across the whole boat (welding, trimmers etc.). The similarities pretty much end there as they're different hulls with Telwater using the Savage name as their budget brand with their more traditional hull shapes, Stacer as their mid tier brand with a more modern hull shape and Quintrex their premium brand with all sorts of different hull shape refinements depending on type of hull.

All that said for a general knockabout to take the kids out in pocket the savings and go the Savage. It may bang a little harder than the Quintrex or even Stacer in choppy conditions but with kids under 13/14 in a small boat you won't be throwing caution to the wind with the forecasts anyway. Upgrade to the 50, or even 60hp if the boat is rated for it (exact same motor with same weight, only detuned to 40/50 from 60hp). Use the savings from buying Savage into the biggest and best sounder you can fit, upgrading the safety gear to your standards (you'll get garbage stuff except the flares) and put the rest towards the first few services.

Note: the Mercury 40-60hp 4s are manufactured at Brunswick's plant in Suzhuo China. There's nothing absolutely wrong with that or the motors themselves and they are quite torquey engines too. Just incase an opposition dealer tries to shitcan the Merc option on you

I didn't like the stacer because the flotation foam crap was in the gunwhales rather than in the floor and I'd prefer to have open gunwhales than under floor storage

And the savage has a more practical and nicer looking transom than the quinny imo

I'm bias of course but I'd pick the savage again every time.

[bowl]

Do u own a Quintrex bowl,if not i wouldn be saying too much and i agree most glass boats have a smoother ride and quintrex hold their value better

Haha...as i said been number of boats over the years...
Might hold their value ,but also so more $$$ to start with.....savage hold their value...so do stacer...

[fishnut]

Yea yea so have had a few as well

[bowl]

Yea yea so have had a few as well

So its 5 k better boat yes/ no ?

[fishnut]

Yes

[smile0784]

Do the smaller quinnie have a flared hull?

[bowl]

What model size did u get fish nut.

[fishnut]

Yea smile 0784 i think they do from the 430 fishabout
The one i got is the 490fishabout which is 5.1m long,their sizing is a bit strange,the 430 and 481 are exactly what it says but from the 490 up the actual length is 20cm longer a bit confusing and mine is made from 3mm bottom and sides with 2mm top and feels quite solid and not noisy when it hits the chop compared to my last one which was a Southwind alloy boat