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Building a better Cabo • steve Knauth

STAFF WRI T ER

Could the Cabo 40 Expre be the timate Cabo? That' the goal for the

new e t boat in the lO-year-old Califor­nia builder ' nine-model lineup, from

1 to 48 feet . ~We want this to be the best de­'ned , best built and best equipped

l to ever leave the yard ," says Mike worth, Cabo vice president and com­

nany co-founder. In the end , buyers will decide bethel' Cabo has achieved its goal ,

ay Haworth. In the meantime , the builder has made every effort with the twin diesel express, a combination of offshore performance and luxury ac­commodations that never forgets it 's a portfishing boat. There 's even rod t rage in the head. To start with, there 's more than 100

q uare feet of cockpit space for an­lers to work in , thanks in part to the 'O-footer 's beamy body. (Maximum

beam is more than 15 feet.) That also leaves room for such gear as the port and starboard fishboxes with macera­tors, an icebox and bait prep center with a sink, a rigging board and tackle drawers. Padded gunwales , high cock­p it sides and firm footholds add a measure of comfort and afet)'. Other

standard features include upper and lower transom doors , a reinforcing plate for a fighting chair , and fresh­and saltwater washdowns.

The express-style helm (with pedestal seat and companion) is on centerline for the best sightlines fore and aft. The modular dashboard is designed to hold a full complement of electronics, from standard gauges and engine monitor­ing screens to fish-finding and naviga­tion instruments.

The compact interior sleeps at least

foW' - in a pdvate stateroom (with is­land berth) for two forwa rd and a set­tee in the saloon that converts to bunks. The shared head compartment amidships has an electric head and sep­arate shower, along with a vanity and mirror, and storage for three rods in a vertical rack.

There's storage for 10 rods in the sa­loon, reached from the helm station by a three-step companionway. The settee is to starboard, and across the way is a

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S P E C S LOA: 40 feet, 2 inches BEAM: 15 feet, 9 inches DRAFT: 3 feet, 5 inches DISPLACEMENT: 28,000 pounds HULL TYPE: deep-vee FUEL: 600 gallons WATER: 80 gallons ENGINE OPTIONS: twin 700-hp Caterpillar diesels SPEED: 30-33 mph

(cruise). 40 mph (top) SUGGESTED PRICE: $600,000 with twin 700-hp diesel CONTACT: Cabo Yachts Inc., 9780 Ran­

cho Road, Adelanto, CA 92301. Phone: (760) 246-8917. www.caboyachts.com

Welded 'Quinnies' from Down Under By Rich Armstrong

ASSOCIAT E EDITOR

Quintrex calls itself the largest production boatbuilder in the Southern Hemisphere . And while most U.S. boaters p robably have never heard of the company, that may be bout to change. In January the company's new boat building facility in

Rhode Island is expected to begin producing the small 'elded aluminum boats that made the Quintrex name so

rnmon Down Under, where they're known as "Quinnies." uinnie is a twist on the Aussie nickname for aluminum

bo t , "tinnies," which is a slang term for a can of beer.) The North Kingston plant initially will build 1 0- to 14-

foot utility boats and do some assembly work on the com­pany's larger models, including the 18-foot 180 Legend center console. Within about a year the company expects to begin producing the center consoles , side console p ortfishermen, runabouts and bowriders to 19 feet seen

on ustralian waters. Last year Quintrex and its parent company, Telwater, built

more than 14;000 boats. Quintrex accounts for about 75 p er-

Soundings January 2003

Quintrex aluminum boats are welded, not rivited.

cent of the total, but that figure also includes Stacer alu­minum boats wllich Telwater bought fro111 the now-defunct Outboard Marine Corp. two years ago.

See Qu iJl.1zies, nexl p age

TECH NOTES

Alden alters building technique

Alden Yachts of Portsmouth , R.I. , annOlmced tllis fall that all fu­ture boats - both sail and power - will be built using epoxy resin with E-glass , Kevlar or carbon fiber laminates , triple vacuum bagged and post thermal cured.

Epoxy composite construction will be standard for all Alden Yachts.

"This process will allow us to build a faster , stronger, lighter boat with a full furniture interior, complete with all the cruising luxuries available and a superior exterior fulish ," says Alden Yachts president David MacFarlane.

The process entails impregnat­ing fiberglass material with epoxy resin before laminating. This al­lows better control of the glass-to­resin ratio and weight, while en­suring there are no dry areas be­fore the glass is in the mold, ac­cording to the builder.

To obtain a stronger laminate and eliminate air entrapment , hull and decks are triple vacuum bagged - after the outer skins are laminated, after the core is in place , and after the inner skin is laminated. Decks will be con­structed in the same manner as hulls, according to Alden.

When the hull, deck and bulk­heads are laminated, the parts will be post cured in an oven, some 60 feet long, constmcted for tllis process.

By using this process the com­pleted vessel's weight may be re­duced by up to 18 percent, wllile achieving lligher strengths with­out VOC emissions, MacFarlane says. www.aldenyachts.com

BoatTrader users are serious buyers

BoatTraderOnline. com reports that 67 percent of the registered

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rn T ake a couple of turn s around the rope , ra il or whatever,

and then b ring t he worki n g end across in f ront of t he

standin g part and half-hitch it as shown .

Make a seco nd identical half-h itch (co mpleti ng a

clo ve hitch ).

rn W o rk the completed hitch snug and t ight.

CAMEL HITCH

HISTORY

Clifford W . Ashley saw this knot used to tether animals to a p icket

li ne in Ringling Brothers' circus . He w as told that the hitch was co n­

ti nually slobbered over by camels , y et cou ld s till be untied w hen

soaking wet.

This hitch attaches a line to

mast, spars or rigging in

such a way that the pull on

it may be from either direc­

tion . It also undoes easily

wet or day. Illustrations and text reprinted from The Complete Book of Sail ing Knots (The Lyons Press, 2000) by special arrangement with the pub­lisher. The Complete Book of Sailing Knots is available at bookstores everywhere, or directly from the publisher at (800) 836-0510.

QUINNIES

"Our pl a n is to introduce up to thre e n e w models e ach year ," says Andrew Hill , Qu intrex directo r of in­ternat ional marketing. He desc ribes the target buyers of Quint rex boats : "Family fishermen, 35 to 55 years of age .. . peop le who a re looking a t boats that are as good in fresh water environments as th ey are in salt ."

driven Largely by im proved technology over the past decade. Alwninum is 30-p ercent Lighter , more durable , easier to

re pair and maintain , and fares be tter under the effects of long-term sunlight exposure .

Hill says alumin um has surpassed fiberglass as the hull material of choice in the Australian sm all-boat market ,

And gone are the rive ts used in o lde r aluminum huJls. Quintrex claims to be t h e on ly a lu min u m boa tbuild e r to "stre tch fo rm " its hulls, w hic h allows complex comp o und c urves a n d a "supe r vee" fl ared bow to be incorpo­rated in the hull . The co mpany ay its Millenium Hull i - quick to plane , an d

provide good pe rfo rmance and a oft, dry ride . A running keel offers pro tec­tion for the hull , and be tter tracking

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and maneuverabliLity , according to the company. The absence of rivets along w ith th e use of m arin e-g r ad e a lu­minum has eliminated tbe electrolysis problem that plagued o ther aluminum boats, Hill says.

Modern Boating, one of Australia 's top-selling boating magazines, reported in a rev ie w of the Quintrex 18-foo t Freedom Sport bowride r: " [It ' s] th e fIrst tinnie to matc h the dde and perfo r­mance of a fiberglass boat."

The company's larger boats fea nu'e a Maxi Transom platform designed to im­prove p laning a nd serve as a sma ll swim platfoml . elf-bailing cockpits are tandard on aU Quintrex boats 16 feet, in he and larger. Eventually a ll of the co mpany's 60

moclels, from 8 to 20 feet, w ill be sold in the Un.ited States .

The 180 Legend center console , w ith­o ut e ngine , sells fo r 12,420 (with a 115-hp Y,unaha 4-stroke, $2 1,700). The 180 Coast Runner, an IS-foot runabout, sells for $12,860 (with a 115-hp Yanuha 4-stroke, $22,100).

Quintr ex is st ill s igning up U.S. dealers, and as of ovembe r had sev­e ral in both th e Northe as t and the Sou th east. Deale rs in the Mid-Atlantic region a re be ing so ught. Local deal­e rs can b e fo und at www.quintrex .con~. au, •

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TECH NOTES

users of its Web site are in the market for a boat - a figure that includes 60 percent w ho want to buy w ithin three months and 18 percent within ix months.

The figures are derived from the ire', new feature , "My Marina ," whi h the company says is "designed to w rk lik an online shopping cart ." It enables users to aye their earche and store promi ing a , among other things, the \ ·irginia Beach, a.-based company said in a tatement.

Figures show that 84 percent of regis­tered users are experienced boaters, half of them with more than 11 years experience.

BoatTraderOnline. com lists more than 80,000 boats, and current traffic numbers show more than 1.1 million visitors a month conducting more than 3.8 million searches, according to the company.

BoatT1"aderOnline.com is part of the TnlderOnline.com network, an operat­ing unit of the Trader Electronic Media Division of Trader Publishing Co. Trad­er Publishing p ublishes Sounclings and the boating business magazine Sound­ings Trade Only.

Decommissioning kit from Bombardier

Bombardier Recreational Products has introduced The Stow Away Kit , an off-season maintenance package de­signed to ready engines for off-season storage .

The aU-ill-one kit includes one multi­purpose heavy-duty dock bucket , a heavy-duty marine sponge, 8 ounces of fue l conditioner, one quart of Ultra HPF Gearcase Lube , an Evinrude/Johnson lube pump, and a can of engine fogging o il. There 's also an Evinrude/Jolmson

CABO

galley laid out with a two-blIDler stove, microwave oven and large refligerator. Interior features include air condition­ing, a 10-kW generator , telephone COQ­

ne tion , cabl -ready flat screen televi-ion , and em nainment y tem ith

DVD and D/ ~1/Dl tereo. The Cabo 40 Expr rid a de p-\'ee

huU with a little more than 20 degrees of transom deadrise and a moderately sharp entry. The sheer jumps up quick­ly from the cockpit along the cabin sides, past the maximum beam to the high , flared bow. Side decks are w ide enough to access the foredeck, w hich can be used as a casting platform.

Botto m constru ct ion is so lid fiber­glass , with foam core used in the top­sides and superstructure. Diesel power comes from Cummins (660 hp), Cat (660 hp, 680 hp or 700 hp) and MAN (700 hp). A 600-gaIJon fuel supply pro­vides a range of about 350 miles at a cruising speed of about 30 mph , ac­cording to Cabo .•

The Stow Away Kit.

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ed retail plice of $34.99 and is available at participating dealers in the United States and Canada. www.evinrude.com; www.johnson.com

Shakespeare offers satellite radio antenna

Now that satellite radio has made its way aboard boats, Shakespeare says its new Galaxy SRA,10 satellite radio anten­na helps deliver the best possible recep­tion of the SiJius satellite radio service.

Specifically designed for marine use ,

the SRA-I0 consists of a 5-inch-diameter antenna head that can be installed on several Shakespeare antelUla mounts or extension masts.

The suggested retail price is $194.95 , w hich includes a one-year linlited war­ranty. www.shakespeare-marine.com; www.sirius.com

SureFire flashlights are now available to recreational boaters.

SureFire flashlights available to boaters

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Shakespeare Galaxy SRA-l0 satellite um, lithium and rechargeable batter-radio antenna. ies. www.surefire.com

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