Fab1
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Great report Yowie as usual.I love fishing when I get a chance to get out but like your son,nothing and I mean nothing is getting me up at 3:30am to go fishing.Ill stay out until 3:30am or longer no sweat,but I ain't getting up at that time.
Enjoy the feeds.
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1 hour ago, kingfishbig said:
I haven't done it for a while Fab1 but if my memory serves me it is quite fiddly getting the calipers back on with the brake pads if you remove them completely. So if you are not changing the bearings or pads it will be a lot easier to clean and lube the slides in situ if it's possible (I think I will give it a go). Likewise not having to move the boat and jacking it up.
You need to seperate the caliper halves to lube the slides properly. throw up some photos,I would like to see how bad they look if you don't mind.
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There's a famous saying in my language that translates loosely to....the lazy man always does the work twice.Pull the lot apart,clean,lube the caliper slides with silicon grease and adjust the cable correctly.Spend the half hour and do it right from the get go.
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43 minutes ago, Yowie said:
Wrong view, not good. You need to go fishing more often.
Now that I agree with mate.
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You could re-wire the Queen Mary with 8mm cable.4mm wire from battery + & - to the switch panel is plenty.2mm from the switch panel to your accessories is ample too.
I have my nav,bildge,strip lights,sounder all running like this from a single battery no worries at all.
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28 minutes ago, trigunner54 said:
Awesome view, and nice catch
That views horrible,I'd prefer the view I get at work.lol.This is the life.
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You did it again Yowie,well done!!!
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That's your lower swivel hub engine mount.
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28 minutes ago, trawlerman said:
Just bought a meat grinder off ebay to do this. Wife is not really impressed; but i do have a dedicated 400l deep freeze for bait
I hear whinging wives are a good fit in them freezers.
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1 hour ago, GoingFishing said:
Fishing from the beach at night i would do the same i rekon i dont find flathead particularly picky and i wouldnt use silly string for wavy breaking surf
Fair enough.Good effort once again.
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2 hours ago, wchh said:
My last beach Jew was caught in 2010 off Mona vale beach. That fish was 92 cm and stood as my PB jewie for all those years!
The record was finally refreshed with a full meter fish last night. Fish was caught from Cronulla beach, @ 8:00 pm sharp. 12ft beach rod, 30lb main line, 30lb leader(a piece of the mainline). Half of a smallish pillie on a size 2 suicide hook. I was targeting bream and flathead as it was still a couple of hours before high tide. Appeared the fish was hungry and jumped out too early.
Charles
Lovely fish.Where you trying to catch a meter bream with the 30lb trace also?
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They got off lightly if you ask me.If I made the law,I would personally tie a anchor to each of their feet and help them overboard.I could then gaurantee they wouldn't re-offend.I have no time for these idiots at all.
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9 hours ago, zmk1962 said:
Thanks mate.... had her built in 2001 by a local company.... added a few things like the HPDE skids but she's still running original springs, axles, disc rotors etc.. a bit of care after each trip and some maintenance goes a long way. Cheers Zoran
My hat goes off to you mate for being one of the few that cares for their trailer.She wouldn't have lasted like that if you hadn't cared for her the way you have.She's a beauty.
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1 hour ago, jeffb5.8 said:
It helps with right hand turns too!
sounds like I will have to check the height and mark it next time I am out on the water.
should it be above / On or below the water line when at rest.
it does throws a mean spray when under way
Run a straight edge rule along the bottom of the hull and lower the base of your transducer to the top of the rule.The base of the transducer should be level with the hull.
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That's a good candidate for the humble ally rivet mate.A 2 second job and you won't need to worry about it again.That transducer sticks out that far you almost need a orange flag attached to it whilst under tow.Or use it as a diving board.
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This might help you mate.
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14 hours ago, Noo2OzFish said:
Just make sure the tyre is load rated for your application. Most are not. If it is a tinny you probably don't have to worry though look at the plate on your trailer to see what rim and axle load ratings it states. IE my trailer states 1500kg single axle. That means whatever tyre I get must be at least rated to 750kilos or Load Index (LI) of 98 to be legal and covered by insurance. I have 13" rims myself and finding it hard to source 98+ LI tyres.
Keep in mind a tyres MAX load rating is based on the MAX pressure.
My tyres on my tinny are rated at 670kg a tyre on a single axle trailer.That's 1340kg a pair at 64psi.My tinny weighs 550kg fully loaded to fish and the optimum pressure for me which gives me an increase of 4 psi from a stone cold tyre to one that's up to temp means I run them at 40psi.
It is rare on most trailer/boat combos to have/need your tyres inflated to maximum capacity.
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4 hours ago, Fishop said:
So how can you tell when your thermostat is fully opened?
Thermostats have two temperatures that are important.The opening temperature which is stamped on it,and the fully opened temperature found in the workshop manual for the engine.
Bench testing it is really the only way to test it properly.It involves removing the thermostat from the engine and suspending it in a cold pot of water without letting it touch the sides or bottom of the pot.You then place a thermometer in the water and slowly bring the water to the boil noting that the thermostat begins to open at the specifications in the book (60deg) and is fully opened at ?deg in the book.If it opens at a different temperature outside these parameters it fails.If it fails to open at any temperature or fails to open fully,it fails.If it opens fully and then fails to close as it cools it fails.
The best thing to do is replace it with a new one and then you can be assured you've eliminated any doubt with the thermostat.
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4 hours ago, flatheadluke said:
Fab did you make that BBQ yourself? The J clip is a giveaway.
nice work if so that's a beaut.
4 hours ago, flatheadluke said:Fab did you make that BBQ yourself? The J clip is a giveaway.
nice work if so that's a beaut.
7 hours ago, Hateanchors said:Yeah mate,I've made a few.Thanks.
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2 hours ago, Fishop said:
Interested about this theory. Does anyone know what temperature the thermostat opens at and/or opens fully at? When I googled my thermostat it just said it was a "Mercury 60'C (140'F) thermostat". Assuming that means fully open?
When I flush with muffs I usually go 5-10 mins. The water coming out the telltale is warm but def not 60C. 60C is like a hot coffee.
Might invest in a barrel, I hope the insides of my motor dont look anything like Flickn Mad's!!!
The temperature stamped on any thermostat is the temperature where it will begin to open.Iv,e never seen a telltale on any engine come out like hot coffee with a good working thermostat installed.My yamaha you can run all day and the telltale temp barely changes.
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1 hour ago, tomcat8819 said:
hey guys,
have had a kayak for ages and it came with a sounder i just havent wired it up yet. A mate used to have a basic tinny set up and ran his sounder off a 9v battery pack that was in a waterproof container stored in the boat. can i simply rig up something similar for my yak as my sounder in question runs off 9 volts... he'd get a few trips per battery which would suit me fine atm, am looking to hook up a proper 12 v deep cycle battery to run a watersnake off (which i will then connect the sounder too also) in the future but im not using it enough to warrant the big battery and electric motor. plus am trying to keep the running weight down at the same time. any info would be greatly appreciated
Yes you can do the same if you wish.I would just purchase a 12v motorcycle Battery and battery charger and use those.
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1 hour ago, Hateanchors said:
Plus it takes about 40mins to start the coals. Time is precious out on a boat or fishing trip.
I use a blow torch and it takes about 5mins.If I'm not rushed the charcoal is lit in my charcoal chimney in about 10min using my homemade lump charcoal.Heat beads take about 20mins.
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You can't beat a charcoal fired bbq guys.Especially when you have a Uruguayan or Argentinian cooking it.Now how to install this on my Quinny.I reckon it would go down alright.
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Do you think this boat will be a little unstable with your crew all leaning on the starboard side for some strange reason?
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Great read and good photos.The kids look like happy little campers.