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If it’s a legit company eg good guys, Myer etc by all means unsubscribe as they are bound by Aus laws. If it’s spam or a marketing company all you have done is validated that yours is a legitimate email that you monitor and they on sell your email to others. I have found it best to add that sender to my junk list - all of their future emails get auto trashed. Eventually they stop emailing as they conclude you do not monitor this email. cheers Zoran

Scratchie does a superb job - just check out his last post - he even uses SPs to attract whiskas brother to his live bait ... think he does that so you don’t feel left out Yowie! He’s such a considerate bloke eh? Cheers Zoran

Yes in overhead rods the runners are closer to the blank and there are more of them. But as I learnt back in the day when I was building and repairing rods the main consideration is where the blanks spine is positioned relative to the runners. if you put a small bend in a blank and roll it, it will flick to have the natural spine on top of the curve. For overhead rods you place runners above the spine. For Alvey, Centerlink or eggbeaters, the runners are placed under the spine. A well made rod with the runners correctly placed casts sweetly and doesn’t twist in your hand under load. I test all rods before buying them. Yowies rod may well be an under mount rod with the wrong runners 😂 cheers Zoran

Top report Pickles and nice feed of flatties there. I’m a firm believer in only take what you plan to eat 👍👍👍 cheers Zoran

As Antony has said the Breather should be open - also make sure that the hose connecting the breather to the tank has no kinks. If you suspect fuel delivery is the cause then you should also replace the fuel filter, fuel hose and primer bulb from the tank to the motor - hoses perish on inside and debris can be causing blockage etc. Also check the low pressure fuel pump is delivering fuel to the carby. But these are all guesses - do you have a video/sound recording of motor in gear when you apply throttle? cheers Zoran

Congrats on another fine fish Jeff ... I’m drooling 🤤.... I hope at some point a FR PS get together can be arranged. BTW, I always study posts for techniques and tips 🧐 and on re-reading it occurred to me that this fine fish was attracted to the boat by the SPs you were casting, it only took the live BAIT because that was the only thing in the water between casts. Just saying so that some other member doesn’t get confused on how the fish was actually caught. 🙄 So well done again on your exemplary SP fishing skills. cheers Zoran

Reach out to @JonD from memory his daughter just obtained her coxswain licence. cheers Zoran

Ok ok getting back on topic. I landed my first marlin (70kg stripey) on a Penn 601215 12-15kg boat rod bought at a Kmart clearance for $59 (and a Penn 330GTi bought in Walmart). I hunted down another 3 of those rods 🧐quick smart cheers Zoran

That’s because it was last weekend’s curry 🙄

Yup. We just had a great big bite ! cheers Z

Ok. I will work those into the wiring diagram as well. cheers Z

Glad you got it working and it was a relatively simple fix that did not involve any motor repairs. Personally I moved away from having a separate house battery years ago ... the way I set up a dual battery system, is that everything runs off the battery that is switched online... and battery 2 is a spare. Or everything runs of both batteries (so you can charge both batteries on the way out and then switch to just 1 for the day keeping the other as spare). Some folks may say that you are prone to get electrical noise on your electronics if you run everything off one battery, but a big (>10A) suppressor from Jaycar (about $15) stops all that. After all that's how every car with 1 battery is wired. There are more complicated set ups with automatic switchover and VSRs, but I like to keep as simple as possible on the boat. I'm just busy at moment, but if you're interested I'll PM you tonight a simple wiring diagram that shows 2 batteries, the switch, the suppressor , the motor, and the electronics circuit (both positive and negative wires). It's a simple mod to what you have. Cheers Zoran

If it was pennant hills rd 20min would have been a quick loop around the block. But then if he had been awake he’d only have to reverse back !

Luke, if you have access to another working healthy battery it may be worthwhile to hook the motor to that battery and test start. That would be one way to eliminate the battery as the cause. cheers Zoran

Yes I am sure they have gone and communicated back to NRMA etc, but there are lots of articles on the web that have not been updated that still refer to the end of the moratorium. I just got off the phone with RMS Maritime ..... I was advised to lodge a formal written complaint on their website as this backflip in rules should not have happened without prior communication. I'm $400 out of pocket... so I am chasing answers and accountability. https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/contact-us/feedback-form.html Cheers Zoran

Well well well ... when I first read Donna's post January 18, I went to this website and checked https://www.rms.nsw.gov.au/maritime/safety-rules/lifejackets-equipment/approved.html And the site categorically said, AS1512 was superseded, and you had to move to AS4758. I have gone back into that site... AND THEY HAVE CHANGED THE WORDING to allow the old standard to be recognised... The tag at bottom of page states page was update January 21 !! I'm going to be sending a sharp complaint to RMS .... Cheers Zoran

Must have had the radio pumping.... nevertheless what a twat- even if winch rope snapped what about the strap and safety chain??? hard to comprehend how this stuff happens? cheers Zoran

Glad you’ve made some progress and the suggestions were of some help. For comparison I’ve got 10yrs out of a century marine battery that was not left to go flat. In the end my mech and I decided to replace it because we were not sure of the life span of the plastic casing - even though electric performance was fine. cheers Zoran

It’s a tiller steer Noel. There’s a picture in Luke’s DIY live tank post. cheers Zoran

So any idea where the water is entering this cavity? Strange that this cavity has no bung already. I'd expect it to drain to one of the lower two bungs you have.

That's not good. As you drilled through the transom, did you get any timber coming out? Was the timber dry or wet/waterlogged?

Love the ingenuity Fab ! ... and as you say ... it's still a drill press. Awesome. In my case they get a bit sore when you are spooling up 800m+ braid at 3-5kg tension ..... Cheers Zoran

I have identical set up KC. I have a transaction account with around $1 in there just for receiving payments in online trading. Apart from that, nothing gets shipped/picked up until the funds have cleared in that account and I have transferred them out to another account. I use eBay and Gumtree ... recently I sold the 200HP Merc on eBay $5999,... and the Mariner 15HP on Gumtree $1700. I list the item on both sites (and the advert description states - This item is listed on other sites as I am keen to sell. ) I charge more on eBay to cover the eBay fees - so I end up with the same amount in the pocket. Some buyers prefer eBay for the same item even at a higher price! I have a couple of simple rules for both eBay and GT: 1. know the price I am willing to sell at. I rarely post something to test the market. I'd do my research, make up my mind on what I think its worth and why and post it with 10-20% negotiation buffer. 2. coach low offers to my sell price if they are within 20%. Any offers below that either get rejected with no comment or a thanks but no. No need to waste any more time than that. 3. if I smell a scam I ignore them. If someone has just joined Gumtree and are making an offer beware. If someone has zero transactions on eBay beware. It's very easy for a banned party to open a new account - it must be a nightmare for eBay and Gumtree to manage. 4. I never give my address via eBay or Gumtree. I request the buyer to post/message their mobile number via the site messenger and I then text them the address. No one comes to my place without that second id. 5. If someone want's me to keep an item - then I ask for full payment or a deposit with the commitment to send them a receipt for the deposit. I write the receipt as a bill of sale - stating the item, the full price we agreed on, the deposit as a part payment against the price and the remaining amount due ... and anything else we may have discussed eg when will they come to pick up/pay the remainder. Final payment has to be either cash on the day, or bank deposit ahead of time so that it clears. In the case of the 200HP, I also stated the deposit was non refundable, as I was going to have the motor removed from the boat. So basically, for me I treat eBay and Gumtree as business as usual - with the common sense and courtesy that you would expect. If prospective buyers seem to lack either of these, I disengage. Cheers Zoran

Check the battery that its holding charge >12V and when you start the battery voltage does not drop below 10.5V. If battery is ok. Suggest you clean the battery terminals and the outboard battery connectors with a bit of emery and reseat the battery connections. I had a similar thing on my Tohatsu 40hp electric start. First case was a battery on its way out that was not working correctly under crank load when cold. The next time was there was some corrosion buildup between the battery post and connection. It worked when warm. But not when cold. Cheers Zoran

Alex, Does the motor rev up in neutral with the ear muffs on when the boat is out of the water? Does the motor rev up in neutral when the boat is in the water? cheers Zoran