DrownNprawns

Hi Wishtofish I had my boat on one of the booker bay marinas when I first bought her and it was only 60 per week I think but it was a copple of years ago hth pity my boat is in sydney till 02/12 cheers David

sorry guys no cleaner but my pressure cleaner wont reach from my house so I need to take carpet to pressure cleaner David

The carpet in my cockpit is held in place with press studs that way I can lift it up to clean under it and hang it on the line to dry. In the cabin I have used Velcro which works very well same again easy out rope clean around DavidA

thanks Lukas Try cammeray they had a few spots around this time a few years ago and not to rich either cheers

Nice Boat Luke last year I had my boat down at Balmain around $150 per week, Woolwich about 1500 per month but most places where booked out, but that was middle December. This year i'm going out to mortlake for 38 per day for two weeks only I have a 31ft Mariner hope this helps DavidA

hi Testlab I sent you a PM Cheers David

tell me about it the amount of ppl that take up the limited trailer spots with just a car is very selfish.......... maybe they will work out that the long spots with the nice grassy bits on the end is for trailers!!!!!! any way good to see my taxes are going to some good things that we can use

Thanks for the info, yes and found it on the web. I was down there over the weekend and yes they have started. now they need to make the parking bigger to take bigger loads once it is finished.

I was down at Woy Woy boat ramp over the weekend and the Northern boat ramp has construction site on the western side of the ramp are they building a jetty out into the channel????? as this would be fab for me if they are :thumbup: David Ps it is down to one lane at the moment

the gear didn't look that special, but i left my glasses back at the hotel maybe a 4-5ft rod with average size bait caster on it??? some of the other guys had rod and reel setups that had sticky tape holding them together. I didn't ask much in the way of questions because i don't speak Spanish David

Hi Raiders just had my first trip to the USA. I was out at Venice Beach with time to waste so I hung around the ppl fishing off the pier, when one of the rods starts peeling out line reel fast, after a long tug of war with a big fish with the fish nearly pulling young fisherman over the edge a few times, btw the pier is about twenty feet or so from the water, by this time all other lines are pulled out and moved away from the railing so the fight could be won or lost with no interferance, when the fish finally came to the surface we found it to be a great white shark of about 2 meters long. so the gaff (3 pronged with a long rope attached) at hand was dropped to the floor and pic's taken and then the line was cut and the shark was gone in a flash. Meanwhile about 100 meters in to shore all the swimmers and surfers played in the murky water.

Not sure if it is low or high but from the old days, if any cylinder was over 10% difference there was a problem. Hope this helps David

y pay for some thing you can do yourself. use a heat gun like the paint remover ones go slow and carpet and glue will lift off easy as that!!!! unless murphy's law dosent show his ugly heat IMHO David

Hi Gatts been past it a bit this going out to broken bay, every time I go by it's always full of ppl fishing and from what ive seen it would be a good spot in southerly winds, how ever just around the cnr is half tide rocks great for fishing land based. Ive fished from Half tide once years ago, but manly drowned a few very old prawns David

good luck I may be out that way tomoz depends on the weather David

the only thing to add is to chain length if the bottom where anchoring is rocks or reef use longer chain so to save the rope from wearing on the sharp stuff.

I think the scope for anchor rode is 7 to 1 which is about 7 times the depth.??? hope this helps BTW multiplate rope lays better in any anchor well, last longer and is easier on the deckies hands when trying to bring in the anchor. David

I have the elite 5 on my boat and wish i went with the HD 10. the split screen is to small to see clearly so am forever changing pages and zooming

hi Rob My best advice is to keep asking questions like you have done here and make a list of what you need, want and wish for on a boat then go with list and get on as many boats of all makes and models as you can. don't forget to get your misses to make her list too!!!! there is so much difference pic's on the net and stepping on any boat. Good luck with your search. David

it's so hard NOT having a justifiable reason to be out on the boat every Saturday afternoon and most sundays to at least take her around the block if not to cruise around our fab waterways PS hey testlab if you see me out there give us a call. would be great to chat

great work keep it up :thumbup:

they charge by the foot for sliping check your local marina all have varied prices and what is included. a friend slipped his yacht last easter and got a extra day or two for free. antifouling mmmmmmmmmmm depends on how much you move your boat (dont move it stuff grows quicker than the weeds in your garden) down to how fast the current runs under the boat while on the mooring. my boat sat still for 6 weeks when i had the carpets and covers done and had to have a bum wipe to clean off my garden! There is a thing called ultrasonic antifouling systems on the market that claim to stop marine growth which means 3-5 years without replacing antifoul still looking at that one about 2k for that system. thats where shaft drive win out, legs should be serviced yearly I think?????. but moored boats also have anodes that need to be replaced every year or so not expencive but very important If you know how to suba most of this can be done while boat is in the water. again glad to give any info to help. I found that mooring a boat had its ups and downs big thing for me is it only cost about $1500 a year. cheaper than owning big 4wd and space in the backyard...... and any work I do on she she is already floating a alway drop a line off the back, front ready for anythig that swims by David

Hi Rod Mooring fees on Brisbane waters for me was $300 ish per year. if your out side sydney metro gets cheaper. Just over 2k for slipping and antifoul they did it all. you can cut down on price with a slab of the cold stuff and a few mates Have a look on the waterways web for prices and availability of moorings in your area. cheapest way to moor a boat some marinas charge from 1k per month for mooring. I did lots of research on this stuff before i bought this boat. call it frustration but it was 10 very long years between boats David

it also comes down to how well you do the checks (belts, oil, water, hoses, seacocks, skin fittings, etc) each time you are on your boat. If it looks bodgie, repair or replace before you get into trouble. that is my rule anyway

the first time woy woy to birkenhead was about 4hrs down both props cavitating over 2400rpm so in water bottom wipe 3hrs back cruising at 2500rpm second time 5hrs down 3-5 metre swell bad weather but boat felt safe 3.5 hrs back bumpy noreaster good run. second run down running around and back took about half a tank on both motors which is about 215 litres all up about 15 hrs of varied run speeds. The mariner 31 has a better hull shape under water than the mariner 34ft and lighter by about 2ton