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  1. hope this never happens. marine ply floor screws down so I think I am going to get some foam blocks from clark rubber and cut them to fit

    Hi Gappy,

    I went to Aus-thyrene to get my foam when I had accidentally spilled the petrol inside the boat. They got a lot of off-cut there. Last time I just paid them $20.00 for a half load of ute. It is located in Kings park near Blacktown. i found out there are different types of polystyrene they got. Some of them are more firm and some of them are soft. Cheers Phil

  2. What really makes an aluminium tank so expensive? Does it need to be certified? How thick is the fuel tank wall? I believe it will only need less than a half sheet of aluminium plate to fabricate 40 litres tank.

  3. Hi Gibson,

    I had the same problem with my Johnson 90 HP outboard before but it was fixed when I changed the old fuel and the two stroke oil change to xd-50. Rather than using ear muff, flush your outboard from the tail will also help to clean up in detail. You can also take out the prop and clean it up further and install it back after finish cleaning.

    cheers, Phil

  4. Hi FranticD,

    Same as hookmeup, I did my course in D'albora but Cabarita instead of five dock. The instructor was very helpful and never fail anyone (at least no-one fail in my group). There's a chinese guy who knows little English also pass the test so your chance to fail the test is zero (thats what I believe). They also let us drive their aluminum catamaran during the pracical. Very nice and steady boat.

    Goodluck

    cheers, phil

  5. Hi,

    I owned Stacer 525 sea runner (cuddy cab) with 90 HP 2 stroke Johnson. I think with the length 5.1 meter, 60 HP is not good enough or marginal. My Johnno can go for 37 knots at top speed and very powerful but very noisy and suck a lot of fuel and oil. I recon u get a smaller size of boat so u don't need a big engine especially when the fuel price surge after carbon tax.

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  6. if you saw the quality of the welds on my 385 explorer not hard at all

    a decent built and fitted out plate boat will cost more then a extruded jobbie from the major players

    would u mind to send some photos of your self welded boat?

    Cheers, Phil

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