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Ill go week days and usually 1 or 2 other people. plenty of room. I havent seen it super crowded yet
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Hull- ... yes
Make: seafarer
Model: vsea
YEAR: mid-late 80s
Length:4.8
Configuration: cuddy cab. Open in cuddy. Not storage bins
Max hp rating: im rocking the 90 2 banger
Max outboard weight: heavy...
Material: glass
Use: what ever i throw at it. Fishing , cruising and watersports
Yrs owned: not long! Stoked we got into another seafarer after owning a viking for years
Pros: bats way above her weight being under 5m . great boat , open deck, really strong motor. Good for the lake days or hitting reefs outside for pelagics and the like.
New trailer also set up for simpke launch and retrieval. Tows like a dream
Cons: bit bumpy heading into chop. Could do with more storage i think.
Towing weight: no idea. Np300 doesnt feel it on the back. New trailer so a dream to tow
Other comments: cant rate the old school aussie boats enough!!!
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Ill go down there often with squid jigs and flick around for some fresh bait for the weekend ahead. Can always pull out a few and throw back what i dont need. I dont know how this fresh water pushing up the system from all the rain will effect the fishing though.
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mate, that's an awesome upgrade. they always catch my eye and love the look of the Formosa cabins and the centres ! that rig will be perfect for punching out the FADS when they are deployed. I cant really help out with the regular boat buddy but I am often heading out of the hacking and swallow rock ramp. if you see a purple seafarer v-sea .. that's me! come say G'day.
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Dudeeeeeee. Great haul! Haha that will keep you fed for a while!
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New guy in the kayak krew..Just treated myself to a new kayak! Kayaks2fish 3.6 orca fishing series and to add the that, after having the gf saying why are you getting that for!!! all week she came with me and fell in love! I left with 2 kayaks ? I have a tinny trailer down south doing nothing so I’ll be making this a yak trailer.
who goes out often around Syd and is looking for someone to tag along and annoy them? ?
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I sounded over them a few weekends ago.. not a lot of marks about. I asked the question during the weeks before I went out and people said the same thing.
I had better luck just off jibbon for rats.
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mate they handle so well! The boat itself would be fine offshore! I would be more than happy to run offshore in that hull however I have always had boats. A lot of the time it’s the ability of the driver that is the biggest issue. But you’ll work up to venturing outside eventually.
Im looking at a v16r and the bigger brother v17r. If you don’t snap it up I will! Haha
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Will do smasher. I’m in a 4.7 yellow runabout. Reel nauti on the side.
These should do so well. I watched a video today and it said they plan on doing atleast 5 more up and down the nsw coast line.
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Hey all!
has anyone done any exploring around the newish artificial reef south of jibbon bommie , port hacking? Much on offer yet or still too early?
Ill probably throw some hard bodies out and troll down south along the cliffs and check it out in my travels.
Cheers!
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Bate bay is straight out from port hacking Cronulla. It’s a good spot, always plenty of boats out.
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What a morning to be on the water. Took the tub out for the first proper fish since purchase and major service. She’s running like a dream and handles well.
I headed straight into the bate bay to see if I can find the flatties, took a few drifts but Found them out deeper then what I usually do however I Boated 6 fish and they tasted a treat for a late arvo lunch.
Headed to jibbon for an hour or so and threw a yakka filler over and hooked up almost straight away. LITTLE !!! rat king came up and two more followed after that around the same size. I then Trolled nearish to the Bommie for two laps and got two fish as a reward.
If you guys see me on the water say gday. Usually float around the hacking and harbour.
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Good cut and polish should come up nice. Or an oxidation remover. Gumption works a treat on the hard stains but It might be a bit aggressive.. be careful.
Looks good!
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9 hours ago, zmk1962 said:
Hi Brew,
Yes I got out on the water but it was a very mixed day for me....
We got to Parsley Bay at 7am... Forecast was for 30-40km southerly so plan was hide behind headland out of the wind and to fish the last 2hrs of rising tide over Flint and Steel.... with peak high tide at 10am. So while catching live bait near Gunyah at 730am saw that it was flat and calm all the way out past heads and decided to go troll for and see if the bonito were still between west head and barrenjoey.
Upped anchor - hit 50kmh on way to West Head...laid out three 6in pakula skirts and a metal head skirt....trolled out past Barrenjoey with no hits, saw some bird action out wider and kept going toward them - the birds were working a big school. Seas were a bit higher than 1m, winds gusting but all ok. Got to 100m from the birds when my trusty 200hp Merc stopped DEAD ! It would kick over but just would not fire.
So after 10min of trying to coax the 200 to life without success fired up the 15hp Aux and came back in to calmer water and on to Flint and Steel. We anchored there and while I tried to diagnose what was happening with the Merc, my mates pulled up an octpus, a trevally, a couple of squire and that was about it. I had pretty much lost my fishing mojo for the day.
We called it stumps at 2pm and returned to Parsely Bay still on the 15hp.
So no bonito for me....and as I said a very mixed day...having experienced my first engine breakdown on the water since 1986.
PS - a boat pulled up to see if we needed help while at Flint and Steel and my mates advised we were ok - I had my head under the back seat checking the fuel filter at the time so didn't get to see who it was - But a big THANKS for checking on us who ever it was.
Cheers
Zoran
Trusty 15hp to the rescue! Sounds like a real mixed bag for you
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1 minute ago, zmk1962 said:
Took me a while to work it out. You need an iPad with the GPS chip inside to get the GPS navigation to work - my research basically concluded the models that had a SIM card also had the GPS chip.
WiFi only ipads (no SIM) have very basic navigation capability by pinging off WiFi towers but they don’t work offshore. I tried hot spot to my iPhone - still did not work. In the end I sold my WiFi model on gumtree and bought a SIM model also on gumtree - all working now.
Cheers Zoran
Sweeettttttt how good!! Looks like a good app( free trial )
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Just downloaded the free trial.. unreal!! Looks great and user friendly.. just have to sort the data out but I guess I can turn on when I need it
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3 hours ago, Scratchie said:
You could opt for the cheaper unit and have navionics app on your phone/iPad. Works for me!
But I only ever use my boat locally and know the area like the back of my hand.
Some good advice about especially the safety aspects!
Just giving you an option!
Cheers scratchie!!!
3 hours ago, zmk1962 said:Yup again.... I mentioned at the start of this post that's exactly what I am using - but I loaded my Navionics onto an iPad Mini - I like the larger screen size to zoom in on the sonarchart !
Cheers
Zoran
Hey guys in regards to the iPad option.. it sound great big screen and all! How does connectivity work? Do you hot spot to you phone and use mobile data ?
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18 minutes ago, Brew said:
Halcos are the best. I've caught everything from GTs to Coral Trout to Cobias to Black Jewfish up north on them. Never fail. Lost too many to those bloody baracudas in recent months. My recent report on the Mako was a Halco too.
And no, I'm not a shareholder - wish I was!!
Haha awesome I'll look it up! Na that's it tho.. when something works why change!
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How good are the halcos. They would be my Lure of choice for Bonnies.
Thats a solid catch! I'd love to be out reeling them in rather than work
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You trolling lures by any chance for these?
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Legend! I don't get up to the Hawkesbury or Pittwater anywhere near as much as I want.. will definitely be giving it a go!
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What a cracker of a weekend. You've got me keen for a weekend fishing now and it's only Monday morning!! Top fish mate.. that's awesome
outboard motor that hasn't been run for years?
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The standard is carbs, sparks clogging with gunk . Seals, lines and impellers giving up and perished... that sort of stuff. However if the dealer serviced it surley they would take some ownership prior to throwing her on the showroom floor. Are you able to water test or atlease give it a flush. Maybe compression test it.
I agree with your thinking. Outboards are a " use it or lose it " i think anyway.