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if it's the mod i'm thinking of it's the same as the merc have you got a pic

did a trip to the reef here today and for the 1st time this year came home empty handed spent most of the time sounding for fish and they are just not there . looks like i will have to try shallower water .

good luck with the river Neil

if he's only getting 4000rpm he hasn't got prop slip on the bush

this thread got me thinking so i grabbed my multi meter and put + lead to bat + and the - to the hull and got 14.7v motor running while i was flushing so it must be earthing through the donk is this normal or do i have a problem .

i would go one of the new DAIWA BG in a 4500 should see many years of service

haha yeah i now have a lowrance elite 5 chirp and before that i had a lowrance X 4 and all i can say is wow i'm on the uss enterprise

yes i miss it , and the last bit of my previous post is wrong i meant the cc was better fitted out the haines hunters were just basic boats

i forgot to mention i'm no stranger to the a CC boat ok it took me most of the day but i found my old copy of fitting out for sport fishing yep i'm getting old circa 1987 and here is a pic of the same model of Quintrex CC 5 meter i bought in 1990 but if you look in the red circle you will see a plug they were for 2 pedestal seats they were great for soaking baits in the river and when i went off shore they were left at home , my boat had a Suzuki 85HP it got along pretty good and although at rest it was the best boat i had had to fish out of the haines hunters that i owned over the years were a lot softer riding and better fitted out .

yep i agree 100%

with how much you lose on selling a boat thats just 4 months old theirs no way i'm selling it

That is the question i am asking myself ATN hmmmmmmm but the more i think about it the more i like the idea , as now i have a boat i use it more outside in the ocean than i do chasing bream and other estuary fish . has anyone done it and if so what are the pit falls (besides a wad of cash) it will mean moving the battery down the back and a hole new rewire that doesn't concern me as i will do that my self and at least this time it will be done right . this is what i have in mind it is a 4.2M blue fin with a 40HP 4 stroke . to put this in to this any advice appreciated .

nope as i wrote it just talk to any good hi performance engineer and it bears truth with timed cuts with my chainsaw collection , in the stock saws with just 140 to 160 psi when you put 98ron in them they cut slower but when you put 98ron in my ported saws with 220 to 240psi you better be on your guard as they pull like buggery . and on the premium fuel and 2 stroke just use full synthetic but you better be sitting down when you get the price for 5 lt .

flatheadluke thats not different to what i said it the same the reason you can get 98ron is for high comp cars like the high performance holdens fords and all the European stuff now outboards in general don't have enough to get the benefit out out of it now a prime example of this is diesel very low octane but more energy than avgas but you need 350 plus psi comp to burn it . the general rule of thumb is low comp low octane high energy fuel and high comp high octane low energy fuel .

and don't be surprised when you find out that you used more fuel and got a slower WOT as you need higher compression than you have to get the energy out of high octane fuel . the higher the octane the less energy it has hence the higher the compression you need to get the best out of it . and another thing that E10 does to 2 strokes is cause more wear as the ethanol wash's the oil off the bearings and the cylinder walls hence less protection from the oil .

i bought a cheapo action camera and while it ain't no gopro in the quality stakes for $50 it does ok just here is today's results offshore .

did someone mention a handle this got me thinking yep thats dangerous. oh look theres one and now it's on here haha cheers TAC

i was thinking of one but the only place i would put it would be on the lid to assist unscrewing

gday Neil , i didn't it go's up the front in the hatch under the casting deck out of the way . cheers TAC

gave that a thought for a while but it would probably get busted off as i go out in some pretty rough conditions at times . and the foam came from kmart they sell 2 types one a camping mat and a yoga mat funny thing is the yoga mat is $4 dearer and they are the same haha . i use this stuff for a lot of things for $7 bucks it's handy to have around .

Safety gear prep is often overlooked on small boats so now that i'm back on the water and especially in the big paddock (off shore) i figured i would put together a strong tube for my epirb and flares plus i made it big enough to fit other stuff in like spare battery's for torches and a VHF hand held as backup . and because it is in a small boat i lined it with closed cell foam to absorb the shock from inevitable pounding we get out there in a tinny , so i got some 6 inch pipe end cap and the threaded end the glue i had from a previous project for stainless steel wet tumbling . anyway here are some pics .

haha good one

Hmmmmmmmmmm mako i love mako . top day congrats

yep worse than having kids

well i'm lucky then as it has only happened once in 13 trips since i got my boat hmmmm on the 13th trip and in not superstitious