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It should really be welded though. The epoxy putty is a temporary measure at best. There is a strong chance the fuel will eventually seep out. Vapours will collect in low places and are very volatile when mixed with air. If you have gone to the trouble of ripping up the floor you might as well go the whole hog and do a permanent repair.

I noticed you have scaled them. That's not actually necessary if you are going to skin them. It might even make it easier to skin them if you leave the scales on.

Here's one, a TN 35. I assume it's the same model but different size. Only a 3 to one ratio, so not much good for spinning. Has a plastic spool which is a bit unusual. You might want to put some backing on first to protect from line stretch. https://classifieds.fishingkaki.com/reels_1/silstar-tn35-casting-and-trolling-on-reservation_i21159

I don't think 30km is written anywhere. Going on a long road trip to a regional area is not on, but going to your local boat ramp should be fine. The are some grey areas in between no doubt. There is a lot of legal opinion that many of these fines would not stand up in court due to all the contradictions and poor wording in the regulations. And you are still not obligded to tell a police officer anything other than your name and address.

They don't want people travelling up and down the coast, particularly from virus hotspots like Sydney.

Well boat ramps aren't as prevalent as chemists, supermarkets etc. The spirit of the definition 'local' is to stop you going on a road trip to go fishing, eg Sydney to the South Coast. As one of the advisories said this would be against the spirit of the regulation. If you nearest boat ramp is a few suburbs away then that should be fine.

He probably didn't disconnect the fuel line after his last trip. It is a characteristic of some 2 strokes that sitting around in the heat fuel will leak out of the system and collect under the cowl.

Well on the radio he said boating could be problematic if the boat ramp was crowded. But as you said he didn't rule out boat fishing. He also said he's a bit reluctant to rule things in when if every one does it on his say so then there could be a problem.

The Police Commissioner was just shown on Channel 10 news, and as per his 2GB interview said fishing is OK as long as you obey the distance rules.

Fishing World Magazine has got a ruling from Police Media NSW that fishing is OK. The Qld Government has made a similar announcement. It looks like they have sensibly interpreted the latest edicts and concluded that fishing is a way of sourcing food as well as a form of exercise: https://www.fishingworld.com.au/news/breaking-fishing-permitted-in-nsw

He was talking generally and not just about his boat so I raised a valid point. There was a case on this site a few years ago of a Tournament brand boat which became waterlogged due to a design flaw and the previous owner being overzealous in hosing it down. Also you cant assume that the stringers and transom are sealed properly . It's just good practice to not allow freshwater to collect in the boat.

Well obviously the guidelines are open to interpretation Starlo offered his, I offered mine and you have offered yours. By the way I did not say fishing was 'essential' and also made the point it does not necessarily contradict the allowance for exercising outdoors.

I'm not sure about his reasoning though regarding going to supermarkets is essential and fishing is not. Surely if you catch a few fish then this saves some trips to the supermarket or butchers shop? Plus going out for exercise is one of the approved activities - so how is casting a lure off the shore by yourself any different?

Yes very droll. Have you ever had a boat with dry rot in the stringers or transom? Hardly 'all good' . Also I don't see what the trouble is in leaving the bungs out and having the bow tilted up. It's just good practice which may save a lot of grief in the long run.

It might help if you tell us what rod you are using. PS where are you fishing to need 12oz lead? That's seriously heavy for bottom bashing. Usually 8oz is sufficient for up to 80m depth.

Well they are supposed to be sealed, Ie stringers and wood transoms, along with compartments. But if it was as simple as that no boat would ever have rot or get waterlogged compartments, and as we know they often do.. Also aluminium can corrode if it is in contact with water for a long time. PS: leaving the bungs in means a lack of control - eg what if you get a downpour overnight?

I think you misunderstood. If bilge pumps run in saltwater without problems then of course they will run in freshwater. I thought he wanted to rinse the saltwater out of the pump by running it in freshwater. My point also was that it might not be a good idea to close the bungs and let your boat fill up with rainwater. Fiberglass boats may have wooden stringers and transoms and if freshwater gets into the wood it will cause dry rot. Also if you fill it up with freshwater it might get into compartments and not drain out. It's also conceivable that it might cause corrosion problems in aluminium boats.

Why would you want to - bilge pumps are designed to work in saltwater? It's probably not good for the boat if it's fiberglass or alloy.

Well it works out the same in the end. Ie the closer the RI of the line is to water the harder it will be to see.

You do have squid in NZ. There is a high volume commercial fishery based on them: https://fs.fish.govt.nz/Page.aspx?pk=5&fpid=48

I'd rather have a steering wheel though if I had to go through a wave. It will be hard to maintain direction with a tiller if your body lurches. I once got throw out a tiller steered tinny and it wasn't even bar conditions, just a bit of chop, the impact made me lurch and effect the steering and out I went..

Not too sure about that. Any outboard powered mono hull can turn very quickly. And turning and running once your commited is probably more risky than just taking the wave head on. At least with a decent sized boat you have the weight and HP to punch through the wave - as long as you have made a reasonable judgment on the conditions relative to boat size on the day. Ie if your stategy is avoiding breaking waves altogether then you probably shouldn't be attempting a crossing.

Some don't know their jobs very well.

The boat looked quite small - a centre console tinne about 4.5 to 5m, which wouldn't take too much to flip over.

Well at least they were polite - unlike our Waterways officers. One harranged me recently for 10 min claiming I passed within 10 m of another boat at speed. I was at least 50 m away and only doing about 16 knots. He tried to tell me that hitting one wave would have resulted in a collison. I thought someone in that job would understand perspective and that 2 objects when viewed from a distance appear closer together than the really are. Another one told me once my lifejacket was in borderline condition for getting a fine for poor condition when it looked perfect to me - never been used or sat on, just a bit dirty.