JimC

Thanks. It is gas assist. I have never heard of them before. Never to old to learn. Jim 😀

Hi Everyone. I have just acquired a 4m tinny. It is fitted with a 30 hp Mariner o/b. My question is that this motor is fitted with a power tilt but there are no electrical cables attached and I cannot see where they should go. Is there any tilt unit that doesn't use power? It has a lever on the side that seems as if it would open a valve or something. Where the motor goes there is a cylinder saying ....caution, High pressure oil. Jim

Monday morning 9.30 am. I went to slide my boat off the floating dock and somehow managed to launch myself instead. If only I fell in on the deep side I would have only got soaked and cold. NO. Off I went on the shallow side. 30cm of water over the end of my concrete ramp. I climbed out, went up to the house and changed and completed the launch process correctly and went fishing. Tuesday morning I could hardly move with pain...I have a broken rib. Oh well 4-6 weeks of pain but it hasn't stopped me fishing...yet. Yes I did catch one luderick.

It is three years now since the last post. Way back there was a question as to whether you use your registered callsign or boat name to book on. Your boat rego opens up the opportunity to get a lot of info from RMS in NSW or the appropriate Boating Authority in other states. This could be vital if you get into trouble. YOU MUST LOG ON TO MARINE RESCUE. This for your own benefit, not ours. If you log on using your boat name the ifo collected by Marine Rescue is as far as it goes. You will be asked a series of question such as rego, launch point, number on board, destination, estimated time of return and your onboard mobile phone number. You should be asked your vehicle and trailer rego and land contact with mobile number. If you log on by app you will have to fill in the same information. However the app will log your gps coordinates at set intervals. Which means if you are overdue or call for help we can find your boat on Google maps. Please log off, as occasionally we find an overdue vessel parked in a driveway. Sounds funny but we then have to locate the vessel owner and make sure he is ok before logging him off. This may or mar not involve the police to locate him. Who said being a Marine Rescue Radio operator boring

Tank vent is open and not blocked. Tank pickup is clean and fuel flows freely. However I might have just fixed the problem. I only use unleaded, not E10. Apparently there is no fuel pump available, only gasket and diaphragm kits. However there are two one way valves. These are a tensioned metal strip and they open and close as required to allow fuel to flow in but not back. One of the valves appeared to not be closing properly so I readjusted the tension and now the motor is holding high speed idle without starving. Incidentally the on-line handbook says to replace the fuel pump every two years but it seems the complete pump is not available. Time will tell.

Hi all. I am having a problem with my 30hp Yahama outboard. The problem is that is seems to starve for fuel. Idles fine and runs ok up to about 6 knots then starts to lose power erratically. A quick pump of the bulb and it is right again. Fuel is clean, new hose and primer bulb fitted and used screw clamps on all joints. Engine filter is clean. New fuel pump kit fitted..gaskets and diaphragm. I am now scratching my head as to where to go next. Sounds like it is sucking air in but I cannot find where. Any suggestions?Jim

It just sat on the bottom and when I applied pressure to try to get it to come up it just shook its head and stayed on the bottom. I am one of those who fish light and if a big fish wants to run I just hold as bit of pressure and let it. O well, if it was as big as it felt I didn't want to catch it anyway

Living at Sussex Inlet I fish the Basin and estuary. A couple of weeks back I was drifting in the Basin when I felt a flathead take the bait. The usual dead weight followed by the intermittent heavy shaking. I knew it was a big one because I had trouble getting it off the bottom. Eventually it slowly gave way and then suddenly took off. Luckily the hook pulled out. I would have liked to have seen it but I doubt whether I could have scooped it one handed and get it into the boat. So I am glad the fish got away. Today, a similar thing happened. Hugh dead weight with the occasional shake. This one was huge because my spinning rod was totally loaded and I couldn't get it unstuck off the bottom. It decided to run about 3-4 meters then settle on the bottom again. So here am I with a monster lizzard stuck on the bottom and my poor rod tied in knots, and I still couldn't get it to rise. Oh well, one last lift on the rod and the line let go. At least I know of two breaders in the basin, both very large. I would have liked a photo but alas, no sighting of either. I always say that any fish that can get away from is either lucky or I fouled up somewhere. In this case I knew I was using old line.. Jim

There are a couple of different licences. Marine Rescue have to have the LROCP and it is mandatory for all on the vessels and the radio operators.

You need the Long Range operators certificate of Proficiency from Australian Maritime College Tasmania. I run Marine rescue courses. As to the second channel, it all depends where you are. 72, 73 etc. You should contact the nearest Marine Rescue unit to where you fish. They will tell you.

OOPS. There goes my boat trailer. Lucky there are no electricals on it. Just have to watch the wheel bearings.

The water in Sussex is slowly receding.There will be a large amount of run in from upstream. I measured 450mm of rain in two and a half days. All the usual low level flooding.

Researching further. The non gps epirbs can take from 90 minutes to 5 hours to be detected and then within a 5 km range. the new gps type can be detected within 20 minutes to an accuracy of 120 meters. The difference in time is because of the frequencies used and the availability of satellites

The older type of EPIRB, whilst sending a distress signal did not accurately pinpoint your position. The rescue vessel would be directed to your general vicinity and then would have to start a search pattern. The new type indicates your exact location.

If anyone is carrying an older type epirb it would be better to update. The new type transmit your lat. and long position and cuts a considerable amount of time off finding you .