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Look like a Haines hull. Paul and Leon savage created the Streaker boat brand might have been the early days. Looks like a tough boat will ride well. Prop it to suit, won’t be a speed boat.

Your lucky you got anywhere. As far as damage goes ask the motor gods. Would have run red hot, you might be lucky. Pull the plugs out and see how hot they ran. You may see white crystal deposits around the positive electrode. As long as it did not hot seize might be ok.

Jon seen this on Honda control. Engage the throttle forward there could be a access hole behind the neutral position to tension the control may have a plastic plug covering the hole. Some are adjusted behind the Suzuki emblem once removed..

Great work looks like the bananas won’t sink your boat the fish will

Great day out nice bag of fish thanks James for the video

Check to make sure that the inlet tube is correctly inserted into the rubber grommet on the impeller housing sometimes they misalign tear the rubber then at idle you will only get limited water flow at speed this will be better but not 100%.

The price of a proper welding repair will depend on how much preparation is required to do the repair if patching is required will be considerably more. Your bet bet is to do it properly pm me for more information

Depends on what created the hole If it’s corrosion can be difficult to repair by welding which is permanent whereas putty’s will only be temporary just keep an eye on the repair if done that way

Sounds like you were lucky with the boat few snapper makes up for it though. Regarding the radio I presume your getting DSC model, to connect to DSC you require a MMSI number which is only given if you have a VHF radio licence.

It’s not a mystery two strokes are gone been on the outer for years too much pollution just run your two stroke in a container and check out the oil ring around the container and in the water. Yes injection improved the pollution but will never eliminate the problem. Two strokes are the best light and powerful will destroy a four stroke on capacity four strokes typically require double the capacity to produce the same power and torque. Reducing oil lubrication improved the emissions but reduced engine life common knowledge don’t let the Americans fool you if this was realistic the Japanese manufactures would have perfected this, look at dirt bikes two strokes used to rule now four strokes dominate the same in GP bikes How many two stroke cars do you see, Modern materials and technology has changed this however modern four strokes still require major maintenance to achieve the same performance luckily outboard motors only rev to around 6000 rpm giving a longer life span. Sad to see good by blue smokes.

Unfortunately that’s the way the boating/fishing market operates. You can always fish from the shore or in a bay. The charts for offshore help with marine park boundaries which will help you be on the right side of the law.

Nice catch keep you fead for a while top report

Jon the Garmin g2 cards show marine parks very well. Have two seperate units on board gpsmap8008 for navigation and 7412 For sonar networked together. The charts display better on the 7412 with better detail although using same card and updates better processor the 8400 series will be better. Garmin user friendly with plenty of technology. Check out panoptix and UHD both work amazing in shallow water great for inshore. Also run gt51m chirp and ss164 thru Hull for deep water you won’t look back.

Good on you Brendo top report and fish need to be out there to get them lucky you went south

That tool is the ants pants, bit expensive for a one off ( or maybe not if you damage the linkage ) if you can support behind the linkage with a substantial block and use the correct size pin punch it will come out you will need to hit it with direct force don’t pussyfoot stainless and aluminium corrode together you need to overcome this. Roll pins can be difficult at times. Heat the aluminium coupling with a heat gun this will help.

The oil looks not too bad if you had water intrusion it would be milky white colour. Carburettors need to be removed disassembled and cleaned all the internals. Water leaking around the anodes on the lower leg is normal. Pressure testing is done with air and a gauge if the pressure drops you have a leak. Then you need to fault find where the leak is usually a seal then you will need special tools and expertise to remove and replace

The radio course is ultimately about common courtesy and survival. Which channels to use when and why if in a distress situation which will be understood completely helping to save lives money well spent. The training is invaluable when required.

Geoff gelcoat is normally 3/5 mm thick your repair will need to be this much lower with feathered edges to allow the gel coat the coverage required it’s a bit of an art to get right that’s why professional repairs cost .Typical boat, only if it was that easy ! Spraying is the way to go with the right equipment.

The hard work has paid off great report

Great day out nice pannie

Great part of the world, bloody cold though obviously the fish don’t mind it or yourself.

A worthwhile trip got you out the house doing something you love

Personally I would not put any rods I that, nas it will fall apart with any load and stress. They also should be more vertical so you can still cast a rod from the cockpit without collecting the other rods.

Monster dory great capture

Nice box of fish seas look pleasant great day out.