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Been though the narooma bar hundreds of times you need to be carefull and know what you are doing runout tide noreaster blowing dont go out I been at the bar in a sharkcat decided to fish in the inlet that day

Thanks for the reply

Looking to buy a gps epirb is there any major differentes between the epirbs on the market lots on ebay

if the engine is good except for the piston just put a new powerhead on save coin and if all the other cyl have the same comp you could just put an oversize piston in and go again.

i have the c/c version it was rebuilt in 2007 still great boat as said before look for people in your area who can fix your windscreen i did it on an old v-sea they used the old screen as a template jim

HI my trailer dose not have brakes but it still needed inspection as the weight on the rego is 750kg the rule for brakes is 751kg and over its a bit over kill as my boat is a 4.5 quninne fish raider c/c i go to a guy who knows the rules and it passed ok jim

thanks yes it is a little different my fuel tant is in the big seat/kill tank so its useless for storage.mine also has a bigger fordeck as well

hi how did you get the floor up in the 4.5m fishrader thanks

i have the same boat and my rail is bolted on i will get some spray dodgers for it later lots of people used to mount the anchor tubes on them to get out the way my boat came with an 18hp on the back took it off thinking of a lecci on the back only for weight savings jim

1 tip for the bar dont go out on last half of the run out with a wind blowing will stand the waves up i have been going out of there since 1988 and at time i have turned around and went to catch flathead and others in the inlet some good spots there also catching jews at night dad and older bro used to catch heaps at night but that was some years ago one time even had a yellow fin tuna in my burley trail it was caught a few weeks later by a local havent been for about 7 years now mates still live there must go jim

get a good viking seafarer been going out of that bar for a long time my mates live there even my parents lived there my dad used to go out ib a savage 4.5 mtr boat but he lived near he boat ramp and could pick and chose his days older bro lived in dalmeany used the ocean ramp at dal been out of there a few times as well.been all the wal to the kink in a viking great sea boat just be carefull comming in dont go over the wave in frount of you just follow it all the way in on its back. jim

i do need a crew for my boat but wont be able to go till dec as i nee to get a gps epirb and some flares fish from botany bay to kiama mostly out of the port its a 4.5 quinnie c/c if interested in later in the year could do something even in botany if you dont like the outside part jim

had an 18ft glass cat with twin 115s it was great also a smaller 475 alloy cat twin 60s ok but not a scratch on the glass goat also my vsea and viking were great boats jim

years ago fishing in a wollongong gamefishing comp i hocked and got to the boat a rather large yellowfin we were fishing for sharks and had a mako around 120kg tied to the bow 28ft berty anyway when the gaff man went to gaff the tuna he touched it first the fish took off draging one of my mates with him (days of using togles on trace) it had that much energy after 3 hours on 50 to do that on the other hand next day i couldnt even reel in just the line fish 1 jim nill chris was just bobbing infront of the burly bucket we had been using all day got him out quick big fish are strong they dont get big for nothing months later a yellowfin tuna was caught of bandit reef with a shark trace still in tacked clamed to be over 100kgs yes it was that big head one side of the berty and tail the other with cycles way past the tail after that in the next 3 years nothing over 50kgs caught plenty lost

oil is cheaper than engine parts use 50:1 replace spark plugs carry spares and plug spanner racing two stroke motorbikes for 45 years and still have some i use 20:1 jet carby right its all good how do you think all the older outboards got on they use 50:1 last thing you need is it nipping up because you guned it to get out of trouble

i would have to build a stand to sit it on to allow the water to drain and also the po mounted the burley bucket above the place were the live bait pump and scoop mount.my last boat had a stand for the bait tanks kicked my feet on it all the time.a shop have a rule aerator pump its 79.00 are these better than the battery powered ones with a stone on the end of a tube jim

HI need to fit a small live bait tank in my 4.5mtr quintrex fish raider have a plactic drum and lid of about 30-40 ltrs what is the best way to airate the water i realy dont want to have a recirculating water system in and out of the boat thanks jim

i live in wilton if i am free would like to join in jim

Have ridden motorbikes all my life as well as fishing father and older brother into both.Don’t bother with new stuff have about 10 bikes mostly racing longtrack (speedway with gears and brakes) still race but just for fun have a 1969 triumph bonnie on club plates but like riding my longtrackers and flattrack bikes better

HI were in the lake can you pump nippers i fish there some times would like to try some i usualy use fresh tailor strips there is pleanty of them in the lake and yes you some times come home with a feed

My mate gave me alloy pop riverts with alloy mandrels some stuff to seal it with as well

thanks for the replys going to taren point tomorrow to get the right stuff from the stainless shop 2.5 hour drive but the job will be done right the first time jim

took all 6 pop riverts out for both bungs found another alloy rivert head just fell off with a touch of the drill still some water in there will dry it out first then repair thanks for all your replies jim

Ok took the new to me boat out onto lake Illawarra Sunday mid morning meet with a stiff s/w wind knew this was going to happen so launched in the north of the lake.the boat is a quinine 4.5mtr reef raider old but in good condition I thought when I bought it.down size from my 5.2 viking After adjusting the rollers in the drive way at home came off trailer very well first plus Starting the 50hp tohatsu was not easy but I think I flooded it got going anyway another plus it goes Ride was more bumpy than the viking but its alloy so not too bad over all Sounder works great and full of marks from foster 2 owners ago another plus Three hours on the water drifting in a meter of water behind an island landed one flathead ok first fish my brother caught it Decided to go home via the front of the island in the wind boat was a little sluggish nose up a lot we didn’t get wet though in a c/c Back at the ramp boat goes on trailer well but I knew I was winding it on Couldn’t undo the bungs so got spanner and took them out WELL about 30-40 ltrs of water poured out not good as I looked for ages under the boat b4 I bought it its not bad as 2 previous owner for recoed the whole rig new motor in 2007 its not bad on the eye BUGGER Get home and wash the boat run the motor starting first go every time after the first try.well the boat had salt water in it so I start to fill the hull from the inside(tank water) we look under neath cant see any thing no drips at all except for the back which I thought was run off. The drips kept running out so under close inspection I find the lhs bung pop rivet was broken and water was leaking out a lot when you moved it even more come out. Problem found Now what is the best way to fix this repop rivet the bungs back in or use s/s bolts and nuts my eng mate tells me this is the only way and use heaps of duralac anticorrosive compound What are your thoughts

thanks for the replys i have a sea anchor and v sheet no flares or epirb yet have all the saftey gear for enclosed waters just working on the outside stuff now i have two out of date epirbs how or were do you hand them in jim