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Looking at getting a house boat for the hair tale night, where would be some good spots to set up a base?
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Johnno, Kings social on Sunday...... also have RDO on Monday might go for a fish with a mate not sure where yet. I'm in a blue and white run about with big Mad keen sticker on the front come and say g'day. might meet up if your fishing the RDO....Love the RDOs
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Does anyone see the point of trying to launch from Rose Bay at 4:30-5am Sunday?
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Whats it like at 5am as far as being busy?
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Thanks for that mate, i thought it was around there somewhere just could'nt pin point it on the map....cheers.
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Can someone please tell me the address of the Rose Bay boat ramp?
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I'll be there for the social, i'm boat based and will have the missus with me.
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Cheers for that mate i'm going to re seal everything on the back of the boat tomorrow so hopefully should solve the problem.
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I have a fibreglass round about, i have'nt gota speedo. The only thing that is screwed into the boat is the sounder fittings, the tow hook and the bungs.
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I keep the boat in the garage all the time with it raised at the front with the bungs out and have replaced the bungs but i'll try re sealing the bung areas. Thanks i hope that is all it is
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Hi, I went out for a 6 hour fish last night and when we were heading back I noticed a puddle of water around the front seat and when i pulled it out of the water a fair bit of water came out of the two side bungs. I usally get a bit of water out of the centre bung but not from the side ones, last night we did do a bit reversing picking up crab pots and what not and they was a bit of a swell, and were traveling quite slow when moving spots. I've got no visable damage on the hull of the boat, had the bungs in tight. If anyone has any input would be great, i've never had this before ( have never done that much reversing before in one session)
Thans Nick
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I'll be heading off for a fish an Friday arvo 15th about 5:30ish from Bayview, probly start around the back of Scotland Island and then head up between Barrenjoey and Flit and Steel.
I'm in a 15ft blue and white sportsman craft with white bimini and whit screen, if your out too come say Gday.
Cheers Nick
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HI,
You can use these clips that they use on roofs of building to hold them down, its has one bolt in the middle and a small plate that hooks over two sections on the mesh and when tightened up sits pretty flush (hard to explain) if i'm on a roof that has them in the near future i'll get a photo of one but any commercial roofing company should sell them, CSR maybe.
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Hi try using load tranfering rods it will spread out the load more evenly and won't let the back of the car sag too much. I used to use them on my ute which was lowered 5inchs! towing a 1200kg race car had no probs, found to quite good on the freeway. You can get them from caravan dealers also come with a plate that is bolted between the tounge and ball with holes in it where the rods hook in.
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Went for a fish on Pittwater with the missus on Sunday, maily just to get the boat out (been in the shop for the last 2 weeks
) Did'nt expect much due the recent rain, the water was quite brown and literted with leaves and sticks. Started with 5 small pinkies and after about 2 hours the missus hooked up a great bream just under a kilo just up from Morning bay about 10 minutes later i managed a good size Leather jacket.Headed back to the ramp about 2 and had them cooked up within a hour
A bit of a suprize concidering all the rain latly -
try Mungo Brush or Hawks Nest
Do you konw of any cravan parks around the area that have boat ramps near, going to have my
and my mates and son with us so have to keep everyone happy........ i just want some to take the boat out and fish -
You after salt or freshwater Nixmel?
Geoff
Salt water.
Hi Howard i been looking at there site tonight and it does look good, have you been there yourself or know what the fishing is like up there? They say there is a boat ramp too.
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Hi i'm looking to go fishing and camping for a week within 4 hours drive north of sydney, we want to camp at a caravan park but still be close to a boat ramp. Any help would be appreciated.
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Hi i'm looking for a place to go for a week off, somwhere within 4 hours drive north of sydney that we can set up camp in a caravan park and be close to the water and be able to put the boat in and out with out to much trouble.
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Biggest issue after changing trailer wheel size is the extra height of trailer means you have to go further down a ramp to launch. Some tyres are getting expensive to get with a high load rating (not an issue in a tinny but is in mid size boats single axel loaded with holiday weight) in the smaller 13" sizes but there is lower profile higher load in 14" cheaper
Pitch circle diameter is the tech way to work out what stud pattern you have. Basically if you were draw a circle through the center of your studs the diameter would be as mentioned below.
General modern common ones are
Very old holdens were sometimes just on 100mm and 4 stud I think
Holden has a PCD of 108mm and 5 X 7/16" UNF studs ( a lot of 9" and 10 inch are this pattern)
Ford has a PCD of 114mm and 5 X 1/2 inch UNF studs ( both in 13" and 14" rim size)
An easy way is to just check a wheel nut off your car if you have a ford or holden.
I'm thinking it may be better and easier to leave them the way they are ( good piont about having to further down the ramp) Know a good place in Sydney to buy new tyres and a spare wheel for 8 inch trailer wheels?
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Cheers Jonno i will look into it, the wheels i have are five stud not sure if they are ford or holden.
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I'm looking to change my trailer wheels to a larger size, i have 8 inch wheels on at the moment and was looking at going to 13-14 inch. Has anyone have any tips on doing this, is there anything to modified or problems to look out for.
My boat is 15 foot and is on a single axel trailer.
Cheers
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Hi, just wanted to know how to get hold of a couple of fishraider stickers for my boat?
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Thanks alot for the tips and advice Ross much appreciated
) Did'nt expect much due the recent rain, the water was quite brown and literted with leaves and sticks. Started with 5 small pinkies and after about 2 hours the missus hooked up a great bream just under a kilo just up from Morning bay about 10 minutes later i managed a good size Leather jacket.
and my mates
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hi, looking at getting a house boat for the hair tale social and was wondering if anyone had any tips for areas for setting up anchor and using it as a base.