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56 minutes ago, GoingFishing said:
Sales didnt go ahead because closed minded boaties couldnt open their eyes to see the good infront of them...😎 They just werent given a fair go mate
It's starting to sound like Preston Tucker with the world (Government and night manufacturers) against him building the 48. 😂😂
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1 hour ago, noelm said:
I tried to find the document with units sold globally by brand, I found it before, but it's vanished now, I know it sounds kind of nerd like, but I check stuff like BRP (well boating in general really) financial stuff regularly, and look at sales data (once again please, I am not saying which motor is best, that has nothing to do with it) and Evinrude sales have been sliding more and more each quarter for a couple of years. Huge companies like BRP do not operate on emotion or loyalty, it's sales and cash flow.
What worries me in a kind of way is they bought boat brands world wide to fit their motors exclusively to, the term is "buying transoms" the big one for us was Telwater, they tried behind the scenes (so I am told) to produce their brand Quintrex, Stacer, Savage and Yellowfin to be a complete package only deal, the independent dealers more or less were going to be only buy their product as packages, complete with an e-tec, why that changed, I really don't know, but, it scares me that BRP could send manufacturing offshore, effectively killing jobs here, possibly lowering quality, or, simply packing up and ditching Telwater altogether, just like the e-tec.
Noel do the separate out Telwater figures? Do you have any idea on its profitability.
I am thinking if BRP bought Telwater to prop up its outboard sales maybe they will put Telwater back on the market. If BRP overpaid maybe the original owners would buy it back? Hopefully it ends up in Aussie hands with manufacturing still here.
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Didn't they stop manufacturing for a period years ago as well?
I doubt you'd match the hole shot on my boat with any 150 4 stroke.
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Oh no. I love my Etec damn it. I guess we have a few years but in 10 years we will be like leppers with a Chrysler.
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Now that's a good day fishing!
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I saw that. How good is it watching somebody that's a master of their craft?
I don't watch the cooking shows but I saw it and hit record I will be watching it again.
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How good is that. Shame about the gummy I'd like to catch and try one out too.
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Yeah I agree with the cable and keep one on the boat.
You can also ring up to log in. Last time I radioed in I was on the other side of the headland and I got no response. I figured I'd radio one again when I moved out but the marine rescue guys heard the boat name and called my mobile.
I also have the local marine rescue bases, fisheries and the like in my phone contacts. I generally add extra words so it's more likely to come up if I have a mental blank and use the search function.
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Hi John,
I use it primarily because of the tracking for that bit more piece of mind. It's a great service.
it still pays to do the occasional radio check though which I can be a bit slack with.
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Well done the harbour keeps producing kings.
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That's a solid king well done.
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It's hard to beat a good feed of flatties.
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Great advice in the comments above.
@zmk1962 with your comment about the difficulties to arrange viewing you reminded me that I once had this situation with a second hand car. It could only be viewed late afternoons after the guy finished work. After the purchase I found out the reason was the guy was serving weekend detention after being convicted of car theft! 😳😳 How I found out that's another story!
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What a great family day. I must admit I have always let red gurnard go because they are so pretty despite being claimed to be excellent on the plate.
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Great report Keith and a very decent sized Blackie for your efforts.
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Great feed Bruce. That was a quick bag out on flatties.
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My fishing gloves have fingers in them but all the fingers have a split on the underside so that they can be taken off the finger and Velcro on the top so they can fold back. They aren't a thing of beauty though!
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Ok I admit at first glance I thought the title was Wicked Weasel and clicked on it straight away.
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I'm loving the recents adds to the kitchen, I'm not much of a cook but who knows.
@Yowie might take you up on some fried Mowie!
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Looks good. I need some more flatties though!
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40 minutes ago, Franco said:
Awesome feed, were you in deep water to catch those calamari?
8-23metres.
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Just now, zmk1962 said:
Mate. You more than delivered on that request- Uber Welster!
hoping for some action tomorrow.
cheers Z
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Thanks Zoran. Yep just the two of us no need to buy bait or fuel so straight there and back. Many people are stuck at home with little chance of doing their normal thing so I didn't post. I decided to stay away from the water over Easter but when I had the Monday off I took the opportunity.
The only bit of gear I lost all day was a squid jig so that was an added bonus.
Mum put in a request for Calamari and flathead so that became our plan.
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We’re gonna need a bigger boat
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That's tough luck with the squid jigs. I'd be taking some of those squire yum. Assuming they were legal of course.