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Mate,
Looking forward to seeing finnished product,any tricks with painting,whats a rough cost on materials if you dont mind.
Cheers
Wayne
Hey Wayne, just roughly i spent about $1000-1300 just on aluminium.Bolts,fixtures,welding wire,gas and sika flex about $400-500.Powder coating, new clear,carpet under roof i estimate another $1500.
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Fella's Champion job,bet you cant wait to get it coated and on the water,you blokes in the trade or just DIY?
Cheers
Wayne
Hey wayne,I'm a builder by trade and 1 of my mates is a mechanic and the other a concreter.The concreter has experience in welding same as the mechanic.Me myself, this is the first i have ever welded and it does'nt take long to get the hang of it.If you put your mind to it you can do anything, don't be scared to try anything.Most of the work is in designing everything and trying to vision it in your head.
Cheers
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More updates from a days work today.All posts are welded and both support brackets are finished.We're nearly on the home stretch, now some grinding and sanding to get it ready for the powder coaters.Couple of noisy nights should do it. hahaha neighbours!!!!!!!
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Update from a full days welding yesterday.Its all coming together slowly
More updates from a days work today.All posts are welded and both support brackets are finished.We're nearly on the home stretch, now some grinding and sanding to get it ready for the powder coaters.Couple of noisy nights should do it. hahaha neighbours!!!!!!!
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That's pretty close to what I had in mind. Looking good
What is your plane for the gap between the screen and the roof? Are you going to put clears, solid screen or leave it open?Regards Jeff
Hey Jeff, New clears will be made once everything is finished which should be in about a month
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Update from a full days welding yesterday.Its all coming together slowly
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Hey mate, I have a 2007 5.7m trailcraft trailblazer which we a currently building a hardtop for.A lot of time has gone into desiging the structure and using the existing rocket launcher for shape and strength.We are going to have 3 poles from the dash and cutting the rocket launcher and moving it to the back.Its not finished yet might be done in a month.We are half way there.I've post some pics you can take a look at.
Cheers and goodluck
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G'day boy's, Iv'e been wanting to convert my trailcraft 5.8 cuddy cabin to a hardtop for a couple of years now. I have searched the net for anyone that has done the same with no luck. Have any of you seen or know of anyone that does it or has had it done. Any input would be appreciated.
Regards Jeff
Hey mate, I have a 2007 5.7m trailcraft trailblazer which we a currently building a hardtop for.A lot of time has gone into desiging the structure and using the existing rocket launcher for shape and strength.We are going to have 3 poles from the dash and cutting the rocket launcher and moving it to the back.Its not finished yet might be done in a month.We are half way there.I've post some pics you can take a look at.
Cheers and goodluck
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went out to browns wed and found a school of big tuna working quickly we chased them east of browns for ten km only managing to get one strike where unfortunatley the metal loop on the top of the halco trembler cut through the 150 lb trace on strike.
the fish ended up going deep so we laid a cube trail but no joy.
on the way in we went past a game boat that was hooked up with gaffs out but as the weather was getting worse we decided to keep going. we ended up having a very average ride back in.
third tuna trip in as many weeks. hope to get on soon .
has anyone else had any success latley ?
Went out about 4-5 weeks ago headed north from sydney, trolled all day for 1 fin about 7kg, as far as any success lately, weather lately has been bloody shit!
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Well done on the marlin guys,love to no how you get marlin hook ups that quick.
Cheers Mike
Me too first time I've had hook ups that quick, right spot right time i guess
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Left rose bay at 6:30am.Dropped the line in only a few miles from the heads as we had plenty of time to reach our destination a few hours before tide.By 12pm we had 10 dollies ranging from 75cm to 100cm. As i began to set up the spread for marlin zzzzzzzzzzz the line i had just put in seconds ago went off (short corner).30 minutes later we had him at the boat.Then again as i was putting the line out within 5 minute zzzzzzzzzzz short corner again.1 hour later he was at the boat with the leader wrapped around its tail which made it hard for us to bring up.What a top day, water temp was 24 degress
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wheres the fish i cant see shit
Have a close look at the first shot in the water its easy to spot and make out that it is a stripe
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hey get the net... where abouts did you catch it and how deep was the water/temp?
spewing. we were going to go out sunday but canned it due to BOM prediction of heavy rain... yeah at 5pm.
we were about 20 miles out from sydney heads. Water temp was between 26.6 and 26.9. Weather was great, bit of rain at 7am a bit at 12pm and little more at 3pm and between all that a bit of sunshine what more could we ask for.
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headed out from rosebay at 600 am on sunday morning with beatiful weather hoping to hook up a billfish. Got to the spot at 7:30 and set up the spread.After a few hours and after heaps of tunas and dollies we hooked this striped marlin. Took us 40mins to bring him in.I called it for about 100kg
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went out saturday morning and caught this thing on soft plastics.
what is it?
That is a pike.Good kingfish bait
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Head out from rose bay at 5.30am in amazingly beautiful water.Dropped the line in at the Baitstation and headed east for some beakies.There was so much surface action with bait fish everywhere. Even though we did'nt hook a beakie we caught a shark and some dollies. It was just a great day to be on the water.Going out on monday looking to be similar conditions. Just beautiful!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
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headed out at rose bay at 6am water looking amazing we made our trip out to chase some bill. Dropped the lines in 4miles from the baitstation to start our trip water temp was 22.8. Couple of hours pasted and nothing but a few tunas and dolphins swimming around. Found a nice temp brake water temp was 21.6. Checking the sst charts before coming out i knew i had to head towards browns when i found the brake(current and temp brake). About 20 mins in zzzzzzzzzzzzzzz then it stopped.We quickly put the reel in free spool then bang he was on again.After a long run and some amazing tail dances he spat the hooks.We hooked up about 6mile east of the baitstation. Trolled around that area for a few more hours but didnt turn a real.Water temp 21.6 water was just great like a bloody pond!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Anyone else have any luck out sydney on saturday?
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headed out from rose bay at 6am on saturday morning . Dropped the lines in at long reef and headed towards the baitstation. Along the way hooked about 20 stripe tunas. Got to the shelf at 10.30 temp change from 24.5 to 25.6 over the shelf then out of now where there was about 7 other boats.Did a few laps before heading to 12 mile at about 1pm. Just want to know if anyone had any luck out there??????????
The ride back in was shithouse!!!!!!!!!
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Hi guys,
Well done, nice fish. Having been through the debate of stripes and juvenile blues (they have stripes evident) the fish in the photo, in my opinion, is a striped. The elongated lower jaw, length of bill and the size of the dorsal the main indicator. Some stripes can seem fairly solid through to the anal fin which have then mistaken for juvenile blues. What lure did the fish take?? Great fish.
Cheers, Rabs
caught on a 11" pink pusher. Had the same debate with a mate if it was a blue or striped.looking at the shape of the middle of tail as blue has a curve and striped is straight and where the vertical lines started and as the head comes up i called it a blue. But still not a 100% sure.
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10:30 am saturday morning after 10 minutes of having the lines in the water zzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz we were on. After a long 2 1/2 hour fight and my back brace and gimble braking we landed this 100-110kg striped marlin. Caught only a few mile away from baitstation. Water temp 24.5 degrees.
What is your plane for the gap between the screen and the roof? Are you going to put clears, solid screen or leave it open?
Hardtop Conversion For My Trailcraft
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Hardtop for my trailcraft trailblazer 5.7 has been completed.