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    radio antenna

    in The Workshop

    Posted

    thanks guy but have already purchased and fitted the radio I haven't had a boat for about 7 years so will have to just run with it at the moment but would you know the range of the 600mm antenna

    27mhz is line of sight.

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    Just purchased my first boat need second battery wired up any one interested?

    in Boating

    Posted · Edited by Ian Bat (Roadrunner Parts)

    I would wire it different to above.

    Use a dedicated start battery, the one that's fitted.

    Run all electronics, light, bait pumps etc etc off the 2nd battery.....house battery.

    Run a switch for the start battery and a switch for the house battery, best redundancy practice is to also run an ' emergency Parrallel' switch, allows you to join both batteries together.

    We can supply switches, and if you discuss and do a bit of measuring, we can supply custom length cables and terminals all ready to bolt in

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    Monday crew.

    in Plan a Fishing Trip

    Posted

    Dry spell!!......bought a boat in Adelaide, ran it from Adelaide to Sydney...unfortunately due to distances needed to be run each day, and fuel wharf time requirements etc....couldn't seriously drop a line out.

    Had 3 runs out in the last month chasing beaks...........3 hits one day, no hook up.

    Boat has yet to see blood, other than mine, Aaaaargh

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    Hand held Portable Jump starter's size of an IPHONE 6

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    We bought some samples out, I narrowed down to a professional company, and visited the factory.....the 3 units we had, we were all very impressed with.

    The larger 12V unit started a V8 commodore up in the street that the battery was dead on. We also started the 2.5l diesel triton up 6 times with the main battery disconnected.....the smaller amp capacity unit would not even look at the Triton.

    I went no further, as our MOQ to import was 1000 pieces, basically I wasn't prepared to tie up that much cash into one inventory item, and have to market a product that really isn't core business for us.

    Yes they work, advice.....buy from a reputable company and ensure the ah is as high as possible

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    Wind forecast for today

    in Fishing Chat

    Posted

    Go to the BOM website and use MetEye. It is far far more reliable, and pretty close to accurate....believe me transferring a boat from Qld to Sydney......and 10 days on the water from Adelaide to Sydney, just completed, we swore by MetEye.

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    Boat trailer winch question

    in Boating

    Posted

    I had a Superwinch, on a boat I bought in the 80's, I owned it 17 years, replaced it with a manual winch when I sold the boat.

    I fitted it the Haines Sig I bought, and ran it for another 6 years, I left it on when I sold that boat as I was moving to a moored boat.

    They are a very good winch.

    An idea to keep in mind, I actually wired up a lead on the boat house battery, had it coiled in the cab, and would feed it through the front and connect not the winch, meant I didn't have to worry when towing with a different vehicle, etc

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    New Boat Advice

    in Boating

    Posted

    Consider looking at other boats, go a little bit older, stick in the size your interested, open it up to glass as well, you should be able to pick up a good quality 4.7m or larger for under $20k.

    Keep the boss happy and the borders.

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