reubs Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 So with all this rain hanging about and a RDO on the cards for tomorrow, I'm brought to this point once again where I need advice on where to go.. This morning as I woke up I came up with the name of TINY TIN for my boat as its a 12footer and fairly shallow in its design and has a 6hp 1979 evinrude on the back (I dont know if I need to get it registered or not...any ideas? the website says over 5hp but this thing is an old tired motor so I dont know if it counts?) Not sure if the harbour would be a good move as I'm not sure if my hull would be suitable for it or not....or botany bay for that matter? or how far up pittwater it would be safe to take it.. Apparently the east side of pittwater fishes well but I've never been on that side...last time I went to pittwater I stuck to the west side and managed to wrestle with a 90+cm cobia which got away but have since invested in a gaf so that shouldnt be an issue any more...fingers crossed... Maybe if someone has a similar sized vessel and wants to attack the same body of water tomorrow we can meet up and head out together..Bait for tomorrow is bread rolls and Hans american hotdogs.. haha bring on the kings!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeb870 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 In regards to registering the boat, unfortunately I think you will have to register it as it's over 5hp. It sucks because you are just over too Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onearmedfisho Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 So with all this rain hanging about and a RDO on the cards for tomorrow, I'm brought to this point once again where I need advice on where to go.. This morning as I woke up I came up with the name of TINY TIN for my boat as its a 12footer and fairly shallow in its design and has a 6hp 1979 evinrude on the back (I dont know if I need to get it registered or not...any ideas? the website says over 5hp but this thing is an old tired motor so I dont know if it counts?) Not sure if the harbour would be a good move as I'm not sure if my hull would be suitable for it or not....or botany bay for that matter? or how far up pittwater it would be safe to take it.. Apparently the east side of pittwater fishes well but I've never been on that side...last time I went to pittwater I stuck to the west side and managed to wrestle with a 90+cm cobia which got away but have since invested in a gaf so that shouldnt be an issue any more...fingers crossed... Maybe if someone has a similar sized vessel and wants to attack the same body of water tomorrow we can meet up and head out together..Bait for tomorrow is bread rolls and Hans american hotdogs.. haha bring on the kings!! Mate if it does 10 knots or more then it should be registered. They say 5hp because this is generally when boats begin to plane and do close to 10 knots.Since yours is an older motor it may not reach 10knots meaning youu dont have to register it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reubs Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Mate if it does 10 knots or more then it should be registered. They say 5hp because this is generally when boats begin to plane and do close to 10 knots.Since yours is an older motor it may not reach 10knots meaning youu dont have to register it. mm its pretty damn slow...was maybe pumping 6hp outta the factory back in 79 but 30+ years on it still works but is by no means fast.. will have to try and get some sense out of the maritime guys.. no one can give me an answer Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
onearmedfisho Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 mm its pretty damn slow...was maybe pumping 6hp outta the factory back in 79 but 30+ years on it still works but is by no means fast.. will have to try and get some sense out of the maritime guys.. no one can give me an answer Just dont register it and if you get pulled up tell them is doesnt do 10 knots! At worst i think they will give you a warning... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
reubs Posted April 23, 2012 Author Share Posted April 23, 2012 Just dont register it and if you get pulled up tell them is doesnt do 10 knots! At worst i think they will give you a warning... that was the general plan....I'd be more than happy to register it if it was required but its borderline Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Spooooled Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 maybe try out the georges river? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
aeb870 Posted April 23, 2012 Share Posted April 23, 2012 One Armed Fisho is correct, I do remember something like that but I was getting confused whether it was 10hp or knots Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Juggs Posted May 22, 2012 Share Posted May 22, 2012 Wrong guys The ten knot thing refers to licences you can drive a boat unlicensed as long as you don't plane or go over a certain speed which upto 10 knots Registration is based on any boat with more then 4kw / 5 hp now does this mean a five has to be registered I'm pretty sure as a mate has his five hp ten footer registered It's all on the web at maritime website Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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