Boat back on the water
Submitted by Madmerv on Sat, 2015-12-19 07:31
Well after more than a year on the hardstand My main fishing boat is back on the water.
When i say My boat, i dont own the boat but the guy who does is living overseas and i have the keys..
Had a complete respray from top to bottom with new clears installed on the flybridge and sides. New covers for the front windows, rebuild on the anchor whinch, and a shit load of smaller stuff done.
Not quite finished off yet but with a day or two's work it will be ready to head out. Need to get the numbers on the side also.
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Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Krusty
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Date Joined: 27/11/15
Very nice
Looks great and what a great boat to have the keys for.
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
sea-kem
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
Nice boat, when's the
Nice boat, when's the christening party?
Love the West!
Red Dog
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Date Joined: 13/12/12
Ah, the best boat of all -
Ah, the best boat of all - someone else's
Bones 79
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Date Joined: 12/02/14
Looks good wish I had the
Looks good wish I had the keys to a boat that size that belonged to someone else. Time to get out there and enjoy it
azza1
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Date Joined: 30/04/11
Sounds like a good friend to
Sounds like a good friend to have
Guardy
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Date Joined: 09/08/12
You've got the keys, but....
do you have the wallet and cash to go with it? It must consume a fair bit of fuel each time it heads out or is he also paying you to keep it in running order?
Madmerv
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Date Joined: 24/01/15
Cashless
I have always said the best boat to go out on is someone elses boat. Sling them $50-60 and help clean up then walk away.
Rules for use of this boat are Do regular minor maintenance, keep it clean and fix anything that breaks when in use. I have put thousands into it over the last couple of years but was made redundant at the begining of the year. Fixing things that could potentially break would not be an option for me now. Also a trip out with running around and then back runs to about $300 in fuel. Usually we go out for the night to make it worth while and now i'm broke it wont be going unless we have a full boat, 6ppl, to make it economical enough. Fingers crossed that nothing goes wrong.
Still a night out with a bunch of like minded fisherman, a couple of beers for those not on watch, usually fresh fish cooked up for dinner and a bed to lay down in when you just cant fish anymore is bloody hard to beat.
If there happens to be a spot or two available i might be putting up a deckies wanted post on here... Especially if your name is Gilly and you can put us onto some fresh ground off Two Rocks..Lol
Sometimes when the water is quiet, you can hear the fish laughing at you !
Deleted
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Hahahahahah well played
Hahahahahah well played merv
pelagicyachts
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looks like a Laguna 42 am I
looks like a Laguna 42 am I right? - really well built WA boat, never understood why they were not more popular. - nice boat and great size for Rotto - great resto job too by the way :-)