Boat Improvements - Finished!!
Boat improvements finally finished
So from the close of demersal season 2021 I decided to spend a bit of money getting the old girl back up to scratch.... Its 12 years old so thought Id give it a birthday. Previous posts I rewired the whole boat and made a cieling and now Ive finally finished the rest of it. Did a bit of ally work on the gunnels, adding more rod holders and stubby holders. Filling in holes not needed and relocating the mounts where the extended top is mounted on the gunels and added rocket launcher rod holders on the ectended top. From there i had the gunels all repainted and it came up really good.
Then the expensive part haha got deck armour fitted but I tell you what it looks bloody awesome even though its expensive. Mine was around the $5k mark.
All up with the wiring, ceiling, ally work, painting, deck armour I spent around $10k but from where it was to now it looks a hell of alot better and easier to fish out of.
Cheers
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Trailcraft570
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Looks great
good job, well done
sea-kem
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Wow!! That looks sensational
Wow!! That looks sensational Josh. Looks like you scored a deckie too
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Piggy
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Cheers Mate
Thanks bud!!
Yes been busy on and off the boat
Amara turned 1 not that long ago and she walks around saying "Boat Boat" hahaha she loves going in it
Cheers
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sea-kem
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Took a run up to Ledge over
Took a run up to Ledge over Xmas with the boat, no real drama off the beach. Fark there was a lot of boats out that day though.
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Piggy
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1 Day
We were up at ledge between Chrissy and New years and managed 1 day out on the boat. Usual couldnt get away from the dhuies. Nothing big but ended up with a decent bag. That day we went out there were a heap of boats out. If you ever see a tractor with no engine hood, no exhaust and looks like a bucket of shit thats me! haha
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sea-kem
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Ha ha I reckon was probably
Ha ha I reckon was probably the same day, I was keeping an eye out for you. We were on the water at 6am ish and they were flowing in behind us.
Punched out into the 40's and bagged out on two spots. Come back in and an added bonus of plenty of eye candy on the beach
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Piggy
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HAHAHA
I rekon it was the same day as we had a couple of beers when we got back on the beach to enjoy the view too haha
We were out about 5am just before the sun was coming up haha
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Shark1
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the lil helper lookes
the lil helper lookes chaffed with the product
good effort m8
rob90
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Looks awesome! Well done,
Looks awesome! Well done, that 10k investment should be worth 30k in today's market. Good parking as well, if it was me that pier/wall would be gone first try haha
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Rick
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Nice
Looks the goods mate, nice work
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Rob H
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lovely
Yeah mate, looks tops!
I shudder to ask what the deck tread cost, but can you flick me a message if willing to share it?
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Piggy
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Deck armour?
Hey Mate
Were you talking about the deck armour? that was about $5,000
Cheers
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NORUN NOFUN
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Yep, that looks worth it.
Yep, that looks worth it. Great job mate.
Swompa
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Looks bloody great, mate!What
Looks bloody great, mate!
What is the hull?
Piggy
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Hull
Hull is made by Goldstar mate, Jackman hull like most of the brands
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Jackfrost80
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That's awesome. I am looking
That's awesome. I am looking into the same thing for the gunwales as the slippery surface isn't conducive to getting into the perfect position for a coffin or peggie
Officially off the Pies bandwagon