Inshore Rig Re-Fit Complete (Pic very Heavy)

 Well it’s been a while since my last report due to uni, work and a lack of fishing but thought it was time I put up a few pics of our latest project as I know there are a few out there like myself who get off on rebuilds. Anyway an upgrade for the old dinghy had been on the cards for a while as we seemed to continue to push the boundaries of what a 3.7m boat was capable of so it was only a matter of time before we got caught out. Something in the 4.5-5.5m range was the only option and I wanted bit of a summer project after uni had finished. A 5m brooker CC came up for sale and we decided it would do the job. The hull and trailer were in pretty average condition but the new yammy on the back was rather attractive. First thing was the strip down and clean out, it had been a creek boat from the NT and the one inch thick dried mud in the bottom of the hull proved that.

 

 
 
 
 
 

After the boat had received a strip it was the trailers turn, the trailer is a Mackay trailer that wasn’t actually that old but I didn’t like the roller set up so a full overhaul was he only option. Sourced all the components (harder than one may think), made up the hanger brackets, welded up the guard brackets and she was ready to hit some hot galv. This boat will predominantly be used up north and I’m sure she will see more beach launches than concrete so I decided to go a bit overboard with wheel size.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

With the trailer done next was to tidy the hull up and get some welding done before painting. First I wanted to change the center console lay out, sized up the dash to fit my electronics and got the welding done. Bit of cutting/drilling for flush mounting and it was ready to start my most dreaded part, PAINT PREPPING!!!!

 

 

After the last refurb I knew how much time and effort must go into prepping/painting. My brother and I committed four days to prepping, sand a section then prime it before it oxidised until finally the whole boat was primed and ready for undercoats.

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 
 

It was the first boat I have done with a gun but it didn’t take long to pick it up and we ended up with a pretty good finish, much smoother than the previous boat that we used rollers. Once the boat was painted and back on the trailer it was finally starting to look like a boat I would be happy with. Flush mounted the electronics and wired her up, a few bits of marine ply and carpet made up an attractive cover for the batteries and cables. I got some decals made up and she was finally finished after a solid month on the tools. Now to get her wet…..

 

 
 
 
 
 
 
 

First trial was a quick run over to ratnest Ise for a cray dive, handed a soft offshore well and gave us a taste of how much of a weapon she would be.

 

Next was to drag her north, my brother, a mate and I headed up around Jurien for a couple of days for a predominantly diving trip but a few lures were thrown around also. Got up midday and used the arvo to dive an old cray spot I found a while ago as the vis was very AVG, didn’t dive deeper than 5m and found a few fish floating around amongst the roaches.

 

Next day we were greeted with a glass off and headed straight out for a fish. Found a good show on the 587, you can see a jig and a SP being worked. Didn’t take long to get a few fish onboard.

 

Decided it was time for a dive so put out a few lines and started heading in to the dive ground. We had been on the move no more than 10mins when both rods went off and we managed to land some sashimi.

 

We didn’t have much room in our bag so a quick dive to top it up and we were on our way in. This is my PB baldy at 690 which was the last fish for the day.

 

The last day we headed out for another dive and found a few fish and quickly had our bag and headed in to pack up the tent and hit the road, a quick pic of the day’s offerings.

 

Next trip was a metro night fish off woodies, as seen from the following pics the fish were on the chew and we only needed an hour to max out our limit.

 

 

A couple of weeks went past with nothing but work, bad weather and Abrolhos trips. Finally I managed to line up some good weather and my dad and I headed out for a metro bash. Originally I said I wouldn’t use this boat for metro dhufish but the big rig was in getting some work done so we had no choice. Left the ramp at 1pm and after an hour steam we dropped lines and it didn’t take long for a few hook ups. A few solid pinks hit the deck then I got blown away on PE2 to what felt like a big buck. Next pass my old man set the hooks in a donkey, a few big runs and his new PB bream hit the surface. The sunset lined up well to make for a pretty good pic.

 

Salty was getting neglected a bit as Brolhos was copping a flogging so last week my brother and I decided it was finally time to put her to the test and drag her up to Ningaloo.The forcast for last week was looking good so Saturday night the call was made. Sunday we packed and hit the road for the big steam. We more just wanted to get out of the wind and rain but secretly we both thought it would be a good opportunity to tick off Salty’s first billfish. Tuesday we trolled for a few hours and went 5-3-0 on the bills, disappointed we spent the arvo in the water soaking up the 25 deg water. A few mates flew up Wednesday morning and we quickly got out and deployed a spread, 10mins in and two rods went off. Half an hour later we had both fish up, dehooked and back on their way.

 

 

Few high fives and we suited up for an arvo of diving. The following day after a slow morning we got back out and again within 10minutes had two sails hooked, both again landed.

 
 

The rest of the trip saw plenty more bills raised and hooked but non converted. Anyway back to reality and the cold/Brolhos trips.

Thanks for the read. Until the next time I get enough time to put up a report….

Miles

 

 

 

 


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 Also forgot to thank the

Wed, 2014-08-06 21:39

 Also forgot to thank the boys down at Chivers, great service and the cheapest 587 in town.

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Thu, 2014-08-07 08:48

 We appreciate the feedback.  Great Build and thread guys!

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Bloody awesome post!!! Love

Wed, 2014-08-06 21:43

Bloody awesome post!!! 

Love the refit!!

was it an expensive exercise to get the trailer dipped?

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 Na, dangerously cheap. From

Wed, 2014-08-06 21:48

 Na, dangerously cheap. From memory around $300.

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great work mate!

Wed, 2014-08-06 21:49

 Looks like you poured some hours into you hull prep. Lots of sanding! The finish was superb too. 

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 Great job man.Looks

Wed, 2014-08-06 21:52

 Great job man.

Looks sweet.

What mob did you use on the galvanizing of the trailer. 

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Wholey shit balls milsey!

Wed, 2014-08-06 21:59

Wholey shit balls milsey! That refit is insane, and then the reports that followed, blew my mind!
Best report ive read on this site hands down, love ya work, always!

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 Cheers boys, Holth i used

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:22

 Cheers boys, Holth i used Hartway's (Naval Base). I dropped it off one arvo and picked it up the following day.

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 Awesome post. Lots of work

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:10

 Awesome post. Lots of work resulting in a great product. Well done.

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DAMN

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:11

 should split that into 4 different posts then I wouldve spent 4 times as long looking thru 

 

Boat looks a treat Milsey. Great trip pics!

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 Yer i know, i've been

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:22

 Yer i know, i've been meaning to put a few up but havn't had half an hour to sit down and after the exxy trip thought if it didnt happen now it wasnt going to.

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 That's awesome, probably the

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:13

 That's awesome, probably the best post I've read on here!

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Forgot to add, that pic of

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:13

Forgot to add, that pic of you and ollie with the saily must be hanging up on a wall in your folks place eh?!
Killer pic

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 Soon to be, amazing how much

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:19

 Soon to be, amazing how much brotherly love can result from a fish haha. Shot in some pretty redik res also so will look good blown up.

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Ha yes, I know the feeling

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:36

Ha yes, I know the feeling

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 Hard work - well rewarded

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:19

 Hard work - well rewarded

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Wow well done

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:36

Wow well done

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EPIC report and top work on

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:44

EPIC report and top work on the fitout.

3 Weeks and i will be up at Ningaloo. Got me that little bit more excited.

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 Great report as always and

Wed, 2014-08-06 22:54

 Great report as always and the new boat looks perfect for trips up north.  What happended to the old tinny? 

 

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 She was moved on a few

Thu, 2014-08-07 17:05

 She was moved on a few months ago, was deeply saddening watching someone else drive her away.

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Reap what you sow

Thu, 2014-08-07 00:35

A lot of hard hours put into the refit and you have reaped the spoils of what you have sown (so's to speak) well done and may you have many more exploits the same.

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 These are the reports that I

Thu, 2014-08-07 05:32

 These are the reports that I love on this site. Superb job on the refit Milesy and very jealous of the action you guys get into, makes me wish I was 20 years younger. I'm doing up a 4.75m bayhunter at the moment so might PM you at some stage for a couple of ideas if you don't mind?

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Send away, always happy for a

Thu, 2014-08-07 17:07

Send away, always happy for a chat.

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Wow

Thu, 2014-08-07 06:06

 Killing it. Great rebuild and sensational reports. Never known so many potm contenders in one post. Epic win from a fair bit of hard work. 

 

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Nice work - nice fish too!!

Thu, 2014-08-07 06:25

Nice work - nice fish too!!

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awesome post

Thu, 2014-08-07 06:49

awesome post, awesome job, awesome boat, and not a bad life you live mate !!

ahhh, the pre marriage pre kid days, when the beers and fishing trips were plenty....

god work lads

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Quality

Thu, 2014-08-07 07:54

Quality effort all round Milsey (and Ollie).

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Looks awesome!

Thu, 2014-08-07 08:35

 Looks awesome Milsey! Very jealous haha

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yewww!

Thu, 2014-08-07 08:53

 killin it miles! makin me very jealous brother

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Gr8 Work

Thu, 2014-08-07 09:00

awesome post like what you did to the boat m8 perfect boat for up north

looks like you are finding the fish no probe either

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Top effort, well done on

Thu, 2014-08-07 09:07

Top effort, well done on taking the time to do it properly...

 

Did you have to prep the trailer at all? Or were the galvanisers happy to just throw it in the bath with a bit of surface rust on it?

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 The trailer was built in

Thu, 2014-08-07 17:10

 The trailer was built in 2003 and was galved then so i think it was just red dust that made it look rusty. They said dont wory about prepping anything, just bring it down and they would drill drain holes and prep it.

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You

Thu, 2014-08-07 12:01

do not do things in half measures - top job, thanks for the posting  

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Well what do you say? OMG

Thu, 2014-08-07 12:04

Well what do you say? OMG Post of 2014 man, that was an awesome read.

Echo Scotto's sentiments, don't get married & don't have kids. Used to say I would be home in four weeks, not an eye lid blinked... I now tell her 40mins & I better have a phuckin' good excuse to boot.

Well done

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Farkenell Milsey, saved up a

Thu, 2014-08-07 12:59

Farkenell Milsey, saved up a big load and.let it go with a bang,top work, epic post

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 Excellent!

Thu, 2014-08-07 13:32

 Excellent!

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Great Read

Thu, 2014-08-07 13:50

 And excellent job on the refit. 

 

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 Sick post!!  Great effort

Thu, 2014-08-07 14:27

 Sick post!!  Great effort with the boat, lots of love gone into that baby.  Thanks for putting the time into sharing, totally made my morning

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Awesome

Thu, 2014-08-07 14:44

Awesome refit, and well worth the effort looking at some of those fish.

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Thu, 2014-08-07 15:02

Love your work fellas and rewarded for it too!!

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 Very nice fitout looks like

Thu, 2014-08-07 15:37

 Very nice fitout looks like you boys need to get  jobs you seem to have way to much free time . Some great pics .

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 More about priotities than

Thu, 2014-08-07 21:08

 More about priorities than lack of work, although my rents tell me otherwise haha

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 real shame about that hoad

Thu, 2014-08-07 15:43

 real shame about that hoad fellow going up with you. very unlucky. invite joe perry next time but. awesome photos but nice work

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Was funny how last week the

Thu, 2014-08-07 17:16

Was funny how last week the smelly morwong breeder wasn't interested in billfish.... how that has changed. Taking Joe Perry and a few anchors out deep dropping tomorrow.

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Might aswell take the breeder

Thu, 2014-08-07 23:29

Might aswell take the breeder out to lift those anchors about all he is good for. 

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 Great work Milesy &

Thu, 2014-08-07 16:04

 Great work Milesy & Ollie,

Looks like a great rig for the north trips, trailer came up a treat too!

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Dunno what you blokes are

Thu, 2014-08-07 17:33

Dunno what you blokes are studying at uni .. but you’d have no worries making a quid refurbing  boats , excellent job .

Some top shelf fish as well .. onya's great post 
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 WOW.Fucking awesome post and

Thu, 2014-08-07 18:44

 WOW.

Fucking awesome post and refit mate. Great work

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 I tell ya what that is hands

Thu, 2014-08-07 18:53

 I tell ya what that is hands down one of the best threads I have ever read on fishwrecked.

i myself am never afraid of some hard work for a good overall result so I like seeing like minded people doing the same.

i reckon the best part of the post other than the detailed pictures and story is that after all the hard work on the boat and trailer refurb you got into some of the best eating fish the ocean has to offer.

and to christen a boat of that size with several sail fish is just what dreams are made of.

 

bloody nice work

 

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 Good post to an awesome

Thu, 2014-08-07 19:52

 Good post to an awesome project! 

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Like everyone else.. WOW Top effort

Thu, 2014-08-07 19:36

 Love your work, how often do you get up to Jurien??

 

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 We get up a fair bit, my

Fri, 2014-08-08 06:01

 We get up a fair bit, my mate has a place and a boat up there. His old man is good mates with Danny also, we were up on his balcony one arvo and I thought I recognized your boat.

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Ah yes now it all comes together,

Fri, 2014-08-08 17:50

Next time your around town drop in n say hi..

So Did you guys go across to the abrolhos with Glen and Danny over April this year?

 

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 Yer we did, Glenn is my best

Wed, 2014-08-13 13:54

 Yer we did, Glenn is my best mates old man. Was a good trip although the weather wasn't fantastic, still nice being over there.

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Good read, and great photos.

Thu, 2014-08-07 19:42

Good read, and great photos.

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Top Class

Thu, 2014-08-07 21:06

 

 As always Milsey, nice work all round. Ill have to enroll in uni, seems youve got the life!

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Just have to post and say

Fri, 2014-08-08 14:06

Wow. Made me late for the arvo start after lunch reading it.

Awesome in all respects.

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Mate if I wasn't already

Sat, 2014-08-09 17:53

Mate if I wasn't already homesick, this post has done it!

Love your work on the boat, and awesome results with the fish. Get yourself a TV series, I'd watch.

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 damnnnnn.. well done champ

Sat, 2014-08-09 22:34

 damnnnnn.. well done champ thats awsome. Im with dan^^^ start a tv show id watch for sure