The new bimini for the dominator
Submitted by Faulkner Family on Fri, 2017-12-01 15:08
Just picked up the tub this arvo. The work was done by mandurah canvas. I think it looks great . Goes in tomorrow for the final phase of the upgrade .
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rtomkyns78
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Looks a treat mate not long
Looks a treat mate not long now. I was thinking about your boat on the way back in from the FFB today doing about 10kn getting absolutely belted in my aluminium cuddy being passed by every glass boat around, i'd be interested to know the overall cost of the project thinking maybe its time to give fibreglass a go.
Faulkner Family
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yeah i know what you mean ,
yeah i know what you mean , have been in a few ali boats so sticking to glass.
including the purchase of the boat its gunna cost all up about 25k. not cheap but she will be almost like new
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Walfootrot
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Lookin good, what sounder
Lookin good, what sounder and GPS are going in?
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
Faulkner Family
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got our old navman gps which
got our old navman gps which is about 18 yo and the sounder is a hummingbird 917c combo, just gotta remember how to use the sounder, been about 8 years since used as a sounder, hope the thing still works lol.
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kirky79
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Looking sweet Russ.
Going to be a great tub for down here or anywhere for that matter
Faulkner Family
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looking forward to getting
looking forward to getting out there. got a few spots to try but mostly will be exploring at first.
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hilly9
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Looks the goods. I'll have
Looks the goods. I'll have to say g'day when I see you on the water
Dale
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Looking the goods Russ, going to be lots of fun coming up.
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Mr Wolf
Faulkner Family
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sure is. yeah plenty of fun
sure is. yeah plenty of fun on the way . every weekend hopefully weather permitting of cause.
bonus of living in mandurah. no good on the ocean there is the estury for crabs or just cruising
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little johnny
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Very very
Nice looking. Doing top job
Faulkner Family
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getting there. just time and
getting there. just time and $ getting it done. looking at 2 weeks before it gets wet
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quest
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Looks awesome mate. Perfect
Looks awesome mate.
Perfect Christmas present to yourself once all the work is done and the new motor on.
quest
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Looks awesome mate. Perfect
Looks awesome mate.
Perfect Christmas present to yourself once all the work is done and the new motor on.
quest
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haha
Triple post
Faulkner Family
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dont you just hate that
dont you just hate that multiple posts .
wasnt meant to be an xmas pressie just turned out that way. i can see Sandy and myself having many enjoyable trips out in it.
makes it ore enjoyable when you can fish with your wife and enjoy the same thing, only prob is i usually get outfished. but as im the skipper i claim the catch as partly mine
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sea-kem
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That's a sweet looking
That's a sweet looking bimini Russ, I love the old Dominator boats.
Love the West!
Faulkner Family
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would liked to have gone a
would liked to have gone a bit lower but didnt fancy hitting my head all the time. had to go 190 off the deck but happy with it anyway.
seems to be a lot of fans of these boats , so should be great, never been on the water in one
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together