New boat build

 Have new boat built all most at fit out stage got anchor winch drum big deck wash pot winch and most of the good bit to finsh it off. Just think I am leavening some think out whot did you wish you had done in biuld stage thanks

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 Run a 3rd battery up the

Thu, 2016-04-21 05:55

 Run a 3rd battery up the front to run electric reels. Also run your transducer cable on the opposite side to all the other electronics to avoid interface 

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Any one free to help me pull my drum lines tomorrow? 

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 In hull transducer mounted

Thu, 2016-04-21 06:48

 In hull transducer mounted properly.

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Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?

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 yes

Thu, 2016-04-21 08:03

 yes

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How big

Thu, 2016-04-21 07:16

How big is the boat? If the boat is big enough maybe a fresh water tank would be good so you can wash rods/reels/tackle/diving gear as you finish using them. 

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How big

Thu, 2016-04-21 07:26

 8.2 mtr island cab

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Rod Holders

Thu, 2016-04-21 08:00

Currently looking at how I can retrofit vertical rod holders that take the split butt jigging rods.  I don't like putting them in the rocket launchers as they dont seem secure when travelling, and I dont think they are that kind to the blanks.  God knows where I can put a fly rod either??

Depends on your fishing style of course.

Other nice to haves would be auto pilot and radar...

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 Honestly, anyone who bothers

Thu, 2016-04-21 19:38

 Honestly, anyone who bothers with radar on a small boat has too much money.

What to use it for?

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 Agreed ....... the only

Thu, 2016-04-21 19:49

 Agreed ....... the only thing you could use it for is to mark other boats "spots" without getting to close !!! 

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My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!

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auto pilot and proper in hull

Thu, 2016-04-21 08:09

auto pilot and proper in hull tranny as noted above, but also live bait tank, at least 3 x batteries, solar panels, live bait tank, outriggers, shade and/or storm covers etc etc.

 

what winch did you go with? 

 

all depending on what you want to do with it of course.

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That's

Thu, 2016-04-21 18:11

 That's for you input I will put pic up soon

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 awesome looking rig thats my

Thu, 2016-04-21 19:54

 awesome looking rig thats my dream setup, whos building it?

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Depends what your setting it

Thu, 2016-04-21 20:13

Depends what your setting it up for i guess!

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 Radars are brilliant for

Thu, 2016-04-21 20:15

 Radars are brilliant for shelf work at night. Wood chip and alumina ships sneak up on me all the time. They are also good for finding rocks and unlit bollards. Set proximity alarm on radar and 1 can drink more beer without the worry of getting run over. FLIR is a must for travelling at night I use mine a lot when coming back after dark. Make sure you put it on a good trailer! 3 batteries are good! Dunno about solar but! Depends how often you'll go camp out on it! Put a good music player in it. Gotta have beats!

 

like stated above set it up for what YOU want to do with it and you'll be happy

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 Radar/FLIR is only gonna

Fri, 2016-04-22 19:28

 Radar/FLIR is only gonna find rocks if they are sticking out of the water!
Number one navigation tool is the eyes!

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The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.

Everyone's just winging it.

 

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FLIR shit all over my

Sat, 2016-04-23 05:31

FLIR shit all over my eyes/light at night. But correct on only picking up things above water! But then again I can't see underwater at night either! I find it easier to flick em on turn all lights off apart from Nav lights and head home. Just how I've done it!

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AIS

Sat, 2016-04-23 07:42

AIS is a decent way to know when big boats are going to run you down  and it shows them on your plotter.

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New build

Fri, 2016-04-22 05:19

 The boat is get built at oceanic fabrication henderson second boat I have built with Bruce 

8mm bottom and 5mm sides two 300 lt fuel tanks 

had radar on last boat and never had much use for it so left that of this one

thanks 

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 Looks like it's going to be

Sat, 2016-04-23 10:27

 Looks like it's going to be a heavy solid rig!

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 Autopilot. My only regret is

Fri, 2016-04-22 07:35

 Autopilot. My only regret is going lowrance, not raymarine

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 That sounds like it's going

Fri, 2016-04-22 16:26

 That sounds like it's going to be a very solid boat. Look forward to the progress pics so I can dream away !!

 

 

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My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!

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 click on the icon top left

Fri, 2016-04-22 16:36

 click on the icon top left there is a pic

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 Thanks gilly and I have seen

Fri, 2016-04-22 17:12

 Thanks gilly and I have seen that one.

Just commenting about future pics as the build progresses.

Cheers

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My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!

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 Who's building it?

Fri, 2016-04-22 18:15

 Who's building it?

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Can never have too much shade

Sat, 2016-04-23 12:04

Can never have too much shade plus under floor storage and solar panels would be handy too. 

Im rebuilding my Assassin and just got it back from the welders I added a full length shade, under floor storage boxes and a drop down bench in the transom area that can hold 4 jerrys whilst the engine is down to get them off the deck. Handy for carrying water or fuel for monties trips and is underutilised space. 

I also added another transom ladder and integrated them into the transom turning them into leaning posts so you can fish right of the back of the boat. and not have to worry about fighting to avoid your line from getting caught around the leg. It needs to go back next week though as im going to add a simple removable spotting station (think a zimmer frame style leaning post) on the hard top, a couple of 100mm wide steps on the hardtop B pillar to acces the spotting station without having to walk onto the foredeck and a couple of simple roof racks on the shade to store kayaks, SUP boards or a inflatable tender to get them off the canvas.

Im also thinking a removable bow sprit ladder would be good for getting people on and off at the beach and if your into that kind of thing I always liked the idea of a simple removable craddle system for storing a stand up jet ski acros the back gunnel to gunnel 

 

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 Was going to post a pic of

Sat, 2016-04-23 12:08

 Was going to post a pic of the transom but cant work it out, i got the idea from Mclay Boats though

http://www.mclayboats.co.nz/