Well a new second hand rig.

Don't post a hell of a lot but Hopefully that will change over the summer and I can get on the water more and out further than I ever could. My previous boat was a 5.7m rib with a 115 optimax on the back (hardly a fishing boat), great for cruising around the river and over to rotto with a heap of people but the thing had 0 deck space which is somthing I desperately wanted and for obvious reasons when it came to fishing/crabbing. Had been scanning gumtree and other boat sites for the last 3 months looking for the right boat, at first I was fixed on a big american centre console, then started looking at the trophies and again changed my mind to something that would be lighter to tow, would have more deckspace and could take a beating. The answer and the boat that fit my budget was the trailcraft 660 trailblazer (2006) paired with a 150 verado (200 hours). I knew how they were built and how they rode as my dad used to own a little 5.3m in which he never had problems, plus I got it at a good price!

Long story short, towed it down to mandurah on the weekend and got put for a scoop, managed 8 crabs the first morning and 15 the next, would have got more but everyone else was to scared To get their feet wet. Also managed to take it up to the ravenswood pub which was a good day out.

Theres a couple things I gota do including replacing the front 2 pieces of perspex which is stuffed and you can barely see through them (anyone knows a good place let me know) but other than that shes all good. Added some gunwale padding on the tops which looks aswesome now aswell. Previous owner glued some ugly yellow board down on the side.

Hopefully the next thread I type will have a picture of me holding something worth talking about :)

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