I recently took my trophy up to exmouth and the only problems I encountered was that my recent applied sticker started to peel off and I have some bolts on my mudgaurds and license plate come loose

boat wise I didnt notice any damage

I got a good tip recently about putting a sock over your transducer (depends on the size of yours)  as stones can chip the surface giving you crappy readings.

easy to do

 Mate if your that worried I would leave your boat at home just in case you scratch it lol

Hey Mate

you need something like this http://www.d-flector.com.au/

or if you are worried couple years ago I did a trip to exy on Christmas and we left at night to get to exy 9 in the morning before the heat set in

 Wouldn't worry about protecting the boat, we do exmouth every Xmas and have never had any major issues, biggest concern is the trailer, i replace my bearings before every trip and take spares as well 

 Yep bearings a must! I had a towable cover made for the boat as well with extra protection for the straps as they can rub and snap. Cut down fuel consumption and you can throw all the lighter stuff in the boat.

Thanks for the replies. Yep, Bearings are on top of things to do in preparation. I will look at something like the deflector. Can't hurt.
Hey Strike_Zone, already has scratches.