Stripping back the trailer for the cc for a bit of an over haul ( new springs, hubs, bearings, winch, rollers, rust removal, maybe weld on some more support for the cross braces and a new coat of paint)

Now i want to take it into gnarloo and maybe steep point, what are the things to be wary about? I've heard alot of horror stories from people taking boats into places like that.

So anyone got any tips to toughen up my trailer?

Can you afford to miss this show? I reckon it is one of the best shows on the tv at the moment

any thoughts?

Posted a pic that had my sea anchor out the back, it was suggested by Paul G to tie the anchor of the side to slow the drift even more. What is the general rule?
I tie the anchor of the back because it allows two ppl to fish two rods easily and sit back in the seats to relax.
What do you do and why?

I am heading to Gnaraloo Station on Saturday for the annual migration North. This will be our 7th year there. The weather is looking good, fingers crossed. I was just wondering if anyone else from the site is going to be up there at the same time? I will be there from Sat 3rd to Sat 10th. This year we hope to come across a few sailfish and marlin a bit wider out.

Dave

hey guys just curious if anybody got out in the boat today around metro, reason being might try a snapper bash early morning and was just curious to conditions, seabreeze isnt looking to good, any feedback appreciated

cheers ben

Howdy all. Just wondering what photo editing software people are using and if there are any good quality ones that I could download off of the net.

Many thanks go to one of the charter boats working from Carnarvon. The charter boat TOP GUN2 does Sunday morning to Thursday afternoon charters for mainly fly in punters to head out around the islands and as far north as Red Bluff/Gnaraloo on occasions when the fish are scarce. The punters buy their booze locally to take on board and seeing as they cannot or don/t take it back with them on the plane they leave it on the boat whose skipper, Aldo, kindly donates to Sea Rescue to sell in our sundowners on the last Friday evening of each month with all invited. Also they have a collection tin on board that usually has something in the range of $50 per trip for "offences"[f#$K ups]fines that occur.

In addition to that they are always available for information on overdue boats in his area if we cannot contact them and weather conditions at the islands should any vessel have any doubts about before leaving Carnarvon to head over.

yip some times you just have to tell them....

what are they doing for the next bunch of know-all snot noses climbing out of their nappies...lol

Howdy Adam and Co, the speeds on this web are very good now so well done on what you guys have done.

Cheers
Dale

I have two out riggers for game fishing and will never use them so I will sell along with the S/S part that goes in the top decking email me if interested please.Diver My appoligies to the guys who had contacted me about the,the retracted length is 1.650 & the extended is 4.950 the manufacturer is West Marine and the modle type is Tigress,I would be after $350 ono as I need to buy a Hydraulic steering system soon,I am going up to Exmouth 17th July so if anyone from up that part of the world is interested I can bring them up,,,,,,,,,,,,

Hey everyone
I'm slowly but surely copying all of my DVDS to my portable hard drive, however the program I use to convert the .VTS etc etc into a single file leaves me with a finished product in a .MKV format. I like the program as it is easy to do series' or multiple episode DVDS and the .MKV format is fine for watching on my computer but my TV won't play this file type. So, I am looking for a media convertor to go from .MKV to .AVI so Hayley can watch them all on the TV. Is anyone using one? I'd like to keep it free if possible, I know there are programs out there to buy but don't really want to buy something like this on the old Visa over the www.
Cheers
Tim

Hi evry one, its going to be another cold moning on Sunday. I am going off Mindarie tomorrow and I do not have a sounder but going to try and fish off he 3 mile. bit of a lucky dip really. has any body had much luck out there. going to try a bit of trolling, b/bouncing and even try verbal abuse if that helps get the fish. any body else heading out cos it looks a good day

at last a judge that see the true crime of drunken skippering of a boat!

5 years, yes they deserved more in my eyes, but well done judge.

http://www.news.com.au/national/five-years-jail-for-fatal-sydney-boat-crash-pair-matthew-reynolds-and-percy-small/story-e6frfkvr-1225884235446

Quote " SKIPPER Matthew Reynolds and his unlicensed passenger Percy Small have both been sentenced to at least five years' jail over a boat crash on Sydney Harbour which killed six people.

Their trial was told Reynolds was intoxicated when, minutes before the crash, he handed over the wheel of the workboat to Small, who was affected by alcohol, cannabis and cocaine reported AAP.

"

Now that winter is on us with the cold mornings. How do you keep warm when out on the boat or on the beach. Do you throw on an extra layer of cloths  or take out heaps of hot coffee or soup. i know im looking forward to hitting the water again after a few months high and dry but not looking forward to the cold mornings out on the water.

To thank the Fishwrecked community i have decided to have an end of year sale just for fishwrecked members and supporters.

This sale will be a 20% off discount and will run from Friday the 25th of June and end on Wednesday the 30th of June at 5pm. This is a significant reduction on what is aleady the best price and quality going around.

Some examples of the savings are:

XT100litre blue normally $230.00 - 20% now $184.00 a massive saving of $46.00

XT120litre blue normally $250.00 - 20% now $200.00 a massive saving of $50.00

XTFG120litre white normally $450.00 - 20% now $360.00 a massive saving of $90.00

XT100litre mack normally 270.00 - 20% now $216.00 a massive saving of $54.00

This sale applies for the whole range. You will need to contact Dave on 0403978583 to organise pickup or to simply have a chat.

Go to xtremeproducts.com.au to view the full range available. All prices include GST

If you have not seen the new fibreglass range then this is the time to have a good look as these are unbeatable prices on my top of the range boxes.

Again, i am very thankful for all of the support given to me from the fishwrecked members and look forward in providing you all with quality products at super prices.

Regards

Dave Allen

Has anyone here gone through the process of workers comp, as im going through it now just wanting to hear other storys and alike??

I know that this is not fishing related - but I thought it may be of interest.

It appears that a RAC survey of Perth's worst suburbs for hoon drivers has rated Gosnells number one, with the next two worst suburbs also located south of the river at Canning Vale and Armadale - which the RAC found were not far behind Gosnells for the number of hoon cars impounded.

Leading suburbs for hoon performances north of the river were Wanneroo, Ballajura and Joondalup.

Somehow, my own hoon suburb of Mirrabooka missed out.

Paddy takes his goldfish to the vet and tells them it's got epilepsy.

 The vet says; "It looks calm enough to me"

 Paddy says; "I haven't taken it out of the bowl yet!"

Steve was having a bit of a tough time with the upload function, so I snuck it in here for you in the general discussion.

Hi Ya,

Dear Lord,
I know that I haven't talked to you that much recently, but this past year you have taken away my favourite actor, Patrick Swayze, my favourite actress, Farah Fawcett, and my favourite musician, Michael Jackson.

I just wanted to let you know that my favourite Prime Minister is Kevin Rudd.....

Amen

Cheers.

Has anyone used Spectra Braid. I am heading to Quobba in August amd looking to take spare line with me and found this line on www.premiumfishing.com.au. Selling 50lb x 1200m for $93.95. Getting 4 times the line for the same price in the shops. Line is also for sale on ebay so may get it even cheaper.

just curious as to how do you take your boat off the trailer so you can work on the trailer so you dont need to bend in all sorts of wierd ways . Im talking about a boat from say 16 foot and up. I did some work on my trailer a while back and it was very awkward getting right in under the boat to work on it. Taking into account alli and glass. i know with alli you could probably just pull the boat onto the ground and rest it on old tires but what about glass. I had thought about tying the back of the boat up to something solid and driving the trailer out from under it nd sitting it onto frames of some sort but then what happens if the frame gives way...........Any other ways it could be done without a crane to lift it straight up

Great to see FFC go to the break on a winning note and in the top three. And you know who looking good for the spoon.

Just watching The Force on 7, they showed the Naiad at WOT with a big yellow sticker saying "Always Use Lanyard" but no lanyard in sight. Good way to get themselves demoted.

Hi Guys,

Just wondering if anyone has any tips on what you use to remove any rust and to avoid any rust build up on your boat trailers. I have heard of using 50:50 mixes of turps and linseed oil, or fish oil... but was wondering if anyone has any other methods.

Or if you use any off the shelf products, what do you recomend???

How often do you guys spray your trailer parts with this sort of stuff???

Cheers,

Scott

does any1 kno a good landbased spot south of the river

will we beat ghana?

good to see that bresciano and kewell are starting on ground

Starting teams here

http://www.fifa.com/live/competitions/worldcup/matchday=9/day=1/match=300061469/index.html 

I hear there is a 4x4 show on in claremont does anyone know if arb are offering any decent specials/discounts ? trycing to see if its worth going :)

thxs

I have just had my boat looked at by a boat repair and sales yard in Belmont .I asked them to look at the leg as there is some grinding noises coming from it as well as looking at the carby to see if they could help with the flat spot when taking off.They found that the noise was coming from the gymbal bearing and the uni joint was u/s (their words).as far as the carby goes they said that the whole motor set up was illegal as its a car motor and a normal car carby as well as car engine parts on it, plus said that we need to replace the whole motor. they wouldnt work on it anyway as its over 5 years old. So here are the facts. Yes the motor is a 350 chev . yes it does run a standard carby , fuel pump/filter, water pump and other standard motor bits and thats where it stops as the motor has all the correct cooling (heat exchanger) , exhaust set up and had been set up to run in a boat by Chev Power when we bought it. Since then we have had the boat surveyed  (motor, leg and hull) for insurance purposes and nothing has been said by anyone in regards to being illegal. We have had the boat now for 5 years and i feel if it was illegal we would have known by now..................The question for you all is, Is there a legal and illegal way to set up this motor in a boat , taking into account the motor was put into the boat by a top class marine mechanic after Chev Power set the motor up for marine use. let us know either way. not going to change it because 1 mechanic said so , just curious on others thoughts about it