Hi guys. 

i have a 7m fibreglass boat,, 2 years ol, and am looking to have a proper cut/polish/wax done. i usually hand wax every few months, and have it done professionally once a year.  I am north of the river, hillarys area.

just wondering if anyone has any recommendations of someone who could do a good job the people i have used previously are unfortunately very booked up over the next few months, and i want to make sure the boat is done for the summer months. 

any advice greatly apprecited!

Kind regards

goat. 

 Hi all

My Trailcraft needs a facelift. 

Fishing hard in the Pilbara and now down here in Mandurah she either needs a respray or a wrap. 

But it needs detail inside the cab and cabin, so leaning towards a repaint job.

Any recommendations down here in Mandurah?

 Hi all

My Trailcraft needs a facelift. 

Fishing hard in the Pilbara and now down here in Mandurah she either needs a respray or a wrap. 

But it needs detail inside the cab and cabin, so leaning towards a repaint job.

Any recommendations down here in Mandurah?

 I've been looking for ages in trailer movers etc, working out how to get my boat around a tight corner with the F250.

Impossible, and always needed to put the Landcruiser on it and even then a few goes to screw it around and flogs the grass.

Brain fart, fitted a tongue mount on the front.

Unbelievably easy, car wheels don't chew the grass, straight in first try , no backing up.

Im certain it's been done before, but I haven't seen it.

Went to scrap yard and got a brand new tow bar bracket and cut it up.

 Chasing advice on how to prevent vinyl wrap ripping above the bow eye when on the trailer against the bow stop. I had 3 layers of wrap in the area for extra protection however it has ripped, curious as to see what others have done and open to suggestions.

 Hi guys I own a Evinrude 35 hp Elan 1997 model I have been chasing an engine cut out issue for weeks . I have narrowed it down to the cdi unit . The only problem I am facing now is the 2x plugs that were supposed to be in the top of the unit are missing . One for the optical and the other is for the stator . It has been hard wired with no plugs and I have removed the wires and have not documented the correct position /order of the wires . Any help or pics would be appreciated thanks . 

 Hi all

I have a Queny 5.4m that has served me very well over the years. 

Needs a facelift at the moment. 

Is it better to respray or wrap. 

Used for crabbing in Mandurah and only Whiting fishing offshore. 

Cheers 

Neels 

On the theme of boat projects.

Pulled out the caravan water tank I had fitted and replaced with a 180litre fuel and 90 litre hdpe water tank.

Brings total fuel to about 750, and saves carrying 9 jerries on a long trip.

As the saying goes, the only time you have too much fuel on a boat is when its on fire.

 Hey guys. Wondering if can get some advice.

am due to head up to monkey Mia on the weekend, so was preparing the boat, and noted a bit of grease staining on the outside of the hub. Wiped it clean, took it for a spin, and noted a few small drops, and poss a bit of spray? (Pics below). Is this likely to indicate an issue with the seal? Or possibly just over greased? The other day I did put 1-2 pumps in through the bearing buddies.

needless to say I'm very hesitant to tow the boat up if there could be a problem and can't pull it apart before the weekend.

any thoughts greatly appreciated!

cheers!

goat

 Hi all. I'm going to put a new yamaha 50 four stroke on the quintrex. Just thought i'd ask if anyone has any recomendations of a business in the mandurah area to do the job. I recently had the existing yammy serviced and when i got it back it ran like shit. Turns out they had put the fuel primer bulb in backwards. I mean the thing has an arrow on it indicating the direction of flow for christs sake. Finding it hard to get anything done properly these days hence the question. Cheers guys.

At the islands a week back, fender slipped out in 30 knots and did this in about 5 minutes.

Was a bit pissed off at the time but it's certainly a tough hull.

polished most of it out, fuck nyalic is good for ease of touch ups and application.

I'd never paint outside of an aluminium hull myself.

 Ive got a 2003 90hp 2 stroke mercury while running motor water started to come out of 2 holes in the lower leg water was still coming out of the tell tail i havet seen this before has anyone else had this what could cause this to happen 

 G'day all. Recently, we put a second hand 225 Honda on our boat. (Cannot believe how quiet it is after the Optimax!!) We don''t have temperature gauges on the Honda, just the warning buzzer. I like to see what's actually happening temperature wise so was wondering if anyone had taken the lead for a gauge off the sender unit. I'd like to still have the warning bizzer in place. Comments or thoughts appreciated. Thanks, John.

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Interesting article from Club Marine on lithium batteries in boats.
They take a surprisingly pragmatic view especially and mainly with lifepo4 chemistry.

“ The latter, also known as LiFePO4, is the go-to for marine house battery installations. They suit deep-cycle usage but, more importantly, studies have shown that the chemical composition is less prone to overheating and won’t self-ignite or self-combust if there’s a failure”
https://www.clubmarine.com.au/explore-boating/articles/technical-safe-use-and-charging-of-lithiumion-batteries.html

 Any one heard about these. Seen a very impressive one with triple merc's on it and wonder what they are. Is a Big RIB and thought it was a polive or marine boat but wasnt.

Neels

Hi all,

I bought this boat about 6 months ago, long story short I got it for a good price but needed a lot of work to bring it back up to scratch.

im hoping someone on here may recognise it & have some/any information on it?

From my research I am fairly confident the bottom hull is the same as a Savage Streaker 585, looks to have previously had a pod of some description on it before having a wakemaker pod fitted roughly 5 years ago. Motor is a Johnson (Suzuki) 140hp 4 stroke & sitting on a trailit 2020 trailer. 
 

Upon purchasing the setup, it was registered as a "Crest craft" to which google returns no luck & the engine was also registered as an older Johnson 115hp 2 stroke. 
 

I rang Streaker marine (previously family run business building the boats) & they reckon they never built a centre console version of the 585. The transom on their boats also have an angle outer edge which is different to mine which has a flat transom. 
 

there are a few unknowns, either its had extensive modifications to convert to a centre console which what looks like a complete new top side & the transom has been completely changed from the 585 original design. Or possibly the moulds were shared early on & this is the product some someone's handy & hard work... 

the ridge in the side of the hull along with the 3 lifting strakes are all indicative of a streaker 585, which is why I'm leaning toward this being the original design & where it's come from; however if anyone has info on it or knows of previous owners, I would love to get in touch.

let me know what you think

Cheerd

G'day brains trust, I have a 2005 200 saltwater merc 2 stroke. 270hrs ive done 100hrs drama free over the last few years. I've recently inherited a drama where it is fouling one plug. I've swapped coils problem didn't move I've just got injectors serviced. No smoking gun in the report. All holes have exact even compression of 87psi. Rest of the plugs look like a well running 2stroke, little oily but clean. The motor runs fine, but the last time it's fouled it was after a run of 15mile at 3800 didn't miss a beat. Got to hillarys dropped down to 5knts and it was fine till we got to the ramp where it noticeably fouled the plug just before the ramp. New fuel filters and new set of plugs. Main question is has anyone had this issue what was the fix? It's fouled the one plug twice in the last 3 trips. Strangely enough I ran a tank of 95 and some fuel stabiliser/cleaner in the second run with brand new plugs and when I pulled them all plugs were mint motor was a tad smokier than usual and thirstier tho. Motor starts and idles mint, nothing suggests an issue other than one plug fouling. Top port side.

 Hi everyone, I have mounted the battery in the front of our boat (429 stacer) but I'm having trouble determining the wire size I need to run to the motor. I have looked at the wire charts but I can't determine the wire size I need as for the life of me I can't find how many AMPS the starter draws. Motor model is 1030A11FL and wire run is 6m one way, any advice is much appreciated.

 Gday all,

Looking to clean out and regrease the tilt tube for the steering cable etc. What is the best tool to be able to get into the tube?.

Wire tube brushes that are available aren't as long that would allow a thorough cleaning..

Any other ideas? or know where I can source a brush with a longer drill attachment?

Cheers

Hi everyone,

We have a 2012 stacer rampage 429 with a 2012 30hp 2stroke mercury with electric start.

We are going to re power with a 40hp (Max hp) 4stroke, currently not sure what brand yet. Will be opting for power trim tilt & electric start, up until now I hadn't noticed that the tiller handle is now more centralised to the outboard rather than being on the left hand side.

Just wondering if anyone has had any experience with the newer tiller outboards in regards to ergonomics. Or if you can get the tiller on the left side of the outboard?

Also if you have any recommendations in regards to brands in the 40hp range, good bad and ugly.

Cheers in advance

Hi just after some info as I have recently moved to Warnbro and I am looking for a good outboard mechanic close to me doesn’t have to be mobile but would be preferable, experience with Suzuki outboards would be good also.

 Can anybody please recommend a good trimmer for canopy and clears north of river ideally. 

 Can anybody please recommend a good trimmer for canopy and clears north of river ideally. 

Thinking of upgrading my DF140 Suzuki with around 1150 hours (last computer read out showed 1064 hours). would like $5000.00 ono, have all the invoices and diagnostic printouts of services all done around every 100 hours would leave on the boat so anyone genuinely interested can test it.

Hi not sure if I have posted on Fishwrecked before as I lived in WA about 12 years ago for 5 years. I have again moved back from not so sunny Queensland and I am looking at putting my boat in the water soon. Long story short I went to a well know fishing store(starting with B and ending in F) to buy some new flares. I went to the counter and asked for flares and the young lady went to the cupboard and presented me with a set of inshore flares(2 orange flares and 2 red handheld flares) I said sorry I was after a set of offshore flares. She then told me they are only selling the inshore ones now as the offshore ones are not required anymore. Anyway I must have looked confused(not unusual for me as I am always confused) she then printed something off and gave it to me to read, which did indeed say that you only need the inshore kit now, so I purchased these yesterday. After just looking on the DOT site I am still a little confused as to what is required. Can some of the locals and more knowledgeable folk clear the is up for me, please keep it simple as I am from Queensland.

Next problem is lifejackets. DOT site states”When operating beyond 400 meters from shore in unprotected waters, everyone must wear a lifejacket (level 100 or higher)", this is for registrable vessels under 4.8 meters. My dilemma is that the boat I have is a small Cruise craft model called the Lure, Cruise Craft state the length as being 4.7 meters which is the approx waterline length however the overall length is closer to 4.87 meters, I haven’t as yet transferred the registration to WA as I only just got the boat here last week. So when I do register it do I put down the length stated by Cruise Craft or do I put down the actual overall length? Thereby getting around the problem of having to wear a lifejacket all the time offshore, I know some of you are going to say I should do this and generally I would but sometimes it is hot and I would like to take it off. Again please keep it simple.

Cheers for the help

Michael

 Hi Team

So stuffed up today. Trying to siphon hose out of fuel tank, and the end of the jiggle hose came off.  :(

Assume its best to get it out of there. Ally tank, so dissimilar metals etc etc

Hoping someone has a magical way, apart from pulling up floor, taking off sender and fishing it out somehow. Going to have to empty it out a bit as well.

Also, any recommendations on who could do this for me, cos I cant be bothered!

Thanks
 

doube post sorry