Has anyone heard anything about VHF radios and therefore VHF licenses becoming compulsory later this year for boats?

Had our club meeting last night and one of the guys was saying he had his boat in for repairs and it needed a new 27 meg aerial. The guy at the boat yard told him why bother wasting your money replacing with 27 meg when you will only have to change it later in the year anyway.

He is going back to try find out more info and we will call DPI as well but thought Id ask anyway.

gidday all im lookin for the metal part on the end of the plug lead that attaches to the plug (tried everywhere any mechanics or auto sparkies out there with any of these pm appreciated cheers craig

See website below in regards to issues with fuel lines on savage boats made between oct 1999 and dec 2007 and bermuda boats between jan 2005 and dec 2007

http://www.recalls.gov.au/content/index.phtml/itemId/966397

possibly a silly question but,,,,,,,,,,,,,,
I'm planning on putting a burley bucket on the hornet but am unsure as to where to fit it
do they go above or below the waterline ??
whats best fixed or removable ?
any advise would be appreciated before i start drilling

cheers

dave

I decided it was time to replace the main deck in the boat after I noticed the port side passengers were bobbing up and down when the boat slapped onto the ocean. I knew it was going to need doing when I purchased it but was having to much fun fishing to worry about it. Now that weve had some crap weather Im glad I got stuck into it. A mate and I ripped into it and we were amazed to the poor workmanship underneath and now no why it had cracked. When the previous owners had the boat they had the new Merc fitted up only to have an issue with the boat getting out of the hole in a decent time frame. They took the boat back to the people that they had purchased it from. The builders proceeded to cut a great big F*&%ing chunk of deck out and inspect the flotation foam for water injestion. They thought that if the foam was water logged that it may be adding extra weight. After the foam proved to be ok they then realised that they had installed the wrong prop size. It was then the dodgy workmanship came into it. So anyway things aside the damage was done and here I am now fixing it the proper way. The original beams were only 100mm wide X 15mm thick and they had used some sought of pine. After some measuring and a bit of pre-thought and a few sherberts with the mates we came up with a game plan.

If we are going to do this lets make the most out of the under deck space and build in not one but two below deck eskies. With the way the supports are we were able to have a split esky each side of centre and this would keep the fish separate from the food.Total volume is around 160L. We decided to beef up the support beams 200mm X 30mm thick with the marine grade board and nestle a 10mm deck on top all coated in fibreglass. While Im at it I have added another sheet of glass to the inside of the hull. The eskies will be lined with insulation and the lids will be a hingeless setup so that there is easy access from all sides. Here is the progress so far.

Tez

Threw a con rod on Monday at Bussleton.   Thanks to sea rescue Quindalup I managed to get the boat back to Perth and now its sitting at Hillary's to be repaired.

 It is (was) a 200HP Yamaha 2Stroke powering my Southwind 650 - all about ten years old.  It had done less than 450 hours (unlucky I guess) Now I need to work out  the best way to get it fixed.  Curremtly it's sitting at Just Marine and Ernie is fishing around to see if there are any second hand engines around that might be canabalised for block and head.  I think the rod has damaged both as it exited the engine.

 Anyway choices seem to be -

repower with a new fourstroke - expensive maybe $20K - seems excessive on an older boat

try and find  a second hand recon unit preferabbly the same so the instruments dont need to be replaced.  I noticed a mob in Sydney list a recon unit for about $4K, so if it is a near equivelant  that might be an easier option

strip the engine, get the head and block repaired, and rebuild - I guess that would meen new pistons, maybe new valves etc, and what about 25 hours?   sounds like it will be close to $4K as well but I'm only guessing.

Any advice/suggestions.  Any good places to look for parts/engines?

hey guys i have a garmin gps/sounder combo unit that needs to be fixed, does anyone know of a perth based company that can have a look at it. i dont really want to send it back over east it takes way too long. Any help would be most appreciated.cheers wade

Theft from boats seems to be on the rise.

Mate of mine found that his boat had been disturbed outside his house at the weekend, but nothing appeared to be missing...



Eventually discovered that his flares had gone - this sort of thing could potentially be life threatening........



Wondering what others have done to secure their boats? My boat has an alarm fitted - and most things are removed or secured to boat.

Just curious if anyone knows if you can fit a bigger transducer to this unit? Or does anyone have a bigger transducer on this unit?

Currently got a 600 on it but unsure if it can handle a 1kw?

Would it be worth it? or would a better option be to upgrade to sometime like a Furuno 585 with a 1kw transducer?

Cheers Fellas

can anyone help me with any info on a good place to take my boat to get welded up & strenthend my hull is spliting up the centre not happy

About time the population know that for the visiting fisho Broome suxs as a place to take your boat. There is no ramps and the beach launching for the Broome novice can be and has been a challenge. The local member Carol Martin says that the people in Broome should be happy that they have so many places to launch a boat. I will tell you that it will cause a melt down in Family relations, a shit of a days fishing, and then a remeltdown on return. Tourist town yes, for us fishing folk, forget it unless you are local and have all the gear.

Neels

sorry but I am angry after towing the boat from Karratchi City to Broome and finding shit facilities

hey guys,

just a quick question.
will having the 27meg radio antenna over (only when its folded down, for say in the river etc) the antenna/reciever for the gps have any affect on either?

The pics should help that make sense

thanks

What is the best grease to put into bearing buddies?  Is there specific grease for the job or any old?

those new epirbs 4 $461 at withworths in leederville

Hi all

I want to get some bar work built on my boat for some shade. Any one know of a good alli fabricator north of the river?

Hi All

Curious to know what people are getting for Economy on different boats and engines.

i have a 3.5 tonne 26 foot Fibre Centre console
Twin 140hp Bombardier Johnson 4stks.

Currently running at about 2-2.25 ltrs per Nuatical mile.

I thought this seemed quite high??
Just had a mechanic come look at my engines for another issue, and he said he had just fitted a 300hp Suziki 4stk to a 3.5 tonna glass boat, and at cruising speed its using 1lt per 1.1 nautical miles!!! bloody good!

Whats everyone elses economy like?

Afternoon everyone/anyone!! I have a Mercury 150 Efi(2 stroke) and on the last trip off Onslow, I had 2 alarms going off. The first was 4 beeps every few minutes. The second was a constant beep and the only way to get it off was to turn the engine off and restart. The boat would cavitate at about 3100 rpm and then the alarm would start. I have been told it is an overheating alarm and the four beeps is a water sensor alarm.... Could anyone confirm this info before i rip the leg off and do the impella or give me me info on what i would have to do.

Cheers

Does anyone know where to get from??

I have a small Chip on the step on the back of the boat, which needs sealing, would Gel coat be the best option? or is something else more approporiate?

Thanks

Hi there anyone have, or know of a good condition 2nd hand furuno or raymarine colour sounder for sale. Or do you know somewhere that has new ones going cheap at the moment??  Thanks

Hi there, wanting to buy an Epirb this thursday morning, anyone know who has them in stock at the momento??  Or am i dreaming of getting one this quick..cheers

HI there! Im keen to learn how to read Nav charts. Would like to beable to find a place to go fishing on the chart, and then work out its bearings, put it into my gps...then go there.

  Have trawled the net for info, but im sure they are making it harder than it has to be. Also what gear do you need rulers ect  Any help would be mint..cheers!

Just wondering peoples thoughts and opions on the para anchors, looking at upgrading soon, i know they arent cheap but from what i know they are suppose to be pretty good?

How many people run there transducers down the left side of the boat?

looking at running the new one down the left side while keeping the old one on the right

are there too many issue with it etc?

Quick question.  A mates given me 25l of fuel, but he's unsure if he premixed it or not as he can't remember.  He runs the same mix as me so I'm not worried about that.  But is there any way to tell if the fuel's already pre-mixed, or should I just add another mix of oil and run it rich rather than taking the risk that it has none in it at all?

has anyone had any similar problems to this?

New boat is having some problems with the electrics.

None of the switch board is lighting up, so no sounders, GPS, Radios, lights will turn on.
Engines, tacos and electric anchor are all working fine (Anchor is on its own circuit).

i can only think of 3 possible causes.

1. Main fuse for the accessories is faulty (Checked this 30amp fuse and all looks ok)
2. Power lead running from batteries to junction boxes for electrics under the dash is damaged (Would have thought this one to be very unlikely)
3. the Isolator at the batteries is faulty.

Batteries are fine, as i can start the engines off all 3 batteries and all is ok.

Has anyone seen a fuse that is faulty, but not blown?

Hi all

Pretty new to the "outboard" motor scene having had sterns and inboards before. Went fishing in Dampier yesterday arvo and night, no problems. However flusing the motor? No tell tale. Any ideas. Motor runs fine but I stopped it pretty quick.

Cheers

Neels

Hi fellas

Anyone use or know anything about the handheld vhf radios and how they compare to the fixed units. Will need to get one or the other soon... so any info will be greatly appreciated.

Cheers

Mullows

Having a smallish plate ali (5m razorline c/cab) I have started to get a bit of electrolysis around some fixings. I have started to put an andoe in my kill tank which is aways left m/t. What do you think? 

we have an old pride hull

Looking at changing the throttle control box because it's starting to stick, any idea's on what to get and what to replace it with, it has the three push button type, Forward-Neutral-Reverse.

can it be done

TT ( karl )

Looking at a 18ft boat with a recon (20hrs) 140hp Mercruiser i would be guessing its a 3lt. Has anyone had anything to do with these or no much about them. I have heard to steer clear of them (inboards) but i cant find much info to prove this theory and there seems to be alot out there or maybe the blokes i have talked to are outboard blokes.