Hi fishwrecked.

So lately i've been wondering how best to spend my $900 that'll be coming my way - this led me to think about getting myself a cheap small boat.

My question is how likely is it for me to be able to get a boat, trailer and motor for the $900 or maybe even up to $1500?

Also if it's even a possibility, what conditions will I be able to fish with it? (I'm thinking just the river and maybe a little out to sea in calm conditions?)

I've been thinking about getting my skippers ticket anyway but do you need one for all forms of watercraft with a motor?

Cheers guys! 

Also...would anybody have any that they'd want to sell!?!?!!! There HAS to be! :) :) :) 

Just wondering what some of the other boat owners on here do to reduce UV damage to their canopies, gauges etc when they are not on the water.

Unfortunately my boat is stored in the full sun, so I've had to try and reduce the exposure through an arrangement of tarps and rags. Works well but doesnt look the best.

Obviously a full cover would be great but I'm a bit scared to get one priced up!

John

hi people got any idears were i can get a anchor control box (relay)for my anchor ive had a qoute $280.00 got to be cheeper than that.500 to 700 watt.

I've had my boat now for 3.5 years and during that time, I must have replaced/rewired my trailer pug at least 4 times due to corrossion.

Since there's a wealth of boat/boat maintenance gurus in here, what do YOU do/recommend to keep 'the internals' corrosion free?

Hi everyone! Going to put a second battery in my boat to run my radio,lights, sounder ect. How do i go about it?? Want to beable to charge both batteries when outboard is running. But only use one battery to start boat, and one to run the rest..cheers! Googled it but..cant find anything in my lingo

Just got the new unit to get out to the Dampier Archi. Come with a Navman 4380 Fishie. I have not used this before and I am happy to upgrade if needed, but mostly will be fishing in <50m H2O. What do you experts out there think of this unit.

Cheers for all help

Neels

PS. Boat tied down and Roberta, I will get a Piky of the girl for you soon

Hey guy's got a couple of questions

The steering wheel is fitted which looks good, now I'm about to fit the cable

it talks about the helm and the jacket, does the plastic white jacket feed through the helm unit ? then you feed the cable through

installation kit is not that in diagrams.

Other question, who ever made the boat has place fibreglass tubes up under the side edge on the boat, should I feed the cable through so it out of the weather

TT ( karl )

I had removed the old steering cable last week and one of the bolts that hold the steering backet at the rear hull has broken ( well rusted ) how do you remove bolt it with out doing any damage to the rear section of the hull, can you drill it out ? any ideas please.

I got my cable to today a full kit so now I would like to fit it and get out and catch me some Squid before all you blokes catch them all, seen some good reports so far.

TT ( karl )

Due to the seas here, most boat rides are hard and bumpy, so the question I have is -

Do any of you cushion your batteries?

I was thinking of putting some fatigue mats under my batts and wonder if it would make the batts last longer.

Being someone who likes to have all my bases covered, and the fact that I might try several different fishing techniques on any given day, I'm looking for some creative storage ideas for my trolling rods in the cabin area of my vessel (either upright or horizontal).

Does any one have any solutions that work for them? If so, some pics would be appreciated.

John

Just last week my steering cable gave up the ghost were it is now stuck tight and creased up good

Pride Fibreglass hull - Evinrude 50, 1971 72 two stroke, My cable is around 12ft 10 inches or 3900m all most 13 foot

Was told from one place I would need whats written below

Quote:
Ultra-Flex steering kit. Cost 330.00

If you need it fitted you can allow another 200.00 for our services
.

Are they for real ? Can I get it any cheaper any were else.

tell you the truth, I don't know alot about it and I don't want to be taken for a runner

I want to order one today some time this is why I'm asking the question

larger image can be viewed here http://www.fishingwa.com/forums/download/file.php?id=3073

TT ( karl )

Hi all, just bought this runabout and have no information on it, can anybody tell me what make model year, good points bad points etc?

Thanks in advance

Put some pics up in another thread, but heres a few moer!!

Pick it up next weekend!!!!!!

2005 26ft Fury Centre console FB.
2 x 140hp Johno 4stks
fresh and salt deck wash
Toilet under console
Front and rear seating
Brand new Chivers drive on tandem trailer (Cant remember brand of brakes)
sperate Garman sounder and GPS (cant for the life of me remember which models.)
Electric anchor

Dear all

Just need some info. Just about to get the boat and on the test run the Bimini blew off. Only a bent bar but here in Karratha not as easy as it seem. Saved some $$$ on the price!! Anybody have some ideas on locals or Perth businesses that can help.

Neels

I have been rabbiting on for months about finally getting the old Quinny out Geographe Bay. Sunday was the big day, fueled up, esky full of bait and ice and the wife keen to have a go at a KG or two. Now it starts - New lights packed up - still it's easy to sneak through Busso early on a Sunday. Next i asked the wife if she had put the bungs in - she had - on the rear seat where they sat while water poured in. Fixed that, launched and tried to start the motor - no go, could not get the priming bulb hard so had the wife toss out the anchor about a 100m off the beach. Cover off and lo and behold, the fuel bayonet on the motor had lost a circlip and dropped inside the cover. I have medium size fingures - to get the connection back through the cowling you need size SMALL. Towed back in by a top guy in a pimp boat - then home with tail between the legs an hour after leaving. Goes to show even though i had drum tested the motor last Saturday - things can go wrong. Now it's Monday with all the long weekenders clogging the ramp.

yeh

Finally have the boat to tackle the Dampier Archipelago, but would like some information on the best insurance company for boats specifically.

Cheers

Neels

Hey guys,

I'm looking at putting together a list of VHF channels to post near my radio on the boat. The missus recently commented that she wouldn't know who or how to call if it turned to poo and I was tied up (I think she might have meant literally). I thought it might be handy to have a full list of the comonly used channels around Perth. Can anyone help out with where I can find a local channel list?

Archie

Anyone out  there got one, any opinions would be good.

Hay people

I need a new canopy for my 16 ft fiberglass does any one no where to get a new one with a

good price and good quality.

Got an older boat pride model, 71 to 72 Evinrude, she's been a good old girl, start her up every weekend with no probs, was planning on heading out tommorow but it doesn't look like its going to happen now.

Did my weekly checks and I found the steering is stuck hard I cant seem to free it up

 Any one got any idea's on how to free the steering up

its the grey cable, any idea on what its worth to replace ? can it be done by my self ?

I dont know what type it is but here a couple of links to view what its like

http://www.rockinghamgateway.com/evinrude/images/battery.JPG

http://www.rockinghamgateway.com/evinrude/images/switch_pannel.jpg

The weekend I'm allowed out on the boat she stuffs up bummer bummer bummer

TT ( karl )

Does anyone know anything about these motors? I think they were the model before the E tec. Any info would be great. Experiences good or bad. Thanks.

GO BLUES

One of my Odyssey batteries died on me, much to my surprise, so looking for a replacement.  Need at least 800CCA and would prefer maintenance free, so I don 't have to top up the battery water.  What do you folks recommend?

Just curious if anyone has tried placing their boat GPS antenna in a shoot thru the windscreen position just like a car based GPS.

If so did it pick up the satellites ok or was it a drop in/drop out type of reception?

Just looking to save myself some drilling and cable running.

John

hey anyone got the gps cordinates for the containers out at rotto? looking at doing some sambo jigging

I thought there was a public boat ramp there, does it have a finger wharf? Does anyone use it?

Ta,

till

Just wondering if anyone knows of any temp anti fowling products?

couple of people have said to me there is some spray on, and paint on / rub off anti fowling that lasts a couple weeks?

Anyone heard of such things?

Anyone knows what the affects of anti fouling a hull is??

The boat im looking at buying was once anti-fouled (As it was in a pen), but now will be a trailer boat. It has had theanti-fouling removed, and the boat has had the bottom re-done (Not sure how)

It is a fibre glass hull so not sure if there are any after effects from anti fouling? I do know while it has the anti fouling on, it does reduce speed and increases fuel usage.

Any info would be great!!

Cheers

Bodie

hey guys.

i have a 27meg (GME GX294 i think) radio and when i leave shore i can log on fine with sea rescue but when im out deep i dont get a strong enough signal to be in touch with them cause im a long way out. obviously this is a big problem and im not going offshore until its fixed.  i can however hear other boast talking to sea rescue, i assume they are closer to me which is why i can hear them. could this be a result of me having weak battery power?? becuase i know my betteries are not very good or do you guys think it might be another problem. i have only had the boat 6 months and didnt have problems before butthen again wasnt going out so far so its hard to tell.

thanks alot.

mark.

Hi,

I've just got a new boat and have transferred my trusty Furuno 585 accross from my old tub. The screen is a bit scratched up, so was wondering if anybody had replaced a screen on the Furunos before and if so what did it cost?

Looks a bit sad sitting next to a brand new 12" Multifunction display.

ta'

Garry 

Any advice on this?

The steering wheel on my Southwind is about to give up the ghost.  The wheel is cracking around the screws that secure the wheel to the hub.  One spoke is effectively detached - two to go - so I had better get on and replace the wheel.  Images of the wheel falling off out at sea are a bit spooky.  I have to choose between replacing the wheel which is secured by six screws on the hub (and there seem to be a couple of wheels about which 'look' like they are attached the same way), or replace the wheel and hub.  But it's getting a bit complicated.

Problem 1:  The guy at Whitworths indicated that until about 10 years ago there were two versions of taper for the wheel.  If I have got the 'other' taper then I've got buckleys of finding a wheel with hub to match and, just to top things off, if that's the case they also changed the thread on the steering cables so all the steering will have to be replaced.  Ouch!  The taper on my boat looks about 3/4" but most of the new wheels have two key slots along the taper seat and I dont thnk mine does, looking from the top.  Anyone know anything about this?

Problem 2:  Pulling the hub.  So I am trying to pull the wheel off.  It's pretty tight.  Lots of tips on the internet about holding the wheel and knocking the spindle with hammers and blocks of 4x2.  So far it won't budge.  But i am a little tentative whacking the spindle with the hammer i must admit.  I've got a 3" toledo puller so Ive cut a bit of 3mm steel to put behind the wheel hub to give it something to grab but the puller arms are about 1mm short!  Looks like I'll have to buy a bigger puller and a bottle of penetrene!

Problem 3:  If I could just get the wheel off the hub then i might be able to find a wheel with matching mounting holes.  Trouble is those screws with tiny 3mm allen key heads just wont budge either (maybe an overnight dose of penetrene again).  One option is to destroy the wheel and break it off so I can get some multi grips around the heads and get more leverage and hopefully not snap the screws.

One mate suggested a bit of heat to loosen things up, but with all the plastic about not sure I want to try that.

Any other suggestions would be welcome?  Surely someone has had this pleasure before me!

Brad