My johnson deskwash pump isnt priming.

I have tried back flushing it, cleaning the filter and have pulled it apart and cleaned it out.  The diaphram appears in tact.  The hoses arent blocked and tbe pump itself runs, but isnt priming.  Has worked well for 4 - 5 years up until now.

Any other suggestions? Or does anyone know who services them in perth?  Google isnt much help.  

 Hi guys.

My boat has a removable lightboard that is attached to the transom.  I find it a bit of a hassle whenever I go boating.  I would like to mount it permanently to the trailer.  Do I just buy some square U-bolts and mount it to the rear trailer bar, and run the cable to the front of the trailer?  

The lights are fully submersible etc.

Thanks

 G'Day everyone

Chasing some info and feedback from people who are in the know regarding rebuilds or repairing glass boats in particular the Baron Sportsman.

I have for some time now wanted to get myself a "project boat" and love the Baron's. Can anyone give me some tips on what might costs are involved with;

Pod cost $

Re-paint cost $

Built in Fuel tank cost $

Stainless bar work cost $

Windscreen cost $

Any other info would be bonza!

Cheers

Chris

Anyone out there had dramas with sikaflex not curing

washing down boat this morning and rubbed hand over the transducer (thru hull) and got a white stain. Upon closer inspection the sikaflex appeared wet when u touch with finger.

Been installed over six months. Interior side seal seams ok but going to pull it out this week but it's not a fun job 

 Hi guys.  

I currently have an in-floor tank that sits under the motor well. Filling it, is via the top of the tank.  I am thinking of constructing a permanent bench seat at the rear of the boat.  Doing that would mean filling up the fuel tank will be a major pain so I would like to install a deck fill on the gunnel.  Is it a matter of simply removing the current filler and then putting in off the shelf fittings? Any issues that might arise from doing that?

Thanks

 Hi guys.  

I'm looking at installing a new fishfinder on my boat, to replace my existing OLD Furuno 1610cf combo.  The Furuno is good but theres no backlit, which makes it hard to see the display most times.

I was thinking of the Raymarine WiFish but theres also a product called SonarPhone T-Box.  Very few reviews on the net..

Had anyone have any experience with wifi fishfinders?

I currenly use a 10" Asus tablet which has Navionics app.

 Hi guys

i am a member of whitfords sea rescue and have no reason to give it up even if the answers aren't inline with my expectations, but

i have been asking people and my belief is that being a member should I break down I get towed in free, is that correct or am I wrong.  I thought the membership was similar to the rac

whatelse does my membership give me, apart from cheap courses

as said earlier I have no interest in giving it up the membership fee for me is a cost of boating but just would like clarification

cheers!

 Hey crew

just finished re-wiring my Leeder 710ss and want recommendations for a trimmer to re trim the cabin and possibly more depending on pricing. I've had some rediculous quotes. 

hey fellas

Anyone got info on a

Zongshen 30hp 2 stroke

stay away ? Or not bad?

cheers hemi

 Quick question--can you use small amounts of paint pigment to tint flowcoat? I need to take some white just off to a beige/offwhite. I am fibreglassing a fairing block for an electric capstan to the gunwhale and want to have it roughly match the existing colour of the topsides, pure white will just really stand out. Internet search just won't give me an answer, I know there are pigment pastes  available for the job but they are a long way from here.

 Hi all

Just chasing some advice from those in the know. 

I took a boat out for a test run this morning, and it had a 5 blade stainless prop on a 115 Merc 2 stroke, 5 and a half meter stabi craft pontoon style boat. 

The engine only managed a max rpm of 4700-4800. 

Does this mean that there could potentially be damage to the gearbox/engine  from the wrong prop? 

I look forward to the advice 

Cheers 

 Hi guys

just want to know what people's thoughts are on some decent aluminium boats, I am converting from glass to aluminium and hav been looking at bar crushers and assassin boats, the only downside to the bar crusher is that you can't walk to the front of the boat easy. Please Give me your input/ thoughts on this topic or any other decent aluminium boats.

 Would love to hear from current and former Penguin Huntress owners in regards to what mods and upgrades they've done to improve their boat? Very keen to hear about motor upgrades, hardtop conversions etc.  

Basically, anything to make their experience with the Huntress more enjoyable! 

Thanks.

 Hi all you knowlegable fishwreckers out there - I want to put a solar panel and trickle charge my battery - sick of waiting for the weather gods and the work gods and the kids sport gods to all align onre day - go to put the boat in the water - only to be confronted by a flat battery - what I am trying to find out is what wattage panel I need to do the job - I only have 1 battery - 730CCA . Started looking at panels - everything from .5W to 12W - do I need a regulator? -I am completely lost on electrical stuff - Thanks for the info in advance

 I am looking at repowering my 2002 model trophy 2302. It currently has a 200hp Mercury EFI with only 140 hours but most she will do is 30 knots down wind. I know the Props right because its reving at the right range etc it just a heavy solid boat.

I cant find anywhere that specifically tells me the max HP for this boat. The manufacturer seems to only power up to 225hp but it does not say I cant go bigger.

Would like to put a 250hp on if I can find a good second hand one.

Does anyone believe 250 would be too big for a 7 meter boat ?

 Hi guys 

I am looking at a hardtop boat, but the roof is too low, so I am thinking about buying it and lifting the roof, just looking for quotes so I can factor those into the offer price. 

The roof is only supported by the 2 targa bars

Here are a couple of photos

 morning ladies and gents

Three questions for you today

1. i have my fuel tank out of the boat and empty been out for about a week.

my question is, iam wanting to wash the inside of the tank out incase there is any sludge/slime in the bottom. anyone use a particular chemical or technique? 

looking at the gunk in the fuel filler hose iam certain there would be sludge in the bottom of tank

2. also replacing all fuel lines and finding it hard to locate a shop to purchase from NOR any ideas on where to buy from?

3. Could also be looking at replacing the fuel gauge in tank. Do you need to calibrate these or are they a simple replacement?

thanks for any help 

also iam aware that the fuel lines need to be a certain class of hose and i'll be using all top notch hose clamps

 hey all,

i have a newly acquired tinny with a 50hp Honda...electric start...sounder...lights...stereo and am wondering (concerned) about monitoring the battery use.

any suggestions on best way to do this? are portable gauges sufficient or better to look at wiring in a fixed gauge and if so, is that fairly straight forward?

anyone else have a similar set up or addressed the same thing?

Appreciate any advice.

Well after years of having a nice wet box, trophy wife is going dry on me! I usually just top her off with salty water & have always been a fan of a salty box to be honest. Just looking to see if anyone uses something different like propelene glycol & if so where do you get it? Benefits over salt water? Some may use ky, I mean whatever gets you a wet one right!

Anyway I am sure there are some seamen out here that can point me in the right direction

 Hi All,

Is there any places in perth where I could get a weld inspection and certified report done for a boat.  Would anybody be able to help point me in the right direction? 

Cheers

BarraSlayer 

 Hi guys.  

Its been 2-3 months since I've taken the boat out (busy moving house).  The last time I finished using it, it had about 1/3 fuel left in the tank.  The tank is 130litre infloor ali/steel tank.  When I checked on it last week, the tank had 1/2 tank of fuel.  Weird!  I initially thought water had leaked into the tank somehow. But i sniffed the bit of water around the tank but couldn't smell any petrol.  I assumed that if water was leaking into the fuel tank, then the surrounding water would have a bit of petrol smell?

The tank has a breather hose that goes out the transom and the tip of the hose points downwards at the transom.

Hope all the above makes sense! Haha

Any suggestions?

Just to be sure, I've emptied the fuel tank but would like to find the issue (if any), before filling up the tank with fresh fuel..

 So we beach launched in Lancelin yesterday with my trophy 2002 no dramas! About 11 nautical miles out I heard a thump and lost all throttle and power. 

Took the cowling off to find the belt completely off and stretched and the compressor completely snapped off the metal bracket (had been grinder off somehow) 

had to get towed back! But luckily the boys who helped had ready caught their boat limit by 9am! Thanks to the lads if your reading this 

so my question is 

1- how the hell did this happen!? 

2- does anyone have a reasonably priced marine mechanic who could help fix this? I'm located in Bayswater.  I know there could be some other damaged parts but being a 2 stroke there shouldn't be any internal damage hopefully! 

Many help is appreciated thanks 

 OK - so I decided that today was the day to do the wheel bearings. Everything was going swimmingly until the last wheel where I could not loosen off the wheel nut on one stud.

Looks like the stud is rotating in the hub. So no worries thinks I. I'll just take the whole wheel off to do the bearing and then I can sort the stud. Nope, disc brake hub is held on by brake calliper. Loosen off the caliper but can't get it off because wheel rim is in the way.

So I put it all back together and retreated inside to post this. Can anyone offer any advice as to how I can loosen this wheel stud, this is a little beyond my limited experience !

cheers in advance.

  hi all,

I have a lewmar profish (freefall model) 1000 that is only a year or two old and hasn't done a lot of work, but having some issues.

the gypsy just wont seem to grab and retrieve the rope and chain. The teeth on the winch are fine- it just wont tighten.

for those that know the lewmar, it winds out and a form of clutch releases so it can freefall out, you then hit the up button and it will wind a side wheel in until the clutch grabs and then up comes the anchor- the side wheel on mine now winds in but just not enough to grab.

I have tried tinkering with it but cant work out how/ if it can be tightened.

has anyone had this problem or know what/ how / where to fix it?

cheers

brett

Hi Guys and Gals 

I'm thinking of putting a new Yamaha on a 6m fraser, i've got some competitive quotes from the local dealers but one was saying the 130 wouldn't be big enough!!! I was thinking this was just some dodgy salesman tecniques to try and sell a bigger engine and get more money in his pocket, currently I have a 150 V6 mercury saltwater on the back which pushes it along no probs what so ever. (will be up for sale if anyones interested) 

So the question is going out to someone who owns a similar setup or just knows their shit, cos once the new engines bolted on the back there is no turning back.

of course i'd like more HP but we all have our limits.

Any feedback would be much appreciated.

Many Thanks

James

Have a pair of Optima Yellow Top batteries, model D27F.

These are apparently the Ducks Nuts of marine batteries.

Heres my problem:  they are 3 years old, haver an inbuilt charger onboard which I always connect when boat parked up.  Anyway the extension got accidentally unplugged form power point, the battery isolator was in the "on" position.  This was for a period of no more than 3 weeks, maybe shorter.  Thay have enough power to illuminate the nav lights, but cant tilt motor, let alone start it!  After discovering the cable issue, I promptly plugged it back in, left it for 12 hours but nothing.  My charger saying that below 8 volts so cannot charge them.

Am I up for 2 new batteries or can they be rescued?  At $320 a pop it hurts!

 So I have sold the Assassin and after keeping an eye on the market the past few months finding it hard to find the boat i want. Am going to check out a few boat builders in Perth when i am down in October. I know about Epic Marine and will duck in and see them, bullet boats a bit to pricey, anyone else I should go see.

I am looking at building 6.5mtr plate walkaround that will handle the chop. Something like the Assassin but a bit smaller, economical, plenty of deck space and be able to sleep 2 in the cabin. 

Any thoughts cheers. BTW wont have time to hit the boat show and only have a few days available.

 Hi fishos

I have a new boat made by oceanic fabrications, 7.5m

It has twin fuel tanks - total 500 ltrs

All up will weigh in at 3.2 - 3.5 ton

I would like any information from other fishos that have a boat similar size and weight

I am looking at 150hp - 175 hp suzuki twins or as low as 140 hp

Do not want to under power it.  Manufacturer is saying max hp is twin 175

Any info will be appreciated

Cheers

Dwayne

Anyone running the new F115b Yamaha 4 stroke or the Mercury 115hp 4 stroke ???

Sold the Etec 90 and looking at the Yamaha, Mercury and Etec in 115hp to repower. All seem around the same weight and I know they all have there pros and cons but concerned the Yamaha will be a slug with the extra weight. As it is will need to put about 30kg of ballast weight in the front of the boat to compensate the extra 30kg on the transom and concerned the Yamaha wont be any better then the Etec 90. Will be going on a 5.5mtr Galeforce thats rated to 120hp but no weight rating. Have spoken with the boat builder but as the boat is 10 years old and they have changed hands he will not give me any help in the extra weight.

BTW the Yamaha is the cheapest with the current promo.

Cheers