GMD - Part 4
Submitted by Bryce Day on Tue, 2022-03-15 05:20
She's over and sitting perfect on trailer just to fab bow catch and the two forward beds. It was a good laugh flipping it. 5 mates, a few cartons and some good laughs.
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twicther
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Serious boat.
You won't have to worry about light chop with that baby.
What size fuel tank are you installing ? biggest problem we have is not enough fuel.
Faulkner Family
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Certainly taking shape .
Certainly taking shape . Looks like it's going to be a beast . What size donk is going on it.
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Bryce Day
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Date Joined: 01/06/15
With the price of fuel I've
With the price of fuel I've decided to put oars on it.
Silver Fox
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A mast and some sails perhaps?.
Good for trolling......
At the current price of Fuel I'm looking at $1500 for a full set of tanks. Looks like the Quinnie will be my regular fishing mobile and I'll bring the big duck out for overnight trips.
Even better our new home is only 15nm to the Great Barrier Reef and we're allowed to bring fish home....:D
My wife understands why I clean my rods n reels in the shower....
little johnny
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Funny
Just thinking the same .looking good
Bryce Day
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Transducers are in, fuel
Transducers are in, fuel lines are ready, deck is down tomorrow
Bryce Day
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Deck is 1/2 In
Deck is 1/2 In I managed to miss 3 deck supports so will take off and install
Bryce Day
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Cab will be on tomorrow
Cab will be on tomorrow
Faulkner Family
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Starting to realy take
Starting to realy take shape.
Still didn't mention the donk that's going on it .
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Bryce Day
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I'll run twin Mercury's this
I'll run twin Mercury's this time.
sea-kem
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How many rolls of wire so
How many rolls of wire so far Bryce?
Love the West!
Bryce Day
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I was only talking about
I was only talking about that yesterday. I purchased 9 rolls of 1.2 safra wire from Prime and have only just put the eighth roll on Anzac Day. I still have all the rub/fender rails to weld on. Hopefully I don't need more than 9 rolls as they have jumped up 18% as of last week.
sea-kem
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Ha ha Jesus some serious
Ha ha Jesus some serious welding time there.
I recently did a job and went through 6 rolls of 1.2 mm flux core and was pretty impressed with myself, I hadn't burnt that much wire on a job in years.
Try to avoid it these days and let the boys do it, only reason was the job was DNV compliant so had to do it myself.
The boat is looking great, look forward to seeing the cab on.
Love the West!
Bryce Day
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I'll go to Prime tomorrow
I'll go to Prime tomorrow and see how many rolls I purchased and let you know.
Bryce Day
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One outboard has arrived with
One outboard has arrived with the umbilicals. The other one is somewhere between here and wherever it was made. Time to weld the cab on and start the install
Rob H
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How long ago did you order
How long ago did you order them (and what size)?
Mine turned up a few weeks ago, Merc 2 x 200, exactly 12 months
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Bryce Day
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Twin 225 merc ordered in
Twin 225 merc ordered in October/nov
Bryce Day
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Had 7 months off and went to
Had 7 months off and went to the NT for a look. Screws are on, need to run fuel lines and a bit of sanding and it's on the water
Swompa
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How is the boat going,
How is the boat going, mate?