Poddys New Boat
Gday all....
thought it was time i chucked a few pics up of the new (2nd hand) tub i picked up.... Almost soley to be used as a dive boat but can be fished out of... Its a 5.3 fraser fibreglass hull.... Fairly old but with abit of work its gonna be sweet. Come matched with a 100hp 4 stroke motor that im absolutely in love with after having 2 strokes previously...
so far ive stripped all the old electrics - wires ect old sounder mounts and general tidy up....
installed new navlights , humminbird 757c gps sounder (nothing flash but was on special at BCF $500bucks down from $1200! absolute bargain and does the job nicely on a wet open boat) marine radio and a few other bits n pieces... Outboard cover should be here monday hopefully and its starting to look very good...
Got gun racks down both sides which are awesome for keeping out of harms way and sooooo much room for extended trips (dirk Hartog here i come)... it is a wet boat but hey im going diving anyways lol
the trailer does need some work but ill get to that eventually....
During the closure i plan on gettin the hull rubbed back and some work done to it - new paint work and some patching and gonna change the old metal strips down the sides to some new rubber buffers.
Megan had the choice of names and its going to be called "Shoot To Thrill"
Finally took it for first dive trip yesterday and it went so well.... Motor didnt miss a beat after service (which it shouldnt) and we got some nice fish....
Place was alive with dhuies! Never seen so many in one day - Total for us was above 20 with ease altho not alot of size - still fantastic to see... At one stage we had a just legal female competing with a school of skippy for burley right under our fins in 12m of water! this fish had balls!
Seen a couple more blue groper and a swag of small trout but sadly none of any size... Also swam with a big school of YTK which is a fish ive never seen before but again they where juvenile fish so left be...
Bought home 1 5-6kg dhu 2 nice groper and a good parroty so a good day in great conditions for us.... Keep yes peeled for more dive pics and video to come from "Shoot To Thrill" guys...
cheers poddy
Fear The Spear............!
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STEVE231
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Good one mate, Look out
Good one mate, Look out fish!!
Any superstitions in regards to changing boat names??
alfred
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Nothing wrong with that
Nothing wrong with the name. Rhiannon was the name of my very first girlfriend, very nice Scottish lass.
alfred
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Pocket rocket! That thing
Pocket rocket! That thing will fly!
danno
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good looking boat. that
good looking boat.
that looks like the boats my uncle and dad used to make for fraser.
my uncle has made boat for him self that look like that as well, the boat my uncle has now is a fraser i believe or at least looks the same, its a bit wet but pretty good hes a diver to so hes happy.
nice fish there to mate.
have fun with ur new boat.
scotto
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nice one pod man
that thing should fly with a hunjy on the back. good lookin dive boat for sure.
till
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Looks great Poddy, some
Looks great Poddy, some express trips to the Abrolhos on the cards!
poddyfish
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roger
oh yeah thats for sure - gets up and farrrrkin flys.... cruises piece of the proverbial on just under 40clicks doing 3800rpm so motor not even working...... the only downside being glass is gotta be careful if towing on unsealed roads i suppose :(
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scotto
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easy fix mate
just put some extra adjustable rollers on either side of the keel when you fix up the trailer. you can get an adjustable threaded rod with a swiveled "T" roller pretty cheap, and they could be drilled straight through the SHS that runs paralell to your axel. the more points of contact between boat and trailer, the less point-loading you do, and better for the boat. you could even do that before you do your trailer overhaul, as it would be that easy mate.
Goodz
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Nice new rig there poddy! As
Nice new rig there poddy! As everyone has said, looks like she'd flyyyy. Plenty of room to move around that's for sure. Jealous.
crasny1
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Steve and Poddy
Boat renaming ceremony is easy and can be made into a great excuse for a PARTY!!
There is a traditional or modern one but I love the traditional one as done over centuries.
It is a bit corny but then that is the excuse for the party. I had a mate dress up in roman soldiers gear he hired to rename his boat "Stuna" from some hopeless name previous. We all pissed our selves and well we all got there -- pissed that is.
Here is a link, but get more than one bottle of champers.
http://www.boatnames.com.au/boat-naming-renaming-ceremony.htm#Renamingceremony
Neels
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Mick
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Nice rig Poddyman. She looks
Nice rig Poddyman. She looks like an awesome rig.I've been spending a bit of time in Gero lately for work and stuff so if you ever need a deckie fire me a pm.
Cheers Mick
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Lucky Tim
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exciting stuff Poddy, always
exciting stuff Poddy, always wanted to do up an oldie but never had the room. Hopefully there's gonna be plenty of blood on the decks over the years.
poddyfish
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timing
mate spewing about the timing for the course other wise we coulda been out amongst it!
long range forecast is looking good for a islands assault this weekend... fingers crossed
Fear The Spear............!
DazSamFishing
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nice poddy. go the centre
nice poddy. go the centre consoles.
Faulkner Family
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looks like a pearler. good
looks like a pearler. good luck with the make over
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Colin Hay
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That's cool poddy
What a great project boat.
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POC
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Yeah good work Poddy
Nice work, sense of achievment when you do it your self.
should ride nice too.
Hey saw a photo of you on the wall of BCF at Gero holding up a nice barra from up our way.
Cheers