todays boating amusement.
just thought i'd drop a line to all my fellow fishwreckedians in regards to todays wonderful boatign adventure with heks-
decided on leeuwin ramps, dunno why my mate paid for parking so its all good, that place is absolutely chockers tho. glad they dont all go to cockburn.. coz then itd be chockers down there..
anyway, boat in water. engine dont start, heks get frustrated. boat goes back on trailer heks goes home to indulge in beer and have a play with it to try work it out..
turns out the gaffer tape from last weeks adventure had decided to become lose,.. bolted connections back on. starts first time, i have another beer and yell at it abit... boat is washed, in the driveway and im having imaginary crayfish for dinner. WOOOO
on a side note- seems its blowing a bit more smoke than usual- when the mate gets back (this week) i told him its going in for a service, old man rekns might be too much oil going into the fuel- its auto mix job - can the ratio get out of whack? a service should clear up these issues yer?
anyways, hope you all have better luck than me.. im gettin sick of this boat.. :P ill be lookign for deckie spots from now on- work finishes for me on the 15th so anyone heading out any time anywhere with need of a deckie with a cray ticket and rfbl- please give me a hoy- got my own gear will chip in for fuel and all that jazz - i just want to go on a boat that doesnt have issues for once...
cheers, Dwayne
Faulkner Family
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not good at all. sounds like
not good at all. sounds like you need to buy your own boat . i think your mate might have bought a dodgy one
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
hekser
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Date Joined: 31/03/10
the 13k ive lost on shares this year
tells me ill be waiting a little bit before i get my own- got a 3m f/g but thats just river boat.. guess i can take it out in the sound...
the other boats good.. it just doesnt liek me.. seems i get the problems- works fine for him... not sure if im cursed or ive sworn at it too much.. who knows.. im just refusing to skipper it anymore- not my problem then ;)
carnarvonite
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Thought
The mind boggles!! One would have thought after last weekends episode with the gaffer tape one would have fixed it properly and got rid of the tape and not left it to stuff up again in future.
What are we going to do now that you're giving the boat back to your mate after spending nearly what it must be worth on repairs along the way.
scotto
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what are we goin to do?
well for one, our boat insurance premiums will probably go down by 25%...
hekser
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Date Joined: 31/03/10
ahahah , he paid 15k for it
ive spent like 900$ on it. and i still havent caught anything worth keeping. im learning to hate boats and fishing. oneday ill be an old man rattling on about how boats are shit and they are death traps, man was meant to walk the land not float on the water and all that crap..
im just hoping that next week, some how miraculously we go out and catch dhuies and snapper n all cool fish, but i know it wont happen.. although i have 90% got the gps locked down now. thats the first thing to finding the fish, they still sell the model of sounder hes got in bcf- albeit its only 300$ but it must be current so i guess we dont need a new one.. but i want a chart plotter with gps and sounder all in one but im not shelling out the coin for it.. i doubt he will either.. until then we are just destined to fail UNLESSSS someone here wants to come out with us and show us what the hell we are doing wrong?
*prays*
Cheers, Dwayne
p.s. it will probably stay at my house coz he wrote his car off a few months ago and doesnt have anyway to get it to a ramp.. but im going to stop going out unless i can find someone who knows what they are doing to come out with me.
its onething to be keen and want to catch - its another to actually catch.
the only fish that have been landed on that boat is wrasse, wrasse more wrasse, sandwhiting and pissy little flathead..
its enough to put you off fishing... :(
carnarvonite
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Electronics
If you can, go for separate units, that way once you have a few spots on the Gps you can still go fishing if the sounder packs up, the same goes if the gps packs up.
Keep an eye on the for sale pages because there have been some absolute bargains lately. The Gps doesn't have to have a chart in it though it is a big help if its there.
If you only have a black and white sounder, it too can show all you need once you get to read it properly, even if you have to jump over the side to actually see what the bottom is compared to what is on the screen. The white and grey lines are the bits to watch, they show bottom hardness and weed growth.
hekser
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got garmin gps 50 and some furuno b/w
im figuring out the gps and when i can see solid black on the sounder, i know thats fish.. thats about all