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Holmesie

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  1. Nice work snap-er. Are these the hatches with a storage box attached underneath, or just straight into the bottom of the boat? Cheers
  2. Have you tried talking to the manufacturer themselves? The owners, Kelly & Daniel, are quite approachable and very helpful. It would definitely be with a try, as they might have some ideas. Cheers
  3. Hi Leo, I will send you a PM. It's possible I might have something that will suit you. Cheers
  4. Where possible I always put a few pumps of grease into the bearing buddies prior to dunking the trailer - I figure having positive pressure inside will help prevent water sucking in if the bearings & hub are hot, or if the seal face is a little dodgy. Also, I make it an annual thing to completely strip, inspect and repack the bearings no matter how many k's they have done - good piece of mind for me, especially when I travel 400km to the coast for a decent fishing session! Cheers
  5. Just got back from a week at Narooma, and I'm very envious Dave - been looking for a sea-change myself! Good luck!
  6. Can't believe I missed this post - what a classic.. I'll be keeping a close eye out when I pass through your neck of the woods errr... inlet Boofhead, see if I can't spot you anchored on one of your marks... they look to be pretty reliable
  7. suffering salt-water withdrawals

  8. Still looks to be plenty of water in Ben Chifley - good to see!
  9. Congrats roosterman - I love the Haines hulls
  10. Yeah, unfortunately I think the water temps were a little on the low side for the fishing to be hot
  11. Great fish Mik - you've done well mate, I'm very jealous!!
  12. We are just back from 2 weeks of family holiday at Narooma, with some mixed fishing results. Unfortunately the first week was quite windy with some big swells, meaning the bar was too rough for my conservative liking (at least the kids got a lot of biscuiting & skiing done on Corunna Lake). Several short sessions out around Montague yielded little in the way of keepers, and reports from other fishos were that the Kingies were hot one day, and cold the next but mostly undersized whatever the day provided. Fortunately a reliable flatty drift off the end of the bar generally gave us enough in the esky so we didn't return to the camp red-faced. The inlet was fishing quite poorly with only a few flatties between 35-40cm falling prey to our charm although one good sized snapper was also landed from the inlet (as well as scores of the world tiniest pinkies). Spent a day outside at Bermagui, now forever to be known as flatty country because that was the bulk of our haul that day out - lucky we like eating them!! We were fortunate to come into the harbour not long after the Earthracer docked there, so got a nice close look at this amazing vessel! With the holiday due to finish, and the weather and seas looking good, we put in a last ditch effort, had the boat on the water and across the bar before dawn and out to Montague and Auginish Rock fishing a combination of livies and bait. Well, the Kingies were certainly on, but sadly mostly undersized, and the pesky seals were in attendance - it's frustrating to throw a 63cm Kingy back and have it instantly nabbed by a seal. After returning 12 or so to the water we were able to land a nice 71cm Kingy in one piece from a live bait, but then lost several others and a nice snapper to the seals before even getting them near the boat. A slight change in location saw some nice Trevally and Mowong in the esky, so we returned to camp happy and with the Kingy drought broken Mmmm, fish for tea tonight
  13. G'day paul, I asked a similar question not long ago for my Evinrude, so it could be worth having a look through this thread while you're waiting for the other people's comments (ignore the VRO stuff if you're not interested) For what it's worth, my Evinrude Intruder 150 shows fuel use up to 30-litres per hour under load on the Navman fuel computer. BTW I learnt its important to know what revs you see at WOT. hope that helps!
  14. Thanks for the clarification Huey, much appreciated. She's going to get a workout soon enough, I'm off soon for two weeks on the blue water at Narooma
  15. Thanks Huey, how about the speed at that RPM? A bit of overkill? or indicative that the prop is a good match? Cheers
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