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Love the kayak but got a boat as well now
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Love the kayak but got a boat as well now
Not mine, but that's me skinning my first deer (first wild deer I'd ever seen) on a mates old boat at Waikaremoana 2009
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We use to camp on the boat for a few daysQuote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
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Following on from earlier discussion, the Bimini arrived and has been fitted.....
Pleasure craft mode
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Hard core fishing mode
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One of the better Canopy designs I have seen for one of these :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by Taff
Looks good Marc :thumbsup:
Cheers Gibo, unfortunately it had to go on backwards as it would not lie flat the other way around.Quote:
Originally Posted by Gibo
Stuck up in the air at about 20 degrees.
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@Spudattack As a dyed-in-the-wool landlubber, that "Bimini" doesn't really appear to afford much shade? Am I missing something?
Our boat is a Osprey 488 with a 90 hp Mariner don't use it enough like most boats. Attachment 82261Attachment 82262 When we get out mostly go off Tauranga sometimes with reasonable results other times not so.
Yeah, as with everything it’s a compromise, if you want more shade you lose fishing area, the idea of the centre console is to be able to use more of the boat and fish all the way around it if needed.Quote:
Originally Posted by Ryan
In saying that there are times you need to get out of the sun so the Bimini gives you some shade that you or the kids can get into.
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Hey spudattack. Where did you get the Bimini from?Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
Just off trademe, one of theseQuote:
Originally Posted by Beaker
https://www.trademe.co.nz/trade-me-m...1533942304.htm
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Bugger, was hoping for a custom place......Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
She has been named.....by the 4 year old!
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Awesome name..... unless it happens [emoji16]Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
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Haha, yeah! I was going to call it “whiskey tango” for the kids initials, but then Wyatt said no, he preferred Shark Bait, which I kind of liked too!Quote:
Originally Posted by R93
I have ordered these decals to go on the side too!
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Good name for the kid too
My custom built fishing platform, with a skite pic, no bad vibes here.Attachment 82750Attachment 82752Attachment 82757
6 cylinder 240hp Yamaha diesel. Economical fishing\trolling and can get home in a hurry if required :P
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I want to do the same with a jet unit
The Boosh in all it's glory. It's a frickin fish killer, but not so good for overnighters :D
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Awesome engine, will raise the fish far better than a petrol too :thumbsup:Quote:
Originally Posted by BeeMan
That motor looks very Toyota-ish. Yam marine Landcruiser motor? @BeeMan
Good question. The screen makes all the difference to comfort when travelling at speed and stops the "bucket of water in the face" effect . This is quite welcome in winter. Doesn't have any negative effect on fishing, but adds windage when drifting. The upfront rod holders are awesome for trolling. The only downside is that it has knocked 15km/h off the top speed. I've got no problem with that, it's a fishing vessel, not a racer.Quote:
Originally Posted by berg243
Correct they are , still have Toyota stamped on the blocksQuote:
Originally Posted by Mathias
Yep Toyota, like the old cruisers but with a turbo. Sorry 7mmwsm couldn't tell you fuel consumption other than runs on the smell of an oily rag trolling. It uses abit at 40knts.:pacman:
Jesus that’s a bit thirsty isn’t it?
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New outboards for ya
Just curious/interested as I have no experience with outboards, only jet boats. Our 7.6m alloy hard top running an ~370hp LS3 chev will burn through less than 30 litres an hour cruising between 25-35kts. Even on rev limiter doing 50-55kts it'll only burn 45 litres/hour. Trolling it will be a lot less economical though.Quote:
Originally Posted by 7mmwsm
100kph out of a nearly 8m boat is pretty epic!....whats the pump and hull?Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshC
Stern leg was never an option, we use it to cross bars that are knee deep at low tide, and we’d never had experience with props, just jetboats, so stuck with what was familiar. For down here and crossing west coast bars it performs perfectly. It’s a seahouse hull, LS3 that’s been tuned & 212 unit with turbo impeller. We gps’d 101kph on a flat lake hawea in the early days with two people and no gear. Now 85-90 would be tops. It’ll comfortably do 80 with 4 people and dive gear, but it’s not economical to do so - but turns heads coming in over the bar or into the harbour on a flat day [emoji23]
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Very nice [emoji41] anything with an 8 gets my vote.Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshC
As an aside how does the 5 knot within 200m of shore rule work on rivers and bars?
Presumably not applicable to rivers or thousands of jet boats would be in the poo?
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Goes ok. Most people that come on it are impressed by its handling in the sea. It’s very solid but very nimble for a bigger boat, launching is a breeze, can handle it solo easy enough too. That was before a muffler was installed, it was quite loud and talking while on route was impossible.
That river at low tide you can cross with gumboots on. We’ve only come in there at low tide a couple of times.
Not sure of the legalities there regarding speeds over bars. There are obviously rivers that are open, certain rivers that have official ‘liftings’ generally only for jet boat association members, and rivers that are completely closed. That info is generally easy to find. In the cases of our bars here, the chance of actually seeing/meeting another boat is fairly minimal anyway, particularly at mid-low tide.
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Will you picks stop it, I’m already knee deep designing my next boat and I haven’t even finished the one I’m building now
That’s very cool, love the sound of the 8!Quote:
Originally Posted by JoshC
I used to have one that could do this, never tried it though!
Standard launch at Pennington, Natal south coast.
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Oh, and that’s not me sitting on the beach with the jack Russel!Quote:
Originally Posted by Spudattack
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So your ls3 is twice as efficient as the most economical diesels you can buy 2day . Ok . My 7m boat burns 1 litre an hour at wot and at idle it makes petrol I win
My ls1 jet does 20l per hour at probably 40kmh average but river boating so so,e heavy throttle at times. I would imagine it would be closer to 80l an hour at 100kmh however. Would probably blow up before I found out....Quote:
Originally Posted by stub
Boat weighs probably 800kg??
For a bit of reference my (old now but new at the time) gp1300r injected twostoke was rated to burn 60l per hour at full throttle at 165hp......I found that to be very accurate racing around bouys(full throttle 100% of the time) but on the same ski could cruise the entire abletasman+sightseeing two up for around 40l for 6hours
there is varing efficiency's of different hulls engines etc but nowadays the actual horsepower produced and fuel burn per hour is very very close for modern injected engines.
My current 40hp on a 4.5m boat burns the same/more than a lot of 5.5m-6m with modern injected 90-150hp engines but mine fits in my shed and I could afford to buy it which is a massive bonus for me.
mine will burn less per hour but mine cruises at 16-18 knots instead of 25-30knt...going any distance its cheaper(not to mention quicker/safer/dryer/more comfortable) in the bigger boat but hey I still catch fish:thumbsup:
Most family V8 jet boats should burn around 20-35 litres per hour normal use, if not, there is something wrong. Like you say it's not until you use excessive throttle or inconsistent throttle that you'll burn through the gas. As you'll know, if you get on flat water and cruise at say 3500-3800rpm cruising speeds your consumption is quite reasonable and predictable. We'd never red-line at top speed for a long period of time either, but you'd be surprised at the durability of the LS motor - especially with a governor/limiter - don't think it'll just blow up :pacman:Quote:
Originally Posted by PerazziSC3
For us, if we go out on a rough day we'll use double the amount of fuel we'd use on a calm day. The last trip we did across to Stewart Island and a mornings fishing we powered across to the island from Bluff and pissed around codding for four hours, engine on and off as we drift fished, then powered home. Was oily flat all morning. Filled boat on the way home and put 93 litres in. For a week's trip down at Stewart Island or in Doubtful Sound etc we usually have 400 liters on board with us and haven't run out yet. At the end of the day we don't care how much fuel we go through, having a reliable and safe set up is the priority.
