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    Posted: 08 May 2009 at 10:39pm
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Hi guys, I would love to see your boat setup;
How about we make a thread of boat pics. You could add the following info:
Brand/ Model
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No of divers you carry
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12ft aluminium dignhy, the "mighty 8hp", 4 divers easy......Yeeehaa
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12ft tin machine, a very very dubious 15hp on the back, had to repair it 3 times last trip (separate problems LOL). it planes with two in it as long as we don't shoot too many fish Thumbs%20Up
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4.7M Surtees Centre Console
60hp 4stroke EFI Yamaha
Underfloor fish bin, and underfloor 40lt fuel tank. Cruising range is about 200km. Max speed is just a touch under 60km/h with 2 pob.
Plenty of storage in the console and shelves on the transom.
Side shelves can hold guns up to 1600mm.
Outboard pod is floodable, so we throw fish in there instead of having to get into the boat to use the fishbin.
Lowrance LMS520 sounder / chart plotter with lowrance fuel computer.
Uniden UM525 VHF radio
All aerials and dive flag are mounted on the top of the console.
SARCA #2 anchor, and anchor lifting float.
Tonnes of space for 3 divers.
 
.....and not a rod holder to be foundCool
 
 
 
 
The electronics before the fuel computer was fitted.
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Quentin, how'd you like your fuel computer?  Are they easy to install?  Been thinking about it since my evinrude guages are dubious to say the least.
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Originally posted by tom1 tom1 wrote:

Quentin, how'd you like your fuel computer?  Are they easy to install?  Been thinking about it since my evinrude guages are dubious to say the least.
 
Fuel computer is great, especially as there is no way of telling how much is left in the tank without using a dipstick. The Lowrance gauge can display most of the functions available on the sounder / chart plotter, but I have configured it for the fuel functions (fuel remaining, fuel flow, range, fuel used this trip)
 
Reasonably easy to install, especially once you follow the instructions Shocked
 
Accurate to about 100ml over a day of running. I could probably fine tune this to be even more accurate.
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I'm looking to buy a boat at the mo.
 
I have decided based upon quality of hull and the amount of room.  Most will neeed some modification by removing the seats and swapping one or maybe two with a pedestal seat.
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What was wrong with the old boat? I remember a brisk trip back from the Hen and Chicks with a humungous fish in the back...
Bouncing off the tops of the waves!
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3,8m Zodiac futura fastroller
25hp
just planes with three small divers (around the 60 to 70 kg) planes easily with 2 and boosts when I'm by myself. with a 23 litre tank about 40km of short island hopper trips. ( bay of islands , cavs, coro)
 
 
 
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17ft (5.2m) Centre Console
4mm Alliminium sides
Phoenix boats built by Sealect Whangarei
surtees style flood balast
70hp 2stroke Yamaha
Alloy Trailer
50mm Wakeboard tower with hardtop. wakeboard/gun rack
lots of storage space, including scollop & live bait tank.
100m warp, 8m 8mm chain with danforth Anchor
weight including teailer 710kg
Raymarine A60 plotter/sounder, VHF, bilge
 
fits upto 4 divers comfortably. 
range of 240km on a calm day (150L), usualy take up to 110km round trips.
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Like the Scull and cross guns decal.. where can I pick one of these up from?
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4.6 metres alloy pontoon
alloy trailer
scuppers
60hp yamaha
3 divers
complete with large black bucket for fins etc

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TSW, Have a look at an extremeboats 550 or 570 maybe? pretty sturdy and ok in crap seas.  Dives 4 comfortably.  THey seem to land quite nicely when you get airbourne aswell, as i found out last monday coming back from LB  in 25knots of SW!  I imagine thats a quality you'll be looking for.
They don't make the 550 anymore, but the hull of the 570s the same, they just measure the bowsprits extra 20cm, 5mil all round i think.  Fair shifts with a 90 on the back and isn't too thirsty.
 
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I made it up in Macromedia freehand.  ive lost the files on a usb stick otherwise id email them to you.  make a vector based image up and take it to the sign writers.
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Wicked boats guys... any more out there??
Originally posted by TG

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How are these 12 foot Tinnies? I got a lift with a guy i one the other day and it seemed to do the job for fishing.

I am also slowly but surely looking at getting something but my budget won't go much past an oldish 12 foot Fyran or something.
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Originally posted by TG TG wrote:

How are these 12 foot Tinnies?


They are made entirely of awesomeness. maybe a bit of cheapness. but mainly awesomeness.
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Touche R Jack! touche!
12 ft tinnie, 15 horse, I like to thrash the naughty little thing, nothing stays dry, but who cares? takes 3 of us out for cray and scallie dives on the Manukau and is easy to clean, launch, reverse etc, etc.
12 foot tinnies are gooood.
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Our 12 foota is mean as! like keeweebee says, reversing, launching etc is no problem its even light enough to lift if you have to for whatever reason. And if your motor dies on you like ours did you can row for an hour to get back to Makara beach. Or just drag it up beach it, walk home and pick it up when the wind dies down. My brother in law has even taken it round past the gate got caught out with big winds,beached it and slept under it for the night. So it can double as a house if youre wife decides to kick you out for diving too much.

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Obviously they are not meant for going to far out, with the limited space for a tank and obviously the fact that it is not made for rough seas, how far our can you go with them?
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