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If you don't want to penetrate the hull for your pickup, then a stainless scoop mounted on the transom and with a pipe up to a bilge pump, wherever, can be very effective. I had one like this in a previous cat and it worked very well.

I have seen pics of the vessel Wahoo an inboard Grady with shaft and tunnel. Can anyone tell me more about these boats ? looks like they were ahead of their time. That could sell really well in Australia.

I fitted my Airmar with the Fairing Box (huge) aproximately 2 years ago. I have had boats with identical transducers one in hull and one thru the hull and was able to switch transducers. There was a clear improvement with the thru hull so have used them ever since. Fitting the transducer is...

In the years past houses were built on stilts to keep them cool and also to avoid the wet when it flooded. Most developments have much better drainage now and ther are weirs in the rivers . Plus it is quicker and cheaper to build with brick these days so that is what most of us get. We had an...

Now that sounds like a great idea. When i had my 2 strokes i was having probelms with remote oil pumps and filters. It was frustrating sealing then cutting it open again. I reckon I've recaulked it at least 6 times over 2 years. A hatch is a great idea If you had a really clever guy or lots...

Aussie dollars are on their way. Hopefully they'll work. I mean I used them to buy my Grady so hopefully they'll work for you guys. Thanks for all your work. You have quite a following here with new guys coming on board all the time.

All those that have been reading and watching this post.........PHEW............. now breath in!

Cairns is only 4 hours up the road from us. It will be like your summer hot and wet I guess. Whereas Alice will be hot and dry and yes NZ could be cool if you are circumnavigating the south island. Certainly a good jumper and windbreaker should be enough at this time of year tho'. If you need...

One of the guys in our gamefishing club Mick Meares did 2 tours of duty over there. A guy I have the utmost respect and admiration for. He now runs a 26 ft blackwatch. Townsville Where I am is the largest northern base for our troops and many of the OS deployments come out of here. I...

I have a 265 ,therefore longer lines, and the location works great. Certainly not a problem being that far from the actuators.

Unfortunately we are way up north and most of the problems are further south. Hopefully some it gets that far. Our NQ weather seems to be returning to a more traditional wet wet . with last years being the second biggest on record.

Thanks Jack. I guess as much as we come from different parts of the globe, we still share more similarities than differences. Yes the Barra' is one great sport and eating fish.Ones that size are difficult to find and catch. The are like tarpon and can spend quite a bit of fighting time out of...

We went back to the Hinchinbrook Island area for our Chritmas this year, sharing a holiday unit with the outlaws called Ripples. Awesome part of the world and great accomodation. Tanami is still running in the F225's with about 60 hrs on them now. Still undecided about my 4 blade props, but...

We've ben watching the tennis and the cricket and Lance in the "tour down under" all hot and dry. Where we live in the tropics it is probably like hurricane season in Florida...... hot and wet. In the last week we have averaged around 4 inches of rain per day! Our great weather should...

With my job I travel 1000kms every 3 months due west of the northeast coast in OZ. At about 800k's i go past the Burke and Wills memorial. They had attempted a north, south and return, crossing of the continent about 6,500kms! It was a sad story of poor leadership and bad timing with the...

50 and 83 will also have a wider angle so will give a bigger picture. Handy if you are not sure what is there , ie. better to explore then, when you find something use the 200 to give greater detail as long as it isn't generally in very deep water in which case the lower freq. will show up...

I wouldn't have a problem with it. Would be nice to be affiliated with these guys as they are so helpful and have so much knowledge to share..... Maybe we could do house and boat exchanges.

How to make your grady look more like a ship. Gives her lots of character and i can see where the admiral and the captain would like this look. A win/win custom job....... I'm up for a kit when you get around to it.

Now you're just trying to make me go all tearful............

Well that's how I feel when you guys get talking about stuff that's like another language........and i have been to the US 3 times already! Aussies love abbreviation so "barbie" is a Bar b Que. Pavlova is a meringue style dessert created in Australia. MMMMM! Damper is a bushman's...