thatp1g
30-07-2007, 09:54 AM
Which is always a good thing when you launch your boat for the first time.
Took the little boat out for it's maiden voyage yesterday at Dunethin Rock. Dunethin Rock is ten minutes out of Yandina on the Yandina - Bli bli road. The ramp is well maintained and not too slimy and it's close to home so a perfect spot for first launch.
The boat is very stable on the water and the little 9.8 pushes it along on the plane at around 15knots which is probably just a bit too fast.
We were only there for two hours - mostly to run the motor in a little and see how the boat behaved but we dropped a line over in a nice hole and the kiddo pulled in a nice little flatty, pics attached.
The boat seems to bog down in the arse like the webster twinfishers do when you are powering up onto the plane - a little foil of some sort should tidy that up a bit. It's all trimmed up correctly but coming onto and coming off of the plane the arse drags.
In case you missed my first spammy self promoting thread in here about the boat there is some more info on it here (http://www.thatp1g.com/index.php?topic=84.0) and here (http://www.thatp1g.com/index.php?topic=85.0).
Finally got it registered so there was no excuse with the warm still weather not to keep my promise to take the girls out in it.
ED; I wasnt sure where to put this - it's a little bit boating, little bit photos, little bit report, mostly waffle. So if it's in the wrong place please shift.
The kiddo's flatty.
The rod she is using is a little "masterpiece" canoe rod. It's 4 foot 3 and is quite deceptive. It's got a lot of strength in the bottom of it and the tip is nice and sensitive and best of all it's the perfect size for her to cast without hooking us in the ears when we are out on the water. I got it off e-bay for 49 bucks and wasnt sure what to expect but it really is that good I'm gonna get myself one.
Took the little boat out for it's maiden voyage yesterday at Dunethin Rock. Dunethin Rock is ten minutes out of Yandina on the Yandina - Bli bli road. The ramp is well maintained and not too slimy and it's close to home so a perfect spot for first launch.
The boat is very stable on the water and the little 9.8 pushes it along on the plane at around 15knots which is probably just a bit too fast.
We were only there for two hours - mostly to run the motor in a little and see how the boat behaved but we dropped a line over in a nice hole and the kiddo pulled in a nice little flatty, pics attached.
The boat seems to bog down in the arse like the webster twinfishers do when you are powering up onto the plane - a little foil of some sort should tidy that up a bit. It's all trimmed up correctly but coming onto and coming off of the plane the arse drags.
In case you missed my first spammy self promoting thread in here about the boat there is some more info on it here (http://www.thatp1g.com/index.php?topic=84.0) and here (http://www.thatp1g.com/index.php?topic=85.0).
Finally got it registered so there was no excuse with the warm still weather not to keep my promise to take the girls out in it.
ED; I wasnt sure where to put this - it's a little bit boating, little bit photos, little bit report, mostly waffle. So if it's in the wrong place please shift.
The kiddo's flatty.
The rod she is using is a little "masterpiece" canoe rod. It's 4 foot 3 and is quite deceptive. It's got a lot of strength in the bottom of it and the tip is nice and sensitive and best of all it's the perfect size for her to cast without hooking us in the ears when we are out on the water. I got it off e-bay for 49 bucks and wasnt sure what to expect but it really is that good I'm gonna get myself one.