know nothing but got me a boat

[Donkeyzmilk]

gday wise peoples

been reading for a fair while on this site about hulls and motors and all the ins and outs of most things , "thats alot of reading ", being new to this sport other then a small river tinny , im pretty green , but went ahead and got myself a "yalta craft 189 ODESSA"

took her out for a spin the other day ," noosa harbour plenty of people first launch no pressure!!" and was pretty happy with the purchase , rides nice enough power looks good IMO , nice and roomy, good storage plus a nice cabin , i read a few customer reviews on these Yaltas and most were very happy as am I:D

specs

5.2 mt
150 under floor tank
115 yammy 2 stroke
lowrence colour plotter ,gps
lowrence finder
rocket launchers
bait board
duel battery
much more to come :)

im on the sunshine coast and look forward to being a part of this community maybe meeting and greeting and learning more from the salty sea dogs of AUSFISH...a great wealth of knowledge here thats forshore ,

a few pics of my yet to be named Yalta ;D

[tunaticer]

Welcome aboard Donk.
Nice looking boat you have there, hope you christen it and keep it bathed in fish scales and stuff.

[WalrusLike]

Looks nice Donk. It's a boat with a great rep... You should have a lot of fun in it.

One thing I noticed.... if it was me I would be relocating the white all round light... Perhaps to the Bimini top? I think as it stands it will be in a bad spot for night vision.

You may have seen this thread but in case you haven't.... Here's some things to avoid... :)

http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/showpost.php?p=1374465

[Donkeyzmilk]

Looks nice Donk. It's a boat with a great rep... You should have a lot of fun in it.

One thing I noticed.... if it was me I would be relocating the white all round light... Perhaps to the Bimini top? I think as it stands it will be in a bad spot for night vision.

You may have seen this thread but in case you haven't.... Here's some things to avoid... :)

http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/showpost.php?p=1374465

yeah walrus , the light annoys me in that spot now and i havn't even driven at night ! i did catch that thread a while back , so i thought id launch the boat without the bungs in first time to be defiant "idiot" oh well live and learn , never again

[Chimo]

And the all round light is not legal where it is unless you lengthen the pole so the light is above the bimini. Have a look at Boatboy50 's picture of his done up rig that was on here in the last few days.

Cheers
Chimo

[Goodoo haven]

Welcome aboard Donk.

Nice looking boat you have there.

[Donkeyzmilk]

thx for the info CHIMO , knowing that its no legal where it sits, gives me even more reason to move it up top .

Cheers

[Patfink]

Hi Donk, nice rig mate.my first boat was a 29 ft stern drive petrol with crappy cable steering and very shallow deadrise and very high sided, absolute nightmare to manouvre in more than a light breeze. What was I thinking:-[

[Donkeyzmilk]

mines was enough to handle in the high wind on the ramp , i couldn't imagine something as big as that patfink , that would scare me ..haha .

ive decided on a name for her and it's going to be called "mullet gut " not sure there would be to many mullet guts floating round out there , so going with that :), should get a few laughs id recon !

[brock13]

hey donk and welcome to ausfish.

[brock13]

Thats a cracker of a first boat how much did u pay if u dont mind me asking

[Donkeyzmilk]

PM sent brock