Looking at Poly myself! are they flammable?
Also I saw one, a tiller steer out at sea that was flapping around like a wet fish! it did not have any front end in the water, but it may have been the captains fault I dont know just calling it for what I seen.
Cheer's BAT.
to many decisions lol though i have found a tabs 4.5 with 60 yammie 4 stroke best of the best on it for $22,000 36hrs and not even a scratch or tiniest bit of rust.Originally Posted by marty+jojo
$22000 is a sh*tload of $$$$$,,,, insist on an on the water test to make suŽe it is what you want in a boat.
Marty.
They will burn if you heat it up enough, but mix aluminium with iron filings and you get thermite. And it burns hotter than hell!
They are resistant to most chemicals, including battery acid, unlike a tinny which is resistant to bugger all
I've heard of a brand new polly that handled like a dog in any sort of swell untill it was put back in the mould and heated it up, it's suppose to be fine now. A lack of quality control could be why we're hearing conflicting reports on this thread.
cheers
That sounds a bit sus to me m62, once the boats are moulded and cooked and then fitted out, the process does not allow for "re-heating or moulding" as they are partly foam filled and have "plugs" that run from inner to outer hull etc. What would be possible is that the boat was not set-up correctly initially at the dealers and then may have been corrected at a later date. The polys unfortunately for us who own them seem to attract all manner of stories up to and including ones of boats that have melted in the sun! I reckon is possible for ANY dealer or manufacturer to inadvertantly set-up an ill handling pig. GT
Mine is foam free. I thought foam was an option for survey. Needless to say, i doubt that you could put on back into the mold anyway.
Breamnut, the poly is heavy compared to an empty aluminium boat. But If you compare the 4.55 to 4.5m hornet you will find them to be about the same weight. The bigger poly's tend to be a little heavier though, but its not much. Make sure when you are comparing weights, that you compare to a similar fitout.
Bat, I use a trangia stove with a gas burner on my boat to boil the kettle. You could light one up and burn it if you wanted to, but you would have to put a blow torch onto it. To get them ride well, the really need the nose up out of the water.
Yes you can burn poly material but when you take away the heat souce the fire or rather the smoldering will go out. Also given the right temp just about everything will burn.They will burn if you heat it up enough, but mix aluminium with iron filings and you get thermite. And it burns hotter than hell!
They are resistant to most chemicals, including battery acid, unlike a tinny which is resistant to bugger all
Catch ya L8ter
BBJ
Breamnut i myself have orded the 4.5 with the new 60 merc i was in the same spot as your in now didnt know what boat to pick i wanted something that could handle the bay and inshore reefs for snapper and jew fish good but also wanted a boat that i could go chase jacks and stuff also, i had my eye set on the 4.5 sportfisher from tabs but after they put there price up and someone telling me they were a bit heavy iwent for the poly, im going to fit the front cast deck out better when i get mine because i have seen it is an easy job to do, im paying around the 17000 mark with a 60 4st 80 pound bow mount two electric bowmount batteries sounders and a big underfloor fuel tank and lights all new so im happy with that the only way your going to get a great allrounder for offshore and inshore with great cast decks is buying a boat like flick flack has that boat is a weapon imo but im not going to spend that much money just yet.
I use a gas burner in mine to for hot drinks with no troubles.
As for a blow torch if you look on the polycraft web site in the FAQs section they use 1 to finish the process of cleaning up a repair & it doesnt even look like burning. !!!!!
http://www.polycraft.com.au
Only if it is a bare tinnie. A fully decked out tinnie with casting deck and so on doesn't weigh all that much less. And you will need less HP than a same sized deep V fiberglass boat.
Just come back for a bash in the bay. The best part i love about the polycraft is that I reverse it on the driveway, flush the outboard, hose off the trailer then wheel it into the garage. All done in under half an hour. I have a deckwash pump, so I can wash off all the fishguts on the water and I never EVER clean the boat at home!!
tell me what u think of it once you get it. id love to get a boat like rods but id be saving for a few more years!!
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