30 ft longboat

[Blackened]

G'day

Awesome work, and I really like the bare timber look. The on water shot is a bit of an illusion, she looks about 90', not 30'!

Dave

[Horse]

She is a fine looking boat. Nice to see real timber

[BOMBIE]

SL my boy said "nice long boat SL " heard it had some some water on board (20+knts) outside closed ? ring me re: Corooman clean up JR

[oldboot]

There is just something..... umm..... serious about a long boat.

Am looking forward to the "at sea" pictures.


Remember to take a spare compas and some drinking water......incase you have to make a trip up to the bow and back ....have you thaught about carrying a tricycle

cheers

[ifishcq1]

Thanks Guys

OB the blokes at work reckon they are going to get me an intercom or a flyingfox and a second sounder because the front might be well off the spot

Dave and Horse
I wish I had thought about timber gunnels on the old boat it does look a bit classy and I can't wait till snapperhead paints the outside

first good weekend we'll be doing a 3 - 4 dayer at Northwest so we can checkout all the wide reef surf spots for other fishing/surfing trips

Anyone up this way that wants to do a trip and can't find another boat to run with give me a yell

Cheers

SL

[BOMBIE]

SL I am Y E L Ling

[dingoFNQ]

Hay, Rob Here. wanting to chat with you about the Brute 29 long boat you have. Looking at one for sale. how do you find it as a sea going boat when the weather turns fowl???

[No Fear]

I'd like to know how much it weighs if you get a chance

[ifishcq1]

it weighs around 1300kg hull only and 2400kg with motor and on trailer

now I've done a couple of thousand kms in all weather it averages 1.3km/ltr at 50 km/hr

wouldn't swap for anything less than a 24ft cat or any mono under same length

cheers

[dingoFNQ]

The one I took for a run felt light in the nose n seemed to porpos a little, do you think for light travel, ie. empty would trim tabs be a good investment ??? It will help get more hull in the water. It has the same fuel tank set up, port n Starboard. The tanks I feel are to far aft as well and to move them foward will trim the boat better, they should be fitted on the longitudal centre of boyancy. I will do some research.

The one im looking at runs a 200 HDPI Yammie 05 model with 409 hrs. It looks very clean.
any comments on the motor from those who can help.

cheers Rob...

[ifishcq1]

Yeah mate after a bad fuel batch from the local I had to throw away a few hundred litres so I cut out the glass tanks and got stainless tanks made that run down the middle
I moved the weight forward a bit to flatten out the cruise angle because trim and trim tabs still fell short of best travel position into a big sloppy sea
one of the blokes in our crew has got a 175 yammy hdpi 2006 with 500+hrs he had a couple of minor probs early but it is going real well now
it uses a little more juice than a 4st and much better than a standard 2st it is very quick off the mark

cheers

[dingoFNQ]

Can you post a pic. of the floor layout you have at present. would like to see the end result...