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Those damn sharknets again! Another juvenile caught up in shark nets off the Queensland coast. Fairly sure the nets cause more harm than good, smarter sharks can swim under or around them. This disentanglement was done from a larger boat. Usually from a larger inflatable, sometimes someone even...

Anyone know where the new Rocna is made? And if Steve/SV Panope has tested it yet?

Here`s a happy ending whale story also from the east coast of Australia. Shame that "shark nets" are still used off beaches but it turned out well. https://www.abc.net.au/news/2023-10-01/whale-calf-rescued-from-shark-net-on-sunshine-coast/102922250

Early Saturday morning off Botany Bay Sydney, it appears a whale breached very close to an outboard powered offshore fishing boat, throwing the 2 men aboard into the water. The boat careered away unmanned, creating its own danger(kill switch not employed?). Despite prompt rescue attempts,one of...

Good idea! My mechanic found the best deal for new turbos for my Cummins 210s in NZ. Has to apply to other things too.

FWIW, I had the std Lehman exhaust angle with injector, leading to a heavy "flexible rubber" exhaust pipe, into a right angle fiberglass tube(just to change direction) with a further flexible pipe into an aftermarket fiberglass muffler. Out of the muffler another flexible pipe to the transom...

So, is the consensus, keep boat, wife to choose stay or go.

Halvorsen "Hiawatha" For Sale, (still, or again?) is this old Halvo in Western Australia. The upkeep would be eye watering but as long as someone else is doing it, it`s beautiful to view. https://www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/power-boats/halvorsen-50-flybridge-hiawatha/286283

Did you explore the Humminbird/Lowrance product range, perhaps it doesn`t meet requirements?

You know the TF rule, photos or it didn`t happen.

masonturner, I doubt your boat is irreparable by using silicone, provided you used the "roof and gutter" variety which unlike the "bathroom" variety will accept paint. Even so, better to use a polyurethane sealant. Water travels,the entry point is often not the obvious. Can you trace back to the...

That makes little sense, you are a potential buyer, choose a dealer and get calling.

Whitworths have Furuno in their Catalogue.

There was the prolific "B and B"......

FlyWright is the authority on that boat with those engines. A PM might rouse him to contribute his knowledge.

2savage, how about showing her the thread and posting her responses?

An old TF thread says you acquired the boat in June 21. "Getting it right", involving lots of time and money, usually happens in the early years. Which in this case were affected by Covid. Is "Me or the (toy)" a recurrent stance ? Is it an attempt at manipulation,or assertion? Was the Seaton 50...

Looking at pic 3 there doesn`t seem to be much underneath reinforcing the outer fiberglass shell. The vertical supports are novel to me, maybe it failed previously and they were the fix. I`d agree with removing it to assess properly. Maybe the 2 halves can be given a solid reinforcing timber...

Without a photo, it`s not easy. The FL120 exhausts on my last boat(an IG not a GB) were as uncomplicated as yours are complicated. I suggest proceed with caution, there must be a reason, one possibility is the boat inhaled seawater via the exhaust and "hydrauliced", thus the elaborate system...

Included in your research the Beneteau Swift Trawler? Or the Palm Beach,now in the GB stable ?

There is only one true "AC/DC".

I bought a lightweight Merc 3.3 2 stroke new, just as they went off the market. It hated the older fuel I was using in a Tohatsu 4 but once I gave it new fresh fuel with a stabilizer/preserver,love prevailed.

Cheoy Lee re-engine Project https://www.boatsonline.com.au/boats-for-sale/used/power-boats/cheoy-lee-61-long-range-motor-yacht/300409 There might be more than engines to do after 8000 hours but it`s an impressive big boat.