Jackinthebox
08-01-2008, 10:52 AM
G'day Ausfishers,
well it's been a long time between fishing trips for me, 6 months in fact.
This lack of piscatorial activity can be attributed to a few thing such as changing careers, buying a house & moving, building/assembling things for the new house, looking after my part time business, spending heaps of time upgrading my 385 explorer for a mate & then selling it to him and then if i had any spare time, building the new beast. A 4.7mtr Stacer Seahorse with 50hp 4 stroke tiller merc.
Currently wiring up the new baby with a few pics to show you guys as we all love looking inside other people's boats as they are getting built.
Got a few toys i can't wait to try out such as the big livey tank in the forward casting platform, the super bright led nav & stern lights, the downrigger (welded special plates to the rails to mount this sucker), the ripper stainless rod holders with gimbal mount that were only about $35 each, the new Raymarine DS500x colour sounder(not mounted yet), and the new mount for the Garmin 72 gps.
If you look closely at the GPS mount, you will see that i have "modified" the lowrance RAM bracket and the Garmin GPS72 mount to create an unholy marriage between the two that allows me to mount the gps on the side of the gunnel and swivel it wherever i want. Works very well and solid as a rock. I will prob do the same thing with the sounder.
All three companies put little knobs, diff holes & things on their mounts but this is easily fixed with a drill, die grinder & a few well placed stainless bolts.;D
Will post up a few more when i get the chance. The boat's name will be "Shutup & Fish!"
PS - Before some of you say anything ....yeah, yeah, the driver's position is on the wrong side, etc, etc but i'm right handed & have always driven tiller steer that way.::)
Cheers,
Mick.
well it's been a long time between fishing trips for me, 6 months in fact.
This lack of piscatorial activity can be attributed to a few thing such as changing careers, buying a house & moving, building/assembling things for the new house, looking after my part time business, spending heaps of time upgrading my 385 explorer for a mate & then selling it to him and then if i had any spare time, building the new beast. A 4.7mtr Stacer Seahorse with 50hp 4 stroke tiller merc.
Currently wiring up the new baby with a few pics to show you guys as we all love looking inside other people's boats as they are getting built.
Got a few toys i can't wait to try out such as the big livey tank in the forward casting platform, the super bright led nav & stern lights, the downrigger (welded special plates to the rails to mount this sucker), the ripper stainless rod holders with gimbal mount that were only about $35 each, the new Raymarine DS500x colour sounder(not mounted yet), and the new mount for the Garmin 72 gps.
If you look closely at the GPS mount, you will see that i have "modified" the lowrance RAM bracket and the Garmin GPS72 mount to create an unholy marriage between the two that allows me to mount the gps on the side of the gunnel and swivel it wherever i want. Works very well and solid as a rock. I will prob do the same thing with the sounder.
All three companies put little knobs, diff holes & things on their mounts but this is easily fixed with a drill, die grinder & a few well placed stainless bolts.;D
Will post up a few more when i get the chance. The boat's name will be "Shutup & Fish!"
PS - Before some of you say anything ....yeah, yeah, the driver's position is on the wrong side, etc, etc but i'm right handed & have always driven tiller steer that way.::)
Cheers,
Mick.