new boat

[jarrod_geelong]

heres a link to my boat and my first boat apart from a small tinny i just picked up last week took her out for a testrun on friday with 3adults doesnt seem to like the choppy weather we were sitting on a slow pace of 15-20 knots too fast too slow not sure? any comments would be great?
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[gr hilly]

welcome to Ausfish mate what make is your new boat and what size motor mate .
Hilly

[Jarrah Jack]

Not a lot of deadrise or V in the bottom so she is gunna bang no worries about that. Its just a matter of sitting on a speed that you feel comfortable with and your fillings can handle. Just don't be in a rush.

You can tilt the motor out a bit to lift the bow up when going with the wind and the opposite when going into the wind/waves. Just spend some time playing around with the speed and tilt until you get the hang of it. Every boat is different. A pressed tinnie, such as yours, doesn't like too much punishment but neither do most crew.

[Gon Fishun]

Very nice. I 'll bet your a proud man. Play around with your trim tilt while under way in various conditions.

[jarrod_geelong]

more details sorry about that
stacer searay 5.25 mid 1990s with a 2009 90hp evinrude on the back with a 75lt fuel tank that had around 30lts in it marine battery at the stern the 3 adults up the bow theres nothing but the life jackets and the anchor, very choppy in the bay today going into the head wind
yes i think it just is time in the seat getting to know the boat and diffrent conditions. i will be back out tomorrow having a play round with it
thanks for the comments guys its a big help
Jarrod

[Chimo]

Hi jarrod

Congrats on the boat.

A mate had one and I found the best thing to do in it was to sit at the very back as thats the softest ride in any sort of chop.

Teach one of your mates to drive and get him to do it all the time while you travel. Never let him try travelling down the back or you will have to drive from then on!

Good little boat if you keep your speeds down really slow unless its flat. At least yours has some extra weight up front with the cuddy cabin so that will help a bit.

Enjoy

Cheers
Chimo

[LoungeLizard]

Congrats with the boat. Hope you'll have lots of fun!

Yeah tinnies don't like chop much and as said a flatish bottom will bang a bit in any boat. Good thing is they are more stable at rest. In bad conditions you'll have to slow down (<15 knots) and play around with the trim. It's a learning curve. Just take it easy and remember - when in doubt, don't go out!

[FNQCairns]

Yeah as above that's just the way it is, hence those that move up in length and then need to put up with the inconvenience and cost of owning a big enough boat that can iron out the waves somewhat.....and even then they will still bump if they go too fast.....QEII for reefboat of the year anyone:)

[Jarrah Jack]

Jarrod You've got plenty of power there so I guess you're itching to see how it goes with lots of throttle.;D Its a good hull the earlier stacers and will be a good bay boat. Not worth fishing if its over 15 knots out there ,although in Corio bay you could find some shelter easier than out in PPB.

Set your sights on a big snapper and you will pick up other fish while your trying. Corio bay is the place in winter. You never know when a big red is gunna grab the bait. Just do your homework on rigs and presentation. Lots of snapper are caught on the humble pillie.

[jarrod_geelong]

Well I did end up getting the boat out on Monday from limeburners boat ramp and well it was a wet start to what was a nice day as I was only going out for a look round the bay. I Had the missus on the rope as I backed her nice an easy jumped out unhitched her off she went nice an easy in to the water so I pArked the car got back to the boat cranked her over as it fired with ease I was telling the missus what a great buy I got so Id let her warm up then off we went I was thinking gee the bows sitting up high as I turned the bilge pump on an asked Sarah is there any water coming out of the hose she screams back that fuel tanks just about floating. Next stop back to the boat ramp then I stripper off an jumped in to put the bungs in.haha an spent the next 20 mins waiting for the water to pump out. Now who hasn't done this I've done it once before in a ski boat an Tinny an just speed up to let it drain out but she was way to full. As the boat does not have a name as yet I'd like some ideas a funny name that relates to bungs

[Steeler]

Saturation Point or Gee Bung !

Just a couple to mull over.

Cheers

Steeler

[Jarrah Jack]

Bungered....

[LoungeLizard]

How about "Don't Forget The Bung" in nice big letters on the side to remind you :D

[jarrod_geelong]

yeah we were thinking of a sticker on the navman cover haha

[Angla]

BUNGIDIN. a take on Gungadin. Maybe one day it will save you. Also a water-bearer, so does relate.

Quote from wikipedia
"Gunga Din" (1892) is one of Rudyard Kipling (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudyard_Kipling)'s most famous poems (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Poem), perhaps best known for its often-quoted last stanza, "Tho' I've belted you and flayed you, By the livin' Gawd that made you, You're a better man than I am, Gunga Din!" The poem is a rhyming narrative from the point of view of a British soldier, about a native water-bearer (a "bhisti") who saves the soldier's life but dies himself. Like several others among Kipling's poems, it celebrates the virtues of a non-European while revealing the racism (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Racism) of a colonial infantryman who views such people as being of a "lower order". But the last line in particular suggests a deep-down unease of conscience about these racial feelings, both in the depicted soldier and in Kipling himself. The poem was published as one of the set of martial poems called the Barrack-Room Ballads (http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Barrack-Room_Ballads).

Cheers
Chris