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Out-Station
07-09-2018, 08:27 PM
Its been along haul since i sold the old rig back in March but i can see light at the end of the tunnel, thinking i'll be back on the water by the end of October. Starting to come together in the shed at Riptide and getting into the fun bits now! Main specs

Hard top cuddy full glass with sliders
6.5 point of sheets to transom
2.48 max beam
20 degree to the inside of 150 reverse chine
225 4.2 yammy
350 litres & 50 litres of water
120 litre underfloor fishbox
Centrre line of bunk 1800mm
Full garmin stack (2*7410's, fantom 18 radar and reactor a/p, hw175 and m series tilt through hull trannies)
Zipwake trim system
50 litre waeco on slide
Riptide alloy trailer

Thankyou to all those ausfisho's who have been generous with their info and advice along the way, thanks fellas, and more questions to come. I'll add some more pics as stuff continues to happen. Very exciting!!!


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Any_Weather
07-09-2018, 08:49 PM
Exciting time Out Station. I remember the anticipation when at that same stage.
Are you going hatches in the hardtop or wipers? Also are you lining the underside of the hardtop? Just a couple of points when I built. I put hatches in the roof and have not used them once, I also found them to be a bit ordinary for letting the sun/heat in when travelling for a while. I found on the odd flat day the sliders to be enough. Also on the hardtop lining, Dave lined mine with composite panel which was sika’d up. Looks awesome,however, I just had to destroy it to change an antenna cable. I have used composite panel again but this time screwed it up so I can remove it.
I would recommend wipers. I didn’t and I wish I had of. If it’s ugly and you are trimmed well in, the screen cops a lot of water. Rainex works for a while but on an extended trip it is not enough.
Keep the pics and reports coming. We all love to reminisce

Cheers
Lee


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Smithy
07-09-2018, 09:09 PM
I have Bomar hatches on my hard top. I had a signwriter cover them in 100% blockout white vinyl to match the white everywhere else. I use them a lot and would definately get some.

Shawn 66
08-09-2018, 02:06 PM
Ahh
Boat porn, you can’t beat it.
Please keep the pictures coming as the build continues .
Shawn

ranmar850
08-09-2018, 06:38 PM
+1for the Bomar hatches. Using them a lot, even in winter in the tropics. And the wipers--they didn't work too well to start, as the curve of the blade mounts was wrong and only the ends were touching. Just a quick bend either side of the attachment point with thumb and forefinger, great. Another thing I wouldn't be without on a hardtop.

Out-Station
22-09-2018, 08:41 PM
Cabs on, dash next, fiddly bits and the trailer after that.

Out-Station
12-10-2018, 09:47 PM
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Looking forward to getting iy home sometime next week once the trailer is finished and the glass is in. I'll fit all the appliances in my shed and then off to the electrical fitter afret that to do cableing and terminations.

Chimo
13-10-2018, 07:39 AM
That hardtop won't wobble!
How long is it?

rtp1984
27-10-2018, 07:20 AM
Looking good mate.
Did you keep your high speed winch off the old boat, or are you going to his a new one?

cheers
Rob

Out-Station
29-10-2018, 08:05 PM
Evening all, bit of an update, got it home into my shed friday week ago, spent last week putting the majority of the devices and hardware in. Dropped it back in Brissy this morning to ADL to do the cabling, network and terminations. Booked in at Wynum for some horses today week and thne home for the finals (floors etc) after that. Should be on the water by the end of November all going well hopefully. So keen to get it in the drink and see how it performs.

Chimo, 6.5 from motor plate to point of sheets, 2.48 beam.
Rob, I kepth the old one and rebuilt it onto a new winch on the 10:1 shaft versus the old one being on the 5. If it doesnt cut it ill get one of those Runva 4wd competion jobies.

Ill post a pis or 2 when my internet comes good

Scott

Out-Station
01-11-2018, 08:39 PM
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Couple shots from last weekend, i'm picking it up from ADL tomorrow so electrics pretty much done now.

BigE
02-11-2018, 07:58 AM
aahhh sweet boat porn

love the transom hatches and double side pockets ,,, smashin the fishing layout well done

any thought of spotlockin? bit pricey but those who have dont seem to have any regrets.

BigE

Out-Station
02-11-2018, 10:19 PM
BigE, nah, only spotlockin for me will be with a sarca 3 on freefall!! I've gone pretty hard on the spec and you gotta stop somewhere. Picked it up today, ADL did a nice tidy job on the elctrical so that was great, back to brissy on monday moring for the 4.2 yammy and home after that, couple of weekends work in the shed and i should be good to go.

Yep, i think the layout should be good, been trying to store stuff close to where you use it hence all the transom cabbinets and shelves. I've got a 120L fisfhbox under the floor running up between the seats so plan is to leave the above deck box at home for the familly trips.Got a bait cooler under the bait board, filling in that space under the bait board and making use of it was a good move i think, also allowed me to lower the baitboard height to a standard kitchen bench height since i didnt need to have clearance for a hatch lid on the gunnel. Havent got it done yet but i'll get dave to make me a second centre cabbinet door that has a full length ub incorporated onto the front of it as an above deck kill tank, drain it out beside the scuppers through a tap on the bottom of the tub, flush it out with the deck wash.

To many ideas, i gotta stop thinking and go fishing as i'll send myself broke!

Out-Station
05-01-2019, 09:07 PM
Evening all, a few pice of the finehed product, pretty much all done now, just the hull liner upholsterey stuff to do. Gave her a few runs down at South West Rocks over xmas, seems to go great, 4.2 yammy is a weapon, think i may give it a go one hole up for the sake of fine tuning. All in all really happy with it and as always Dave and team Riptide have been awsome.

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catshark
06-01-2019, 09:00 PM
great effort, looks a serious machine, like the name of the boat too, whats the flooring?, looks a cork/synthetic material .

catshark
06-01-2019, 09:03 PM
On the water the other day , i saw a plate boat very similiar to your hull shape and was amazed how it was cutting the swell so fine.

The Mad Cat
13-01-2019, 06:23 PM
Nice boat Out Station,
Can you give an opinion of the Reactor auto pilot.
Which model did you end up with and have you tried it at trolling speed.

TMC

Out-Station
13-01-2019, 08:23 PM
TMC, its just the small one compact reactor with the 1L pump with the gh something control head all networked with the rest of the outfir. Originlly i put the heading sensor in the wrong way around so after a month of driving around backwards i got around to turning it around and i ran all the various calibrations up at somerset last weekend and did some driving around with it. All i can say that there was nothing that came up out of those couple of hourse to say to me a have the wrong unit. Seemed to work pretty well at all speeds including idle. I talked to quite a few people given i was new to AP's and the feedback on these baselines units was good for what they are, i'm guessing pump size is small which may limit it but there is a heap of them out there doing the job by all reports. Raymarine was the other unit that seemed to pop up as well.

Scott

Out-Station
13-01-2019, 08:29 PM
Catshark, sorry, missed your question. Floor material is is regupol, essentially a 3mm rubber matt type material. Great for non slip and cleanliness etc, loving it so far, only drawback it has is its weight being rubber (about 35Kg's of floor material in this rig).
Scott

scottar
13-01-2019, 09:21 PM
TMC, its just the small one compact reactor with the 1L pump with the gh something control head all networked with the rest of the outfir. Originlly i put the heading sensor in the wrong way around so after a month of driving around backwards i got around to turning it around and i ran all the various calibrations up at somerset last weekend and did some driving around with it. All i can say that there was nothing that came up out of those couple of hourse to say to me a have the wrong unit. Seemed to work pretty well at all speeds including idle. I talked to quite a few people given i was new to AP's and the feedback on these baselines units was good for what they are, i'm guessing pump size is small which may limit it but there is a heap of them out there doing the job by all reports. Raymarine was the other unit that seemed to pop up as well.

Scott

One litre pump is more than adequate for 99.9 % of trailer boats. Going to the bigger pump and having too much flow can cause just as many issues as not having enough. Due to the extremely directional nature of outboard steering, you would need very large steering rams for the 2 litre pump to be a requirement.

ranmar850
14-01-2019, 11:10 AM
+1 for the Raymarine unit. I have the EV-100 unit with the p70Rs control head. This has a knob for course adjustments, invaluable. I know you can run them straight off your MFD's, but having that control mounted where it falls naturally to hand is gold. i'm constantly blown away by how good this thing is, without the need for a rudder feedback unit. I have long history with autopilots on larger boats, and always missed them on a trailer boat. I can run across a gnarly, unpredictable beam sea, tide running against wind, at 20 knots, and just leave the pilot on. One hand on the throttle, if a situation looks like developing, just a tiny tad of throttle off, then restore as you hit the bottom of the hole. Best $2k-odd you can spend on a trailer boat,after you have the basics, IMO.

Smithy
16-01-2019, 03:19 PM
Like you Ranmar, love my Raymarine pilot. No RFU which was the bug bear of my TMQ and what bought on getting the Raymarine. One of the best heading sensors in the industry lets it get by without the RFU.

Lovey80
16-01-2019, 09:58 PM
Love the name of th boat. Being an ex military engineer I was considering using it for the name of my next boat. Holdfast is the nickname given to Engineers on the radio.

Out-Station
17-01-2019, 09:18 PM
Lovey, thanks and i didn't know that about the term, i came up with "hold fast" before even started the boat, i near called it something else a few months back when on facebook one night i saw a shipyard in WA had just launched a 100 odd foot cray boat called "hold fast". But then i figured being a nautical tye term there would be a few other hold fasts out there so got over it. I didn't want recycle "Out-Station" which was the old rig. Cheers.