Building of the new Riptide platey **it finally floats**

[disorderly]

Man, After all that work I'd hate to be the first bloke to drag an anchor up the side.
Bloody beautiful and practical fishing boat though, mate.

[Reefmaster]

shes coming along great greg what will you be towing it to fraser with this yeah, i bet she will be heavy in the sand

We will be towing it to Fraser with foxys new Landcruiser V8 turbo diesel ute. Should do the job really well

[Reefmaster]

Now people can get some idea of why these things cost so much!

Looks luverley!

Kevin

Kevin your dead right. Most painters want $10,000 to paint a platey that size so you can see why the overall boat package can soon blow out in price. Best to leave it Alloy and Nylac it.

[Briz]

Thanks for the details re: the painting process - it will certainly look fantastic when finished! Well done Greg.
Briz

[skipalong]

awesome what colour did you decide on or is that still yet to be made

[Greg P]

I cant believe you painted that bollard

[rando]

Wow
Beautiful!!!.
Can't wait to see the finish.

[dfox]

Man, After all that work I'd hate to be the first bloke to drag an anchor up the side.

Hope that its not me scott Im sure looking forward to seeing some paint go on tomorrow ! ... foxy

[dfox]

I cant believe you painted that bollard

Greg , you'll be happy to know that theyve been safely covered to protect them from over spray ... foxy

[skipalong]

cant lose the bling

[lippa]

looking shit hot mate!
cant wait to see the colour, you still doing the same scheme?

cheers

lippa

[seawasp6666]

Hi Reefmaster what is nylac Thanks

[Reefmaster]

Sorry guys been flat out. The boats getting there and I will try get some pics of it this weekend for an update. I have a few pics I will post of paint and alloy trailer.
The paint came up very well and should look a treat with some stripes and lettering.

Seawasp- Nylac is a clear coating that is spraying on over bare alloy to stop oxidisation and can be easily repaired.






It has plenty of large metallic in it




Alloy Trailer - Sweeeeeeettt
Its made from Structural grade alloy (same as what the boats are made from)
and is 11mm thick, 250mm C channel. Estimated weight around 750kg opposed to over 1000kg of a similar sized gal steel one.







Will get some more pics this weekend

Regards,
Greg

[Greg P]

Where are the flames, fluffy dice and squirrel tails



Looks fantastic Greg

[Reefmaster]

Where are the flames, fluffy dice and squirrel tails



Looks fantastic Greg

I will leave the flames to Rhys and the fluffy dice and squirrel tail is just so not cool