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    know nothing but got me a boat

    gday wise peoples

    been reading for a fair while on this site about hulls and motors and all the ins and outs of most things , "thats alot of reading ", being new to this sport other then a small river tinny , im pretty green , but went ahead and got myself a "yalta craft 189 ODESSA"

    took her out for a spin the other day ," noosa harbour plenty of people first launch no pressure!!" and was pretty happy with the purchase , rides nice enough power looks good IMO , nice and roomy, good storage plus a nice cabin , i read a few customer reviews on these Yaltas and most were very happy as am I

    specs

    5.2 mt
    150 under floor tank
    115 yammy 2 stroke
    lowrence colour plotter ,gps
    lowrence finder
    rocket launchers
    bait board
    duel battery
    much more to come

    im on the sunshine coast and look forward to being a part of this community maybe meeting and greeting and learning more from the salty sea dogs of AUSFISH...a great wealth of knowledge here thats forshore ,

    a few pics of my yet to be named Yalta
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    Re: know nothing but got me a boat

    Welcome aboard Donk.
    Nice looking boat you have there, hope you christen it and keep it bathed in fish scales and stuff.
    Jack.

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    Looks nice Donk. It's a boat with a great rep... You should have a lot of fun in it.

    One thing I noticed.... if it was me I would be relocating the white all round light... Perhaps to the Bimini top? I think as it stands it will be in a bad spot for night vision.

    You may have seen this thread but in case you haven't.... Here's some things to avoid...

    http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/showpost.php?p=1374465

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    Re: know nothing but got me a boat

    Quote Originally Posted by WalrusLike View Post
    Looks nice Donk. It's a boat with a great rep... You should have a lot of fun in it.

    One thing I noticed.... if it was me I would be relocating the white all round light... Perhaps to the Bimini top? I think as it stands it will be in a bad spot for night vision.

    You may have seen this thread but in case you haven't.... Here's some things to avoid...

    http://www.ausfish.com.au/vforum/showpost.php?p=1374465
    yeah walrus , the light annoys me in that spot now and i havn't even driven at night ! i did catch that thread a while back , so i thought id launch the boat without the bungs in first time to be defiant "idiot" oh well live and learn , never again

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    Re: know nothing but got me a boat

    And the all round light is not legal where it is unless you lengthen the pole so the light is above the bimini. Have a look at Boatboy50 's picture of his done up rig that was on here in the last few days.

    Cheers
    Chimo
    What could go wrong.......................

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    Re: know nothing but got me a boat

    Welcome aboard Donk.

    Nice looking boat you have there.
    Cheers, Doug.
    Love to use Preditek or Kingfisher lures or Viva Lures when I am out fishing.

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    Re: know nothing but got me a boat

    thx for the info CHIMO , knowing that its no legal where it sits, gives me even more reason to move it up top .

    Cheers

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    Red face Re: know nothing but got me a boat

    Hi Donk, nice rig mate.my first boat was a 29 ft stern drive petrol with crappy cable steering and very shallow deadrise and very high sided, absolute nightmare to manouvre in more than a light breeze. What was I thinking

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    Re: know nothing but got me a boat

    mines was enough to handle in the high wind on the ramp , i couldn't imagine something as big as that patfink , that would scare me ..haha .

    ive decided on a name for her and it's going to be called "mullet gut " not sure there would be to many mullet guts floating round out there , so going with that , should get a few laughs id recon !

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    Re: know nothing but got me a boat

    hey donk and welcome to ausfish.

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    Re: know nothing but got me a boat

    Thats a cracker of a first boat how much did u pay if u dont mind me asking

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    Re: know nothing but got me a boat

    PM sent brock

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