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trainspotter said:
Think pond pump for you requirements.
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Thanks TS for getting back to me with very helpful knowledge. I have the toon parked out the front of my house, no dramas towing (3.7m height) it from Caloundra and quite a specticle in the street. Will put a couple of coats of antifoul on it during the week, have an auto electrician check it out and probably put it in the water to test the motor. Whitworth have a special on an decent electric toilet with macerator so will buy that, set up a gas system for the water heater/fridge/BBQ and source a solar panel and battery pack for the lights/music/TV/PC/water pump/anchor winch/(seadoo davit?)...

Thinking about custom water/holding/fuel tanks underneath, any suggestions on builders? Have I forgotten anything?

I know it is not a real boat, but still want a bit of fun for the first half of summer, and bought it well. If it's not the right vessel for me, I will sell it mid summer, maybe even make a quid...
 
Sounds like you have it sussed to me. Get a few quotes from shipwrights as they can vary widely for fuel tanks especially. Dunno about the legal side of things for modifications for licenced pleaure boats in QLD? You might have to talk to someone in the Guvmnt dept. who handles this stuff first prior to modifications. Could effect insurance, load carrying capacity (people) stability etc. Mate ... there is nothing wrong with a 32 foot pontoon !! Lotsa fun to be had there for sure !! Happy boating and smooth seas.
 
I recently bought this baby.

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First boat and I love it!!
 
Very nice boat there Knocker, I bet she is shmick inside.

Any pics of the main cabin interior? Looks like heaps of room and a **** load of fun! :)

PS: Thanks again TS, will keep you posted on the progress...
 
Gundini said:
Very nice boat there Knocker, I bet she is shmick inside.

Any pics of the main cabin interior? Looks like heaps of room and a **** load of fun! :)

PS: Thanks again TS, will keep you posted on the progress...
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No worries. Bit heavy on juice though. Has twin volvo diesels, cruises at 24 top of 30. And yes its great fun!! Once oit of the marina its cruises really well. I'm hoping to do a bit of fishing as well.
 
She is a BEAUTY knocker !! Real classy stuff there brother ! Wouldn't want to spill the red wine over the cream lounge ! LOL. Just superb looking craft as well ... I just love the look of this kind of boat, real Miami Vice looking bit of gear. I call them "CC's", short for Cocaine Carriers as they were the boat of preference for the drug lords shipping the white powder into USA for a while there. LMAO. Fast and able to carry a coupla tonne in all the secret compartments they have. Get out there and enjoy mother nature on the briny. ;)
 
kennas said:
Looks like a photo copied from the net.

Care to put your mug in the photo. :cautious:

Will have to wait 3 days at least though...
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LOLOL Kennas ... Shaved ice, 2 fingers of gin, 1 finger of Vodka, 1 finger of Cointreau, top up with pinepple juice. "Awesome Sunset" This will make him talk !
 

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C'mon knocker ... got any photos of your good self on board your boat? Looks a beauty ! The sounder is littered with fish on my boat and the result is evident with the Coral Trout on board.
 

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Took a 3% hit on my portfolio today so I thought I would talk about boating.

After the 3rd attempt, we finally got the boat in the water about 3 weeks ago. Ironically, we used the Breaky Creek ramp on a very high tide and she drifted off the trailer.

We took her up the river towards the city and messed around a little, then put her to bed at Dockside Marina.

Must say I was quite impressed on the un-named boats (Any suggestions?) performance, considering it weighs around 2.5 ton.

Last week I grabbed the best sort I could find, and we headed for the mouth of the river. It was a windy day and there was quite alot of windage from the centre cabin but the vessel still motored around 12 knots at 4000 revs which I was quite pleased with. Stopped at Rivergate and filled up with fuel. It was so rough it took a while as the fuel nozzle kept on cutting as the boat went side to side in the water. We punched it up to 15 knots when conditions suited, and that was about the limit, but I could sense the better economy at 4000 revs. The swell was running about 1.5 to 2 metres, and we coped a boat load of the river if I didn't time it well, but she was very sound and on a better day we would have headed straight through the mouth. We decided to duck into the calm water near the Lytton bridge, anchor, and have a beve... We were not the only ones, nearly everyone turned back that day.

That was pretty well enough for the first test, she fits under the Lytton bridge, which is an amazing bonus, ran at about 12 litres per hour, and everything worked as it should. The pontoons were very impressive, and only half a metre draft, so could pull in anywhere and go anywhere.

Since then I have been doing some tinkering and thinking, planing for the summer. Going to start moving on the excellent advice from this post (thankyou guys), do some refurb, and hopefully catch up with a couple of you on the water!

Next week I might attempt the Gold Coast sojorn. Probably take me the best part of a day, but I'll have my son with me and we might do some fishing.

A guy at the marina recons I could get to Moreton on a South Easterly running under 10 knots. He recons its a piece of cake especially if you can get under the Lytton bridge. I'll give it a go one of these days.

Anyway, will update as it unfolds, cheers Gundini :)
 
I can't believe you had to launch at the Breakfast Creek boat ramp !!! What a sheer coincidence !! Fantastic to hear that it all went well Gundini. :D
 
Thanks mate, yes the Breaky Creek ramp is great at full tide. Must admit we had the 4wd back wheels half mast in the water, but once she floated all was good. Bit scary going under the Breaky Creek Bridge first time but was sweet.

That's a fine fish you have a couple of posts back Train, haha you look like you were enjoing it too cheers :)
 
Really pleased for you Gundini ! I am still giggling about the BC launch ! Serendipity I think they call that. Am still thinking about getting over to QLD to traverse the waterways again. Pearling has started here so full on cleaning shell at the moment. Would probably be cheaper for me to hire something over there than try and put car and boat on train or attempt to drive over !! ;)
 

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Now that is a catch! You obviously are not deficient in Omega 3's.

Can you seriously put your boat and car on a train? How do you do that? If you can, I can hahaha.... Should be some fun going through the tunnels. Your boat is higher than mine I think, 3.7 metres on a trailer.

Talking about serendipity, cant wait for the looks when I get the sucker moored behind the wrecks at Tanga. Only one problem, might never get home!

Surely, that is not as bad as it sounds...:cool:
 
Now this is a catch ! I can't see why it is not possible to put boat on train? Not too many tunnels between Perth and Brisvegas I am aware of? I have honestly not measured the height of the boat on the trailer. Might be something in this but like I said it would be easier just to hire a vessel over there and fly over perhaps?
 

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