My First Boat Options

[NetPez]

Firstboat i fished in was a 12ft dehavlin car topper with a 5 1/2 hp johnson
fished the maclay at SW rocks and the Hacking

[Spudly]

Well Here ya's are, a few pics of her...

As she was when we picked her up!





Doing what you do in boats, just out enjoying ourselves. Pulled up at a beach in sussix inlet having a swim.





The Veiw from the fishing Deck...





The front end, Bed up front for the missus, Navman 6500 trackfish, still trying to work it out, need a card and for some reason it does not get water temp reading..





Plumbed live bait tank, has a rear pickup with pump and also another pump/airator inside the tank, both run together. Not sure why or if both are needed?





The Business end.. Fires up first go everytime, sits on 50km at 4000rpm very nicly, max speed at 5500 rpm around 70-75km.

[kkw]

Love the boat, the Chad. Nice quiet spot at Sussex. Had it all to yourselves, I see.

[Fed]

That's a ripper of a boat Rumpus I bet you're one happy chappy.

I'll have to hide this thread from Denise otherwise I might have to open my wallet up & let a lifetimes worth of moths fly out.

It looks like brand new and the fit out looks like it's been done properly too.

You should be able to give Jumpy a run for his money against his big green dog dish.

Well done mate, bring on the Marlin.

[Spudly]

Too right Mr Fed, I am a very happy chappy....
She is in great nic, everything is very neat in her, all the wiring is good and work on the boat has been done properly.

One of my pet hates is underpowered boats and every other Haines 540 we seen had a 90 or 115 on it where this had the 130 so she really gets up and going.

Still trying to fgure out the GPS/Sonar system but slowly working it out, Its a navman 6500 and I havnt used one before.

You should be able to give Jumpy a run for his money against his big green dog dish.

Without a doubt is faster and handles better than the dog dish, much quieter and smoother ride.. Dont need to wear earplugs in this one. ;)

[quintrex101]

Nice boat Chad, i love Haines, great looking boats, the only thing i would hate is to be paying the fuel bill for her, how goes she go on the juice ?


Heres my first boat, thanks to my dad


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[Fed]

As you said earlier it's a little bit of a strange setup with the second pump inside the live bait tank but that's the only weird thing I can see, maybe the PO just didn't get it.

Does it have a planing plank to go with the variable deadrise?

I've seen 37Knots with a 90HP and I think our hulls would be close to the same LOA, The Seafarer is 5.2M with a blunted off bow & no bowsprit but the Haines would be a deeper V and be much happier with the 130HP on it. 75KPH is plenty fast enough for anyone.

Are you going to try it without the foil I would if I was you, mine came with an underpowered 70HP and a foil so I took it off and it made no difference at all.

I've had my furuno GPS for 10 years and still can't figure it out, it's menu system was written by a lunatic. I think if I played with it a bit more it would get easier.

Without a doubt is faster and handles better than the dog dish, much quieter and smoother ride.. Dont need to wear earplugs in this one. ;)

You bastard there's coffee running out of my nose now.

[Jumpus GooDarus]

It's a bloody mexicans boat spud
Ewe should go down to victoria where they'll believe the nonsense you're saying

How's your mild steel swnder heard they're standard with that model

oh yeah you'll need to get an electric winch so ewe can hang yourself & dont 4get the rocket jumpers

[Spudly]

I've seen 37Knots with a 90HP and I think our hulls would be close to the same LOA, The Seafarer is 5.2M the with a blunted off bow & no bowsprit but the Haines would be a deeper V and be much happier with the 130HP on it. 75KPH is plenty fast enough for anyone.

I read an article about new hull when it came out (mine) and they changed a few things manly the Variable dead rise. They say other than better handling of the chop that it will do with a 90 what the old boat did with a 100.. The test boat in the review had a 90 on it.. Im not one to believe reviews to much as i think they are oftern biased but im also biased atm so since this review gives my boat a great wrap then i recon its a great review..

I have changed the GPS SOG to read knots now as the yammy speedo reads in KMS, so ill get a true speed reading in kt's next time im out.

Are you going to try it without the foil I would if I was you, mine came with an underpowered 70HP and a foil so I took it off and it made no difference at all.

Yea, i did think about it before taking it for a run but it handles really nicely... Better than other boats ive been in ;) ....
Maybe one day ill rip it off and go for a run but ya know the saying, if it ain't broke... curiosity will get the better of me one day...

[Spudly]

http://www.marinews.com/boating/boat-test/...shing-boat/255/

if anyone is interested in the reveiw?

[Fed]

That's a pretty good review mate even the 90HP would be livable at a pinch.
Hey POLY, this is what you should get.

[nimrod]

Rumpus. I have 4 sale if you are at all interested a Cmap that covers the east coast from
AUC219 Port Macdonnell To Prin. Charlotte Bay $362.10 RRP that is port macdonnell SA to Princess charlotte bay north qld.
It is a used map but is OK it's yours for $100 if you want it.
I got it when I went up to n qld but never used it. My other one only goes from eden to central coast which is the area I fish, so I don't use the east coast one.

Ps get rid of that pump in the LBT it will only get in the way when you're trying to catch a livie to put on the hook, and you will stress the livies out too much chasing them around.

This post has been edited by nimrod: Jan 10 2012, 04:49 PM

[Spudly]

double post... opps!

[Spudly]

is that a NT + card or something?

Yea, I cant figure out why the 2 pumps, if the stern pump is running it will be airating the tank itself without the other running. and if the tank pump was on its own switch you could run it just to airate the tank without pumping fresh water but why would you do that? I might possibly move it and turn it into a deck wash on its own switch, but for now im just gonna get out and enjoy it as it is and when i sus it all out ill start making changes...

[Fed]

Does the pump on the transom have a pickup scoop on it if not it won't pump when you're on the plane and the guy might have put the one inside the tank to try & keep the water aerated.

[Fed]

Forget that I just spied the scoop in the first pic.

[nimrod]

It's an N T + card. Pump won't supply enough water pressure to be any use as a deck wash, a bucket would do the same job.

[Spudly]

Cool, frank, do you know what the details on the maps are like, ive seen some recently that didnt show contours.. didnt even show middle ground in JB.. Was on a rough noisy plate boat that leant to a side admittedly so cant expect to much, but id like maps that show the ocean floor contours..

[Jumpus GooDarus]

AUC219 Port Macdonnell To Prin. Charlotte Bay

That'll suit the mashed potato just fine frank

He's only got 1/2 a boat so 1/2 a card is all he needs

[kkw]

I gave a bloke a copy of Magellan Blue Nav, which shows contours etc. Shows middle ground in JB. He mustn't be using it on lopsided plate.