Thread: Show us your boat

Originally Posted by Padox

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Good ole Moeraki

What would give that away haha

Originally Posted by time out

I have had a few health problems – prostate, hip and hernia - so two years since the Tristram has been in the water – I have been working through a few issues before getting a WOF next week
The mechanic told me at last WOF check, that one of the four hubs was a bit noisy – so I decided to change it – a braked disk, so not easy to get the wheel off – and back on. I knocked the bearing shells out of the noisy hub but could not whack the new shell back in the hub – I took it up to the garage and the mechanic had to use a press to get it back in. So wheel back on the trailer and decided to pump up the bearing buddies – the one on the failed bearing would not move. Cleaned it out and pumped air through it – but blocked solid. Probably been blocked for years so while I thought it was full of grease – it was empty. About $6 for a new grease nipple – and all good.
I changed the battery switches so I could operate the motor hydraulics and the top fell off the switch – checked all three switches and they all fell apart – 2003 boat so I guess plastic fails with old age. They put a lot off gear in the rear end of a 5.8m boat – two batteries, bilge pump, oil pump etc – so a bit of a mission to replace the battery switches – thank goodness they come as an assembled set. So, if your boat is getting older – maybe it’s a good time to push, pull and flick the heads of the switches.
Next thing was to start the motors – 150HP and 8HP Yamaha. The hand prime pump on the 150 was rock solid so I couldn’t get the fuel through to the filter glass on the motor – but electric start and the motor started fine. The hand pump on the 8HP worked fine and after a lot of hand pulls – I finally got the motor to start. A new hand primer for the 150 was about $30 and simple to fit.
I have removed the bulk of the old petrol from the underfloor tank using a suck it and see syphon through a small diameter plastic tube – and fortunately, didn’t get a mouthful of fuel. The lawnmower doesn’t seem to mind the old fuel, mixed and non-mixed.
So just about ready to go fishing again.


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Hewy TO, they had a bad batch of plastic casings, the switches would break free & stop working. Had all ours replaced under warranty a few years back.

Been neglecting the old girl a bit so spent the last couple weekends in Te Anau giving her a tidy up and ready for summer. Hoping to get away for a couple of weeks late Jan

I see the blue bird excluder is working well...no more duckshit lol

Originally Posted by Ryan_Songhurst

Been neglecting the old girl a bit so spent the last couple weekends in Te Anau giving her a tidy up and ready for summer. Hoping to get away for a couple of weeks late Jan
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If u need help sing out haha

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Originally Posted by JoshC

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That's a cool pic. Awesome.

The boat project is on pause until the time and financial budgets align again. Off to my parents place for storage in the mean time.
At least I have more room in the garage now

2001 5.5 workmate is our pride and joy. We got a 100BF Honda 2025 was our Christmas present to ourselves! Changed the boat 100%! We are slowly doing wee bits to make her perfect.. gets a lot of use in our house. Coromandel mainly. Te Kouma last weekend for 3 days, today the Mrs and her mates are game fishing on it out Raglan.... fingers crossed we have Marlin or Tuna will be in the smoker by Sunday!

Got this a couple of days before Christmas 2024.
2006 Barchetta 502XC Deluxe. Made in Timaru. Not a well known brand but has good reviews https://powerboatmagazine.co.nz/barchetta-502ec/
It seems to handle like a bit bigger boat.
Mainly used in Pelorus Sound, Marlborough. Our first sea boat and first outboard (owned 4 V8s, 2x jet, 2x direct drive ski boats).
We're second owner. 2006 Yamaha 2 stroke, 115hp saltwater series. Now at 200 hours. Rapt with it so far, except for fuel thirstiness. 30L/hr. My V8's used less! LOL.
Added a bimini ($400) and put in a Lowrance HDS7 Gen 2 colour fish finder chart plotter with NZ maps ($200 from FB marketplace).

I've posted before, but coming up to three years of ownership now. Happy with the choice of boat, no regrets.

I've had my Frewza F18 now for about 2 years, couldn't be more happy. Great stability, amazing fuel economy and more than enough space for diving gear, camping gear ect.

Originally Posted by MB

I've posted before, but coming up to three years of ownership now. Happy with the choice of boat, no regrets.

Nice setup, what make? Umming and ahhing between a cc and a hardtop for the next boat, thinking about cc with decent clears setup would be a solid compromise