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bignanny
Stall Holder CAM Lures Joined: 18 Oct 2011 Location: North Qld Status: Offline Points: 1869 |
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Posted: 04 Dec 2016 at 8:39pm |
Here's my new Polycaft. Mercury 4 Stroke Command Thrust, Minn Kota I Pilot, Garmin 95SV sounder. Haven't had time to use it apart from trialing it. 41mph WOT. Cruises nice at 4000rpm. Heaps of room and very comfortable to ride in.
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All my braids gone!
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jebe
Senior Member Joined: 20 Aug 2012 Location: Ballarat Status: Offline Points: 212 |
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NICE!!!!!!
I was looking at these bad boys but couldn't find one in my price range. I'm very jealous, very nice ride. Thanks for sharing Justin |
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Fysshe Salmon
LureLovers.com Fanatic Fysshe Lures Joined: 04 Jan 2011 Location: Taylors Beach Status: Offline Points: 2746 |
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Very nice, like the carpeted areas, not standard features. Should be good as an all round fishing boat..
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steiny
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Very nice outfit Chris!
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cheers steiny
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puglee62
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beautiful boat Chris,be a nice quiet boat to chase Dam Barra but as Fysshe said good allround boat too.love the punisher steering wheel button
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that's no how ye make porridge!
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hypnos
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ripper boat !!! - initially they lacked stowage but were quiet & very stable
cheers bazz
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a wife & a steady job are a handicap to the serious fisherman !!
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horrorhead
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Awesome boat, have always liked the polycraft boats. Like your choice in sounders too, the next step up from my 75SV Garmin. If this sounder would have been on special I would have prefered that - the older you get and more blind you get the more you appreciated bigger screens
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Martin-
you don't havta be pretty to fish |
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hooknose
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Good looking set up Chris, the fish will be nervous !!!
Cheers Steve R !!! |
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MAN I LOVE FISHING ! ! !
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Kimo
Senior Member Joined: 04 Feb 2015 Location: Adelaide Status: Offline Points: 825 |
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Nice boat mate, 1 of the few if not the only boat made that will go straight into servey without modification.
Cheers Kimo |
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Nativeman
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I've always like these polycraft boats,,would love to own one someday. Great Sounder, learn to use the Quick Draw asap, its a game changer. Expect more fish over the side...
Nice colour too |
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Tony
Admin Admin Joined: 09 Nov 2009 Location: Hervey Bay, QLD Status: Offline Points: 6012 |
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Very nice setup Chris.
Big fan of the Polys as well! My last was a Polycraft 530 with suzi DF115, it took on any seas you threw at it with ease. My boat was used to do polycraft's bikini video commercial for the 530, unfortunately I was nowhere near it at the time of the filming. |
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Cheers, Tony
For the love of Fishing Lures. |
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bignanny
Stall Holder CAM Lures Joined: 18 Oct 2011 Location: North Qld Status: Offline Points: 1869 |
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Thanks guys, I did heaps of research before I bought and they've stood the test of time. One thing i didn't like is there is no flat storage space under the front. I cut in some ply under the front, gave it a coat of resin and glued some carpet down and has come up pretty good. Pictured is the Minn Kota battery, tools ect. Safety gear fits down the back. I also picked up this cool fatigue mat for it. Hope you like.
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All my braids gone!
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hypnos
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looks the goods chris - nice one !!!
cheers bazz
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a wife & a steady job are a handicap to the serious fisherman !!
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horrorhead
LureLovers.com Fanatic LureLover of the Year 2020 Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Location: Cooktown qld Status: Offline Points: 14008 |
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Pretty spiffy mate - done well
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Martin-
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Doc
Senior Member Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Location: Port Macquarie Status: Offline Points: 258 |
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Nice!!!!! Love Poly Ethylene boats resently I welded lugs and handles to 2 kayaks for motor mounts and more comfortable to use handles that doubled as tie downs for transport. All the plastic came from a McDonald's play ground that was torn down in a referb
Something that surprises people is P.E is lighter than water not alot lighter but 92% to 95% the weight of water If you are thinking of adding some bits and pieces to your boat think of welding them on rather than bolting them on One word of caution high sustained loads over long periods of time can crack polyethylene as if there was a fault with the plastic so be careful when tightening bolts through P.E. plastic
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horrorhead
LureLovers.com Fanatic LureLover of the Year 2020 Joined: 14 Jun 2011 Location: Cooktown qld Status: Offline Points: 14008 |
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Some very good advice there Doc. I'm lousy at welding plastic - worse then welding metal (and that's sad ) so I would be better off going to somebody who knows what they are doing if and when I get a poly boat.
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Martin-
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Doc
Senior Member Joined: 09 Jan 2013 Location: Port Macquarie Status: Offline Points: 258 |
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Hi Martin
I done the plastic welding course 30yrs ago after finishing my trade waited 20yrs to actually use it for repairing large water tanks and making polycarbonate guards and shields on a canning and jarring line I always wanted to fabricate a polyethylene / polypropylene boat with extrution welders I belive it would be economical and offer advantages of glass and aluminium the only small unknown would be thermal expansion having been involved in injection moulding and toolmaking for the last 10 years I can not come to terms with a bag of granular plastic costs $60 and a sheet of the same material costs $220,,, trust me it's not the transition I know this is a bit off topic but I feeling contrary |
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Pegasus
Member Joined: 19 Jan 2017 Location: Albany Creek Status: Offline Points: 26 |
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Very nice rig- is that a new colour addition? Like it. I think polys are great but I am biased having owned 4.5 and the Brumby 4.8 in the past. Mate had a 5.3 c/c - it was awesome fishing machine. Outboard looks sweet. Congrats. Some good times ahead :)
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