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by cobby
Sun Jan 19, 2020 7:20 pm
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Re: Reel Recommendations

Spot on with the plastics, you rekon the fk would balance better than the c14+ on a 7'2 catana? Easy solved when you go to the shop grab a 72 catana try the ci4 on it then the fk/fl the daiwa emeraldas squid rod i use the ci4+ is a very light rod much lighter than the catana i bought a catana rod w...
by cobby
Mon Jan 20, 2020 8:43 pm
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Re: Done Some research...

Cant help with build quality, coke cans aint normally my thing. But... Stacer, Savage and Quintrex are all Telwater brands. Build is much of a muchness between the 3, actual hull design is where the 3 differ with Savage being the most basic and budget. Stacer the midrange with moderate flares, varia...
by cobby
Mon Jan 20, 2020 11:33 pm
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Re: Done Some research...

Cant help with build quality, coke cans aint normally my thing. But... Stacer, Savage and Quintrex are all Telwater brands. Build is much of a muchness between the 3, actual hull design is where the 3 differ with Savage being the most basic and budget. Stacer the midrange with moderate flares, vari...
by cobby
Wed Jan 29, 2020 8:09 pm
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Re: Tuna at the rip.

Head out, aim south west, look around 40m.

Or just look for the 300 boats that have been out there each day since Saturday
by cobby
Sat Feb 01, 2020 7:23 pm
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Re: Used boat recomendation 5 to 5.8 mt range

If you don't want a rebuilder in the future forget glass, especially anything beginning with H, C or S. They all eventually need a rebuild. Alison Fisherman 175 or 189. Caribbean Concorde (5.5m) or Intruder (5.8m). Cruise Craft 550 Outsider. Edencraft 565. It's the original Haines Hunter 565L hull f...
by cobby
Mon Feb 03, 2020 3:17 pm
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Re: Used boat recomendation 5 to 5.8 mt range

Coosa board is a composite material. It's like an ultra high density foam. Thermolite is a similar material. Most new boats are still wood. It's really only your 'boutique' builders using composites like Cootacraft etc. Haines group do give you the option of using composites at a higher cost in thei...
by cobby
Fri Nov 08, 2019 9:13 pm
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Re: Penn ‘PPB’ snapper special rods

After years of not having the right gear for ppb snaps. Either too heavy or too light I bought a spread of the old school southern snappers. Blue with white tips. Got em cheaper than that. The original Gary Marsh built Challenge Southern Snapper had red bindings. The blue bindings were the shorter ...
by cobby
Thu Feb 13, 2020 1:03 pm
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Re: Keeping Carrum a manned boat ramp

Traffic/Car Park management is the biggest problem at Carrum during peak times. The Launching Way operators have been providing the solution to this up until now. If the overflow parking was reconfigured as a permanent part of the facility and access in and out addressed somehow, there may be an ar...
by cobby
Mon Feb 17, 2020 8:54 pm
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Re: End of an Australian icon

Chevrolet is dying too... announced Thailand closure in the same article. Damn. What are bogans going to stick on their commodores now? I know Holden is part of GMC, but never understood the whole Chevy badge on a holden thing? Is there a point to it other than the affiliation between the two? The ...
by cobby
Fri Feb 21, 2020 8:05 pm
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Re: Bertram 63' gets slammed crossing the bar during the 2020 Port Stephens

They went through where those blue bits are in the middle, video is shot from below (south) of those shallow areas closer to the headland that's just out of picture