Questions on casting decks

by **wes80** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 9:36 pm

she coming along well mate!
something to consider is that the light might drain a fair bit of power? would try with your regular nav lights first and see how that goes?
will be interesting to see how carpeting turns out on checkerplate.

cheers wes

by **doodah** » Mon Mar 29, 2010 10:03 pm

Looks good mate. certainly looks different with the deck level with the top of the boat. Better not drop anything

. Carpet will stick, no worries, but you are gonna have to use a lot more glue is all. You may wanna rethink your position of your battery. The shorter your cable from leccy to battery the better. Weight distribution shouldn't be much of a problem.
Good work.
Mick

by **wes80** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 8:36 am

Doodah, it wasn't the carpet sticking that I thought could be a problem, more so the lumpy appearance from the checkerplate.?

Iv'e heard people say that about the battery to leccy distance but if the cable is long enough to reach then it makes no difference as the cable would only be bundled up if it where closer and the power would still have to travel the same distance.Iv'e even extended leccy power cables a couple of metres and it made no difference to performance and battery life at all.all done on advice from a sparky. I think the whole power drop thing over 2-3m is a bit of a myth :wink:

cheers wes

by **Curado** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:44 pm

sugerz wrote:Im thinking about mounting a driving light on the right hand side of my boat for night fishing and early early mornings. What do you guys think of this.

http://cgi.ebay.com.au/ws/eBayISAPI.dll ... K:MEWAX:IT

What I done Sugerz, was put a cig lighter plug at the front to run a spot light off.
That way you can point it where you want to go and have it out of the way when your not using it.

by **Curado** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 12:57 pm

On the nose of my boat has carpet on checkerplate and doesn't look lumpy. If the carpet was very thin it might.

And with the battery, I had mine at the very back of the boat and have just moved it up the front for weight reasons.
This made no difference to how the electric works. As long as you have got good size wire you will have no problems. :thumbup:

by **stormboy** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 1:48 pm

Well done Sugerz she is looking good :thumbup:

Just hope a big fish doesnt give a quick tug or you might end up overboard :problem:

I am having the floor put in mine this week. Decided to let a pro do it as I would more than likely stuff it :silent:

I am about as good with tools as I am with a fishing rod :roll:

Cheers Nigel

by **Tombowler76** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 4:12 pm

looks good Sugerz, just be very careful of rods and gear falling off that deck seeing as you have no lip/gunnell around the edge. Will be pretty easy to kick the odd rod or tackle bag off the deck into the drink

by **sugerz** » Tue Mar 30, 2010 5:43 pm

ill post some pics of it up when its all done on the water with gear in it.

by **wooey** » Sat Apr 03, 2010 4:47 pm

Once the carpets on the deck try sticking some velcro round the handles of pliers, Scissors grips etc it grips to the carpet and helps with things bouncing of whilst travelling to new spots or accidently getting kicked off.

by **sugerz** » Mon May 24, 2010 8:23 pm

Carpet on

by **sugerz** » Mon May 24, 2010 8:24 pm

carpet on

by **sugerz** » Mon May 24, 2010 8:25 pm

carpet on

by **quanger** » Mon May 24, 2010 9:05 pm

Nice looking job there Sugerz :thumbup:

by **stormboy** » Mon May 24, 2010 9:55 pm

Good one sugerz :clap:

Just need to get a nice smelly fish on the deck now :thumbup:

by **Curado** » Mon May 24, 2010 11:25 pm

Looks good Sugerz. :thumbup:

Would of been good to get a close look at Wentworth, but us old blokes might not be able to get our walking frames close enough to have a look. :problem: