This was a week of mixed feelings. I have sold my boat because we are going to knock our house down and rebuild. It makes sense to sell it while we need the money and I don’t have much time to get a boat on the water. I’m really happy it went to a really…
I recently decided to put a fuel filter on the boat to protect the motor from fuel contaminated with water. The choice of filter was easy; the WaterScreen nano fuel filter from Whitworths. The process was pretty simple, however, I had to look around a bit to work out how the inlet and outlet system…
After 5hrs of run in time, this is the first time it’s been opened up. Really happy with its performance.
Today my tinny had its first water test. After drilling some decent size holes in it for the livewell and bilge I was slightly apprehensive. DRY! absolutely no water in the bilge. It sits great on the water and rides better than I expected. Checkout the video and photos here Cheers Matt
Having finished installing all the Tinny Pimp electrics myself I have to say I found this whole process one of the most satisfying jobs of the Tinny Pimp and the new skills are really great to have. Being an absolute novice at electrics I really can’t comment too much on how to solder other than to say I…
When it came to the carpeting some questions needed to be answered: which carpet, which glue, how thick is the carpet, how to apply, additional securing? Here is a rundown on how I installed my marine carpeted for the tinny pimp. Read about it here
Time for the tinny pimp flooring. Here are my top tips for flooring: Buy marine ply The cheaper AA marine ply is just as good as more expensive stuff, especially seeing it will be sealed Seal the ply well with an epoxy sealant Watch out for the sealant drips that can harden into lumps on…
The floor frame is well underway now and I’m really happy with the results. The layout I have decided to go with includes a bow and starboard casting platforms, level middle section with underfloor rod locker. The rod locker has been a lot more work and fiddly than expected as it extends under the front…
The next decision was which securing method to use for the aluminium angle. Welding is generally considered to be gold standard however a few boat welders I spoke to said to stay away from welding if possible as they have seen some disastrous results, specifically cracked hulls. They also recommended using the aluminium angle and…
So after the wrap the floor framing is next on my plan. Being a novice when it comes to metal, this raised a number of questions. Which grade aluminium? What size aluminium? Where to buy? I started with which aluminium to use. Researching the net I found the usual swamp of conflicting opinions. Here is…
Awesome day! Got up at 4:30am and headed down to Taren Point to see Craig at Graphic Wraps. I had this image of a burnt orange boat with a killer Bream about to smash a lure. Craig was straight onto it and after a couple of hours on Photoshop I felt like Craig had reached…
SO stoked to be into a boat again. My last boat was sold ten years ago when my eldest was born and I’ve been grieving the loss ever since. After looking around for a while I decided the Stacer Proline 399 looked like the goods. So when Stacer had their 2015 runout sale, and the…
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