New ( Old) dam boat.

[Angus]

Good buy Ray looking forward to seeing it in action!

Are you selling your old tub?

Angus

[rayke1938]

Already sold to Aaron.

Cheers

Ray

[Angus]

Hahaha nice one!

And teh AFO fleet grows

Angus

[Aaron H]

the afo stickers were the clincher in the deal Angus:P

[Angus]

Hahaha nice one Aaron.

Is that the boat youll have at Baroon?

[rayke1938]

Made up a few moveable rod mounts today out of a bit of old ally box section I had.

Copied the idea from those moveable anchor mounts that you can buy.

They work really well and you just remove the whole thing and chuck it in the bottom of the boat for transport.

Saves drilling holes in side of the boat and you can put them anywhere.

Photos are not the best quality but you should be able to get the idea.

I cut the bottom slot in the box section on my saw bench with a tungsten tipped blade.

Cheers

Ray [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P1010864_AFO-27dd874dd86b99db866cd4611aaff096.jpg

[rayke1938]

You just insert the slot into the C channel that forms the gunnell. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P1010865_AFO-370987f5a82f510f46a7c47d57843f47.jpg

[Fisher_90]

That looks really good and will save the corosion effects on screws.

[rayke1938]

With a rod in it [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P1010863_AFO-f40fd36540b3b64eb6cf64619042afca.jpg

[will]

good idea and very portable

[rayke1938]

Just went out and took a photo showing how it slops into the c section. Yiu should be able to scrounge a suitable bit of ally from a window place just make certain it is 3mm thick as it needs a bit of strength and you also need to drill and tap it to miunt the rod holder.

Cheers

Ray [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P1010863_AFO-74a86afe04e022e11122ea9c4f0faae9.jpg

[Feral]

How sloppy is it?

[rayke1938]

Sits firmly. Weight of rod holds it in place and the more weight you it on it the tighter it becomes.Also does not slide along gunnell when trolling etc.

Cheers

Ray

[Feral]

sounds good!

[rayke1938]

The moveable rod holders have been abandoned as they flop around too much . Just couldnt get the correct aluminium section.

here is my latest mod.

I had 2 X 130 AH batteries stored in the bow and the boat was bow down with a passenger sitting in the bow seat.

I have built a battery box that now sits on 2 of the ribs between the stern and bow seats.

I sit the esky on top of it whilst fishing so that i still have the same ammount of floor space as previously.

Boat now sits on an even keel whilst under way and I reckon that I have picked up 1/2 kph under electric power.

Another advantage is that when I wish to remove the batteries i can slip a sling under the box and remove both of them with my engine lifter.

Just have to paint the lid and tidy up the wiring and probably a couple of vertical rod holders on the side.

[Rocket75]

You are an clever fella Ray, thanks for the update. I might be able to do something similar in my tinny one day.

Rocket

[rayke1938]

Bump for Maxi to see what it was like before I got at it.

Cheers

Ray

[maxi]

cheers mate...

Maxi

[Rocket75]

rayke1938 wrote:

Dug up some old seats that I had in the shed here are the back ones. Natually the captain gets the luxury. [img size=500]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/P1010868_AFO-e9004508b1b5333ef289ec7efe6cbfb4.jpg

This picture might be handy to Shrimpo and his tinny clamp seat question.

[Shrimpo]

Cheers Rocket

[noname]

thats it exactly