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THE PROMAX 66'

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we have done a bit more to the old girl... all hatches fitted to main floor, esky built and glassed up, live well glassed up, thin floors in rod lockers fitted, got most of the structural work done now, nearly ready for transom rebuild and some welding to be done... some rails up the sides, oar hooks in rod lockers etc... then the paint work.. were gunna go light grey carpet, and a blue and grey hull to match the seats which came up brand new with a good clean, a few pics to follow..

Maxi [img size=496]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/tinny_rebuid_013.jpg

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hey all..

were slowly getting there, bit by bit, :laugh: :laugh: .... all glassing is done.. plumbing all but finished... except for the hoses for inlet and outlet for live well, as transom isnt finished yet, got a welder looking at it soon...

all the main deck is finished, and sitting patiently waiting to be finally put in place :laugh: :laugh:

weve made sure our rods will fit in lockers..and they do :blink: :blink: :P (good guess eh !! ;):P :P ) my longest has 20mm clearance... whew !!!.... :laugh: :laugh:

one thing weve learnt on this build, is plans change along the way, booty knows all about that.. :P :P :laugh:

but all in all were happy with the progress .....

cant wait for the 30 hp to go on the back one day... :silly: nah a 40.. B):unsure:

:silly: :unsure: :unsure: :P :P :woohoo: :woohoo:

heres a couple of latest progress pics..

cheers all

Maxi

first pic and second are showing how we overcome the drainage for the esky.. [img size=496]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/esky_drain.jpg

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live well set up with duskys home made spray bar, and with the filler speed option gained through having a tap after the spray bar, we can work out and adjust the tap once, to equal the output of exit pump, were toying with ideas of some kind of timer, to make sure we dont we dont flood.. :laugh: :laugh: [img

any one know about timers .. ???? ..

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yep good question elli .. :laugh: :laugh:

were lucky enough to have a private ramp that we can use for the virgin trip mate.... :woohoo: :woohoo: :blush: :unsure: :unsure: :P

looks a lot of weight we know, but this hull has a huge displacement factor going for it, and were hoping we got the weight distribution right.. only time will tell that one... :blush: :blush:

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It'll all be good !!:laugh: :laugh:

I'll put Maxi in the boat and then launch it from our private ramp and sit back with the camera to take pic's as it sinks to the top of the gunnels!!:laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :unsure: :woohoo: :woohoo:

Nah it should float pretty well as Maxi said there is a fair bit of displacement!!:woohoo: :woohoo: :woohoo:

cant wait till we launch the old girl!!:woohoo: :woohoo: :side: :side:

Cheers guys for all your interest!!:S :S :S :woohoo: :woohoo:

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we had the welder in yesterday to start with some hull mods, he got most of it tacked on, the rails changed the old girl bigtime, and he did a neat job on the transom mount for leccy.. it will get finished welded next weekend hopefully couple of pics to follow ...

Maxi [img size=496]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/tinny_026.jpg

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you can still reach it easy feral...its not directley behind it and we havent mounted the seat yet ... and sometimes ya just gotta make do with what ya got ... we eventually want to put a 30 or so tiller steer on it, so we left lots of room for that..thanks for your concern mate..

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weve finished painting yahhhh :laugh:

and fitted a few of the fixtures, nav lights etc, were going with a very dark grey carpet, nearly blackish...:laugh:

the electrical will be a major fitout with cd player, marine radio etc, glad we know an electrician,:P were gunna run 2 gel batteries, 1 for the bow mount and the other for the rest of the stuff ..:laugh:

if we need another we can always add later ...

cheers Maxi [img size=496]http://www.australianfishing.com.au/media/kunena/attachments/legacy/images/tinny_6th_sept_003.jpg

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