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Hahahhahaha sometimes in boat trailer wiring looms they use other colours which is a big help when troubleshooting which trailer light is connected on the wiring loom.
I have definitely used old odd coloured wiring and Future Me has definitely rued this when I've had to come back and figure what past me did....:) 

I love all this rewiring stuff (at least with DC anyway). Once you are handy with a soldering iron / crimping tool, 12v wiring is piece of cake.
Working through old boats / tinnies / trailers / 4wd camping rewiring is usually the first thing to sort out
Pairing it all back red goes positive, black to negative/ground. Bobs your uncle. 🙂 
 

I love all this rewiring stuff (at least with DC anyway). Once you are handy with a soldering iron / crimping tool, 12v wiring is piece of cake.
Working through old boats / tinnies / trailers / 4wd camping rewiring is usually the first thing to sort out
Pairing it all back red goes positive, black to negative/ground. Bobs your uncle. 🙂 
 

For a 4.3m i would just use the welded on rails. This would be more than enough.
Cleats especially if they are not flush mounted can cause a few issues:
1) Tangles with cast nets
2) If you have a painted hull - water paint bubbling 
3) Electrolysis (depending on what kind of fasterners you use (dissimilar metals)
 
 

Geez, I'm flat out putting batteries in a torch.😂😂😂

For a 4.3m i would just use the welded on rails. This would be more than enough.
Cleats especially if they are not flush mounted can cause a few issues:
1) Tangles with cast nets
2) If you have a painted hull - water paint bubbling 
3) Electrolysis (depending on what kind of fasterners you use (dissimilar metals)
 
 

Are you not able to trace the Boat supplied NMEA backbone and find where the positive and negative wires to disconnect this. Once this is done you should be able to join the two NMEA networks together and single power source from the NMEA backbone you installed?

there's not a lot of snorkelling spots in and around the jacobs well area unfortunately.
if you head south to around the gold coast seaway there is some great spots around the rock walls at the south western corner of south straddie, however, current can be a real problem here.  about 1hr before high tide is when to start and finish not long after the change.  make sure you run a dive flag on your vessel as well.  there is plenty of boat traffic in the channels - the snorkelling is outside the channels and quite shallow but that unfortunately doesn't seem to worry the jetski lice sometimes.

Around Peel Island is popular. Around Amity and Dunwich are also good but currents can be up.
I used to dive around Mud Island in my late teens....water clarity there can be rather problematic depending on previous days winds.
Tangalooma wrecks are always a good dive spot.

For the fishing I do in the bay/beach definitely the halco twisties in various weights 

I'm running 24v for my trolling motor on a BarCrusher 5.75c and love it.
24v also allows me to plug in my waeco camp fridge for longer fishing trips. I'm also thinking of getting a nice pie / sausage roll oven.
I'm heavy on the Lowrance echosystem but by all accounts I see a lot moving towards Garmin. (it will be just prohibitively expensive to swap out for me. Maybe on the next boat)
 
 

I'm running 24v for my trolling motor on a BarCrusher 5.75c and love it.
24v also allows me to plug in my waeco camp fridge for longer fishing trips. I'm also thinking of getting a nice pie / sausage roll oven.
I'm heavy on the Lowrance echosystem but by all accounts I see a lot moving towards Garmin. (it will be just prohibitively expensive to swap out for me. Maybe on the next boat)
 
 

Perfect spot - I've been through there last time at was a Yeepoon

I'm usually running at least a rod length of leader so swivel is not an option.
Flatties are one of the best species to try and test yourself on the soft plastics. (ie put your lure in their ambush zone and they will engulf) Getting the rod tip action and lure action / pause with the squidgy will be more important than whether you have a snap swivel or loop knot. For a squidgy the lead head will drive most of the lure action with the sinking and squidgy tail flutter.
For other species or more delicate lures this may not always be the case.
 

How big is the swell / wave break where you are trying with soft plastics. I'd recommend trying inland creeks / rivers first. Easier conditions to hone your craft.

Perfect spot - I've been through there last time at was a Yeepoon

I'm usually running at least a rod length of leader so swivel is not an option.
Flatties are one of the best species to try and test yourself on the soft plastics. (ie put your lure in their ambush zone and they will engulf) Getting the rod tip action and lure action / pause with the squidgy will be more important than whether you have a snap swivel or loop knot. For a squidgy the lead head will drive most of the lure action with the sinking and squidgy tail flutter.
For other species or more delicate lures this may not always be the case.
 

Perfect spot - I've been through there last time at was a Yeepoon

Yeppoon beach where the Ross Ck comes out. Also Farnborough beach. Very little swell but gets very windy making casting difficult at times. i've en some good flathead caught off these beaches using both bait & plastics.

How big is the swell / wave break where you are trying with soft plastics. I'd recommend trying inland creeks / rivers first. Easier conditions to hone your craft.

How big is the swell / wave break where you are trying with soft plastics. I'd recommend trying inland creeks / rivers first. Easier conditions to hone your craft.

Hi everyone, sorry will get this fixed. Apologies, have been super busy lately and hasn't helped that some teens broke into our house and stole both our cars 😔
Hopefully will be fixed in the next few days.

I'm usually running at least a rod length of leader so swivel is not an option.
Flatties are one of the best species to try and test yourself on the soft plastics. (ie put your lure in their ambush zone and they will engulf) Getting the rod tip action and lure action / pause with the squidgy will be more important than whether you have a snap swivel or loop knot. For a squidgy the lead head will drive most of the lure action with the sinking and squidgy tail flutter.
For other species or more delicate lures this may not always be the case.
 

Got some tickets for the last home game for the Colts vs the Light showers. (Broncs vs Storm) the team lists look unrecognizable. Hopefully still a good game to watch.

Got some tickets for the last home game for the Colts vs the Light showers. (Broncs vs Storm) the team lists look unrecognizable. Hopefully still a good game to watch.