Probably right Pete,
Slight over reaction to the first 4 replies on my part.
I will move right along.

Why the bashing. They raise some money for a good cause, have some fun with mates. They were prepared and did it safely. It is a tough ride for a good cause and deserves nothing less than a good onya.

You need both.

Start looking at boats. Then she will realise how much of a sacrifice your making when you go back to a cheap old kayak.

shane wrote:Then there's always this. An old one but still worth a laugh.

Is there a parallel universe somewhere where that was not going to end badly?

Definitely good work on the boat that got to him and helped him out. I'm now carrying a marine radio for this exact purpose. Although I have no intention of going in the water, if it happens and I can't get myself sorted I'll be putting a call on on 16 with pan-pan and hoping some of the boats in t...

It seems a bit of a strange choice to be recommending to you. The HDS5 Gen2 is a couple of years old and is now a discontinued fishfinder. :wtf: The current model is the Elite 5 CHIRP, which includes DV and CHIRP technology making it a much better buy. :up: They may have been trying to sell you run...

Love to know how this one goes. I had one blow up last year on its second tuna. Spectacular fail. Wonder if the innards got an upgrade as well? Wasn't yours an Aird? Nice pick up old man but no. Just checked. Was actually a Lexa. I take back what I said. I remember now. I had a freams but it seized...

I'll raise your Gosa and Fin Nor Lethal (already got one :evilgrin:): I ordered a new 2015 Daiwa Freams 4000 direct from Japan today (Digitaka ~$180) and was just notified it's been sent. The new Freams has some major improvements mainly in the form of Magseal and a new drag tension system. I've ma...

Thanks all for your assistance. You have given me a few leads to follow. This is nothing too serious but its giving me headaches and interfering with my fishing/family time. Lets just say a certain marina sunk my boat and nearly 3 months later it is still sitting there without any repair work done....