Just some pictures of my boat with a new coat of paint on the hull. It is fibre glass, but I gave it a good clean and sand and then applied 2 coats of good exterior enamal paint. It has been in the water about 4 or 5 times since it has been painted and it seems to be ’sticking’ all right.
The morning that I took these photos, I had gone onto Lake Rotorua Fishing. I managed to land 2 small trout, but released them back into the lake. I also failed to land another 2, one which looked like a nice fish. It is still cold out in the mornings but the weather is warming up.
Here a a few pics of my son's First Jet boat.
He built this himself with no plans, just an idea in his head. It is a steel hull powered by a Falcon 4.1L motor through a 2 stage jet unit.
You can see the name of his business on the wall in the photo above. It is based in Reporoa, just south of Rotorua, New Zealand.
Reptec Ltd offer General Engineering, Mechanical Servicing & repairs, Certified Welding, Fully Mobile Engineering Services, Agricultural Equipment, Steel Sales & Engineering Supplies with a 24 Hour Service.
Visit the website at www.reptec.co.nz
Give Blake a call on 07 333 8170 or email
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I managed to do a swap on my little 4HP outboard for a Yamaha 8HP. :) It comes with a 25litre fuel tank which gives me many trips out fishing. Real easy to start and very quiet when running.
This gives me a nice trolling speed plus it gets up on the plane with me onboard and will zip along at about 20 - 25kmh.
This is a picture of my first boat. It was a 4m sailing boat, but I stripped it back so that I could use it for trout fishing.
