snelly Posted October 2, 2012 Report Share Posted October 2, 2012 Just spent 3 days fishing Hinchinbrook with a couple of mates. Ben ( stratto ) had his Redfisher as well so it was great to get to watch another one running ( something very special watching these boats cut the water ). With the F150 it can p*** mine like I'm standing still. Then to complete the trip for my school mate Shane we went to the reef from Cairns yesterday. Very ordinary conditions making for a slow trip out and back ( 15kn winds and pretty big seas )but the redfishier handled it. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grubby Posted October 3, 2012 Report Share Posted October 3, 2012 nice red b***. We need to organise a MBC boat day at Hinchinbrook soon I think. You have it good in carins with the reef being a lot closer than us here in townsville. The RF does handle a bit of chop well. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Waz-in-Oz Posted October 8, 2012 Report Share Posted October 8, 2012 Nice trip Snelly, There is another 18 RF on its way from the States to Townsville, I believe it is a black colour with a 150 Yammy to one of my mates - pictures in weeks to come once on the water. Ramcons, 18 Redfisher has had a nice revamp with a with a full colour change to Hewes Cherry Red to match his favourite NRL Team (Rabbits) and also had some of the compartments relined to our australian esky grade to withstand the heat which works great. He also added some stone deflectors to the trailer to prevent stone damage from the roads and the whole rig looks like brand new. Had a trip the other day to the cape in it and smacked some nice barras, took the camera but forgot to take the card out of the computer (beginers mistake) so didn't get a shot of what looks like a new boat at the ramp to show everyone and some pictures of nice fish. Hard to get a perspective on the difference between my 16 and his 18 besides size and so far the ride was a touch better coming back with following sea with the extra length in the swells in our bay but up in amongst the mangroves and shallow bay the draft of the 16 is a bit better. Love the extra two front boxes though and wish I had them on the 16RF as you can load the boat different with weight - everything is a compromise. Catch you at the Barra Bash in a few weeks. Waz Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snelly Posted October 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Here's a pic of my RF on the move Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Irishbilly Posted October 11, 2012 Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 G day snelly. Nice looking rig. Is that a Just a sun cover on the motor or a hewes sticker on the cowling? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snelly Posted October 11, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 11, 2012 Hi Mate, It's a cover form Outboard Covers Australia - Check them out - they are a quality product and can print pretty much anything you want on it for you. Cheers Snelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Wanaflatsfish Posted October 22, 2012 Report Share Posted October 22, 2012 Here's a pic of my RF on the move Snelly, What's with the BIG numbers on the side.... I notice you have a series of small on the bow and large on the sides.... Here in FL we have some commerical guys who put up big numbers...but, is it a safety thing ? See numbers from a distance? Just curious... dc Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snelly Posted October 28, 2012 Author Report Share Posted October 28, 2012 Hey DC, My RF18 is commercially registered here in QLD , rego numbers are like 12345QC ( the last letter representing the type of survey the vessel is registered in ) , by law my rego numbers must be 200MM - mine are a little less than that but as you can see quite large. 200mm also applies to recreational vessels the sequence for them is AB123Q. I have left the Alabama rego numbers on her for sentimental reason showing her US roots. Cheers Snelly Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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