Build thread - blue water fly boat - Competition 25 centre console

[igfafly]

Boat
Competition 25 Centre Console,
True length 25ft
LOA 28ft (incl. bracket and outboard)
Beam 8’2” / 2.489m – just within the legal towing limit meaning no oversize permit/towing restrictions like many other overseas brands
Dry Weight 3,200lb / 1.45mt
Hull deadrise 24.5 deg
Fuel capacity 166 gln / 630 litres - how long can one live on Fraser Island with that fuel capacity ????
Fresh water 30 gln / 113 litres
Ice blue hull side colour, no boot stripe
Deck and inside T-top colour also ice blue to match hull colour, inside T-top roof matte so as not to reflect glare
Rub rail – stainless / white
Hardtop with recessed LED lighting (multi- colour option, bue, red, green, white)
Seat / leaning post - tackle storage drawers and insulated under seat cooler
Transom tackle storage drawers
3 Insulated in deck fish boxes with drains - 1 forward, 2 aft
Coffin box, removable, with cushion, insulated with strong tie downs
Console door - forward facing with seat - well waterproofed - wiring etc. kept dry
Drink holders - 2 or 3 in leaning post, 2 in transom, 2 in each side gunwale, 2 in console
Lockable console, hatch covers & transom / leaning post drawer doors
Storage shelves for fresh and salt water coiled deck hoses
Gunwale combing padded 360 deg
Salt water wash down system
Fresh water wash down system – 30 gln
Bilge pumps - 2 aft bilge mounted side by side with float switch - 2,000 gln/hr
Trim tabs - Lenco 12x12
Hydraulic steering - Seastar H54Y
2 spare unused switches on switch panel for any future needs
Stainless lifting / towing rings - 1 forward / 2 aft on transom corners
Plug / power point for electric reel/s in aft area - 1 each side - to fit Tanacom electric reels – Hubbell waterproof sockets and plugs, staggered location on each side
USB charger in console for iphones / cameras etc.
Additional water intake option for live bait tubes (1,100 gph pump)
Fuel filter / water separator - Racor stainless 3213
Forward anchor well with drain
Pop-up marine grade stainless cleats for mooring lines x 6
Swim ladder – 3 step

Motor
Yamaha F300 4 stroke
Digital controls
Engine Management software - Yamaha Command Link (to link into Garmin 1040xs via NMEA 2000 link)
Propeller - 3 blade 15 x 19 Yamaha stainless prop with Yamaha SDS for softer quieter gear shifts
Covers / Clears
Full canvas cover to well below gunwale
5 piece Enclosure clears/Eisenglass with gull wings incl.

Electronics / lighting
2 battery set up - Marine 27 series
Main sounder - Furuno FCV 295
Transducer – SS264 pair, 1Kw, 20 deg tilted element, 50Khz with wide beam, 200 Khz with narrow beam, non-diplex to hardwire straight into the back of the FCV295.
GPS / AP / secondary sounder - Garmin 1040xs – also takes feed from stereo & Command link to provide alternative display option. Interfaces with AIS system on VHF to display vessel activity in the area
B175C HW Chirp transducer for the 1040xs to provide shallow water (down to 300m) and wider beam performance
iCom ICM506 VHF with AIS and DSC – (linked into Garmin 1040xs)
VHF Antenna (5225-XT or similar) and mounting bracket
Auto pilot, Garmin GHP-20 kit incl. smart pump
Garmin NMEA 2000 backbone starter kit
Stereo - Fusion RA205 (to link into Garmin 1040xs)
Docking Pod - Fusion, multi-option (can be mounted inside console)
Amp – Fusion FM 5/6 way Amp
Speakers - 3 pairs 6” or 7”, JL
Sub-woofer – 10” - Fusion MS SW10 – mounted facing rear on wall of anchor well along with a pair of JL’s
Stereo antenna
Underwater LED lights - multi colour option
Under gunnel LED's and deck lighting - multi colour
T-top white navigation / anchor light
T-top LED's recessed into hardtop - multi colour
Pop up bow navigation lights
Lumitec forward facing and rearward facing LED spotlights mounted on hardtop for night fishing

Fishing
Rigger bases - Taco to match Bly riggers - welded / very well supported on T-top
Rigger poles upgraded to Bly Carbon Fibre retractable Bly riggers - 20ft with line caddies
Shotgun - centre rigger - still decide on whether to bother with this given most of what we do will be fly fishing / switch baiting
Riggers to return to T-top, not gunwale, to keep full walk-around capabilities
T-top rod holders - 6
Leaning post / seat back rod holders - 3 – (2 fly rods and one conventional)
Console side rod holders , vertical through T-top – 8 (4 each side)
Gunwale rod holders – 14 (7 each side / transom)
Under gunwale rod storage 6 – (3 rods each side) - fly rod
Transom livebait tank - 30 Gln / 113 litres
Live bait tube pair over back of transom, 78mm diameter, removable bracket, plumbed with flush connector through transom


Trailer
Australian compliant LoadRite, full aluminium, stainless brakes and cables, alloy rims, spare wheel carrier and wheel, Easi-glide poly covers on bunks, electric over hydraulic brakes, 12 pin plug, 70mm towball, winch etc., torsion axles, target bunks & load guides.

[Scythe]

Mudderfrugger! What a detailed list of specs.

That F300 should be a thing of beauty to hear and feel when it's pumping ...

OTT : What are the Auz regs ito distances allowed offshore on a single outboard setup?

[igfafly]

Not as much of an issue here as in SA. I think SA is tough as guys launch off the beach up and down the coast and marine rescue / coast guard coverage not as good as here.

Basically here there are no limits, we launch out of ports, there are well monitored VHF stations with repeaters etc. up and down the coast and we log on / off - if you like they will call you every 2 or 3 or 4 hours to check status too and we have a good number of other boats out at any one time that can relay should you be out say +50nm and cant reach base.

Steve

[Andre]

No...no beach launches allowed herein SA.

Not as much of an issue here as in SA. I think SA is tough as guys launch off the beach up and down the coast and marine rescue / coast guard coverage not as good as here.

Basically here there are no limits, we launch out of ports, there are well monitored VHF stations with repeaters etc. up and down the coast and we log on / off - if you like they will call you every 2 or 3 or 4 hours to check status too and we have a good number of other boats out at any one time that can relay should you be out say +50nm and cant reach base.

Steve

[dlampert]

No...no beach launches allowed herein SA.

What about Sodwana? Haven't been there for a while but it was always a beach launch.

[Korrie]

When I read Shotgun, I thought "Sh1t, they have pirates in Aus as well!"

[Andre]

Not sure about Sodwana either, never been there, but if its a recognise and regulated beach launch site, then it would be allowed. I was more reffering to the statement that guys launch off the beach up and down the coast. That isn't allowed.

What about Sodwana? Haven't been there for a while but it was always a beach launch.

[Scythe]

Not as much of an issue here as in SA. I think SA is tough as guys launch off the beach up and down the coast and marine rescue / coast guard coverage not as good as here.

Basically here there are no limits, we launch out of ports, there are well monitored VHF stations with repeaters etc. up and down the coast and we log on / off - if you like they will call you every 2 or 3 or 4 hours to check status too and we have a good number of other boats out at any one time that can relay should you be out say +50nm and cant reach base.

Steve

I was thinking that would be the situation, makes a world of difference when you're living in a first world country as opposed to here ... well two worlds, technically.

[igfafly]

No...no beach launches allowed herein SA.

Oh well I left there in '93 so I guess things have changed. I will edit my response then - no there are no limits on single outboards offshore in Aussie

Happy ?

Steve

[Korrie]

Not sure about Sodwana either, never been there, but if its a recognise and regulated beach launch site, then it would be allowed. I was more reffering to the statement that guys launch off the beach up and down the coast. That isn't allowed.

There are a couple of spots that do beach launches in SA, Sodwana being one. Mabibi is another.
Ramsgate on the South Coast is another, I remember from my Natal days.
If I remember correct, Umglangha has a special ramp for beach launches.
Umkomaas is another spot.
So, there are a couple of spots that you can launch from the beach in SA.