New baitboard install

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New baitboard install

Post by Trumpeter » Sat Jul 30, 2016 7:16 pm

Hi All
With the crappy weather atm it's a good time to fiddle with the boat so I decided to upgrade my little single leg board with something more substantial. It was a bit small and flimsy and a bit too low so was harsh on my back when standing at it for a while cleaning fish or cutting baits etc.

The old one
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The new one installed, an Axis large rod holder model, has a cutting area of 700 x 370mm, a 60cm ruler, decent tackle tray/knife holder and is quite heavy for a cheap board.
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For mounting I used heavy duty welded s/s rod holders and 6mm screws, washers and nuts, with a good coating of TefGel to help prevent electrolysis. It's a bit disconcerting drilling 50mm holes in your boat so I purchased a new Sutton bimetal holesaw for the job and it cut through the 3mm alloy like butter. The legs lock into the rod holder gimbals well and its really solid, much better than my old setup and is now at a comfortable working height.
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I recycled the drain fitting from the old board, these are ridiculously expensive for some reason, just need a longer piece of hose.
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The new board quickly and easily folds in, good for places like the St Leonards ramp where anything protruding past the gunnel can get caught and broken on the jetty.
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Now I Can't wait to get some blood and guts on it!
:cheers:

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Re: New baitboard install

Post by Lightningx » Sat Jul 30, 2016 7:46 pm

Nice work mate! Looks great :thumbsup:

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Re: New baitboard install

Post by Whiskers » Sat Jul 30, 2016 7:46 pm

Much better!

You've done a great job on fitting it up.
:)

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Re: New baitboard install

Post by barra mick » Sun Jul 31, 2016 12:14 am

Absolute suburb job..make fishing easy

Cheers bm
you gotta hav a crack even if yr just pissin in the wind

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Re: New baitboard install

Post by Nude up » Mon Aug 01, 2016 11:51 am

Looks great. Nothing worse than having a part of your boat hit or snag the jetty

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Re: New baitboard install

Post by sturgeon » Sat Dec 02, 2017 10:06 pm

I like your bait board. Where did you get it?

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Re: New baitboard install

Post by smile0784 » Sat Dec 02, 2017 10:24 pm

Great job

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Re: New baitboard install

Post by smile0784 » Sat Dec 02, 2017 10:24 pm

Great job.
Looks professional installation

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Re: New baitboard install

Post by Mattblack » Sun Dec 03, 2017 7:12 am

Nice tidy install...what's your hourly rate? :thumbsup:

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Re: New baitboard install

Post by spudtrans » Sun Dec 03, 2017 8:33 am

:a_goodjob: love it, great job.

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