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G'day from Aus

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Hello, nice to find this Ally boat forum, I didn't know that ally boats were popular in the US, thought they were just an Aussie/New Zealand thing, but I see you have some great looking craft over there.
My boat is a Fisher 660 Maxi (22') with a DF250 Suzuki on the back and setup for family overnighters and offshore fishing. Just owned it for a few months now and it seems a great rig, very happpy with it. Owned plenty GRP boats over my life but this is my first Plate Ally boat so getting used to the differences still.
Anyway I hope to be able to participate here from time to time and no doubt benefit from the great knowlege base.

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Welcome Johncar :thumbsup: This is a better forum for your questions. Bloodydecks.com does have a boat section but most of the Members have the Plastic Clorox Bottle Boats. Do some searching for your questions then start asking for input we will :beer: respond
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Nice boat & WELCOME to AAB. Lets see some more pictures of that new boat of yours. :clap:
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Welcome AAB from Florida.
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Johncar, WELCOME ABOARD , great fist post and we're looking forward to posts of your adventures and captures.

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Johncar, Welcome to AAB. You will enjoy this place...loads of great folks! Seattle is in the midst of a freeze with rain contributing to the ice slick surface...forecast is cold cold cold...Wish I was down with you and your warm weather...NO comments from Jville allowed here! :clap: Nice look "ally"...pics pls!! Capt PJ
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:beer: Welcome johncar, nice looking rig! :thumbsup:

Good group here and some very knowledgeable boatees and builders too. Neatest forum I have ever found for mixing the techie stuff just as quickly as a new fishing technique or gadget.
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Scoring a BIG gold star for posting a boat pic :thumbsup: .
No sun burn on that boat huh?

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Welcome Johncar. Nice looking boat. There are a few of us Commonwealth Canuck's on here as well. Look forward to your posts.
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I reckon welded plate alloy craft have been manufactured here (and in Canada) going back into the 1950's with most of the early efforts designed and built as either work boats or commercial fishing platforms. One of our elder builder forum members could probably give us a history lesson in the evolution of these boats.
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Nice boat! Love the sunshade. Welcome! :beer:
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Wow, such a nice welcome, thankyou to you all. Certainly nice to have the international input here and compare the way things are done around the globe and how environmental factors no doubt impact on designs and ideas.
I will get some pics up of my rig, but it is work in progress getting things the way i like it, being half the fun of course..
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Chaps wrote:I reckon welded plate alloy craft have been manufactured here (and in Canada) going back into the 1950's with most of the early efforts designed and built as either work boats or commercial fishing platforms. One of our elder builder forum members could probably give us a history lesson in the evolution of these boats.

I reckon it would have been just a great way of staying warm up there!! lets heat up some Ally
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