This is the boat, its a Callmark fisheagal 20, It was built (i believe) in 1998 and was comercial grade. It had a Mercruiser 3.0ltr engine matched with an Alpha 1 leg. The boat was bought in July this year and was in a very sorry state, Original cost of the boat was £7000 but as everything electrical (incl wiring.), safety gear, onboard had to be replace & it cost us nearly £1000 to have the engine sorted out, it has now cost us in the region of £12000.
This may seem a bit excessive but when one takes into account the cost of a new 16 footer & then adds the cost of engine package and complete kitting out, This 20 footer was a bargain.
She is called Moonshine & now has an upto date elecronics package including Lowrance HDS-8m chart plotter, Lowrance DSC-VHF, New antenna, Eagal 3D sideband fishfinder, Handheld VHF,
She has been kitted out with new life jackets, coastal flare pack, Chart portfolio, Navigation tools, first aid kit, Anchor & spare, warps & chain, Mooring ropes & fenders.
She now has new rocket launcher & rail mounted rod holders, A working pumped live bait tank, even new fishing rods & gear. I have aquired a Radar which will be fitted shortly as a safety aid in the event of fog.
Hopefully I will be getting the boat back into the water over the next two weeks & she should be ready for the coming cod season.
I will be taking pics of the launch and hopefully of the first good fish to come over the side.
hi i own a Fish Eagle and bought it in Plymouth last year , lots of gear on it 140hp outboard 8hp aux used it last year good sea boat no worries on following seas , went through a lot of boats and this one is good, i saw your boat ,yea rip everything out and you will have piece of mind.
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hi i see you done a brilliant job on boat , i had to do a bit of work on mine , the radio was full of squelch took it off sold it a jumble sale for 50 quid ! another 150 and had a new one , and a rewire for bilge pump x 2 i also had to take out fuel tank due to a leak , got it repaired 65 quid
ReplyDeleteguy said it may not last so looking around for a decent plastic one , had to rip up floor to get at it