Mclay 551 Our New Baby

[Saltboy]

551 Mclay side Console
115 Yammy
80lb Xi5
Lowrance Elite 7 HDI
Lowrance Elite 7 Ti with side scan


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Thanks Dave

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[scott1987]

Nice boat mate. Looks like a great all rounder.. any reason why you went with 2 7inch sounders instead of say one bigger one? Using one for gps and the other for sounder?

[Saltboy]

Thanks mate,

I already had the HDI im my old boat so when I traded in they said I could put it in the new boat and then they gave me a great deal on the new Ti so I thought I'd have the old HDI as stand alone GPS and new Ti as the sounder seeing it has the side scan.Also I reckon it's handy to have the option of a second GPS if one breaks down if your outside somewhere ofshore??

Forgot to mention that while this has a great ride and at 5.5m allows me to get outside, it also has the bonus of only drawing about 300mm so can still get up the same creeks as a 3.5-4.0m tinny. Used this to great effect yesterday getting around Constant Creek at low tide. Had a few boats pull up along side me just to comment on this.

Dave

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Ready for Lucinda next week!!

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Bimini

[scott1987]

You dont run a motor support bracket?

[Saltboy]

No. Put it down on the motor supports and all's good. Maybe offroad I'd probably look at doing something