Polishing and maintaining your boat’s surface In a previous article for the Mainsheet, I mentioned how I once heard a boat broker talking about ‘lucky’ and ‘unlucky’ boats. He was referring to the contrasting ways different owners maintain their boats. I spend most days in and about various
Mooring Lines
The high winds we experienced on the Australia Day weekend from ex-cyclone Oswald, were a wake up call for many owners regarding their mooring line set ups. While a lot of the old timers and experienced boaters have seen this before, you only need to walk around the marina to see who wasn’t
Little Black Marlin are still on!!
It ain't over, till it's over!! Just when I thought I should be packing away my light tackle marlin gear, we have seen another great report come in from The Trench off Cape Moreton over the weekend. Sunshine Coast boat, Big Business reported 49 strikes, 32 hook ups and 11 tagged and released. This
Hobart Wooden Boat Festival 2013
Hobart's Wooden Boat Festival held every second year around Constitution Dock has become a 'must see' event for any serious wooden boat enthusiast. Held last weekend, the event attracts a huge following from Brisbane's wooden boat community. It has a very different feel to your normal boat show as
Ex Cyclone Oswald mayhem!
As late as Wednesday last week Professional Boat Care was busy preparing customers' boats for the Australia Day long weekend. However, two days later the forecast took a turn for the worse as ex-cyclone Oswald started to track south. Before we knew it we were frantically doubling up our customers'
It doesn’t get any better than this!
Giant black marlin fishing on the Great Barrier Reef is without doubt the pinnacle of fishing, so it's little wonder it attracts anglers from around the globe. No where else in the world do you have a greater chance, at any minute, of catching a 'grander' black marlin, that is a fish that weighs
Mini re-fit for Fish Whisperer.
When the owner of well-known Sunshine Coast sportfishing boat Fish Whisperer decided to carry out a mini re-fit, he appointed Professional Boat Care to project manage the work. I first met the owner, a well known property industry identity, when I guided him Blue Marlin fishing off Brisbane a couple
A delivery with fish!
Professional Boat Care is often asked by its customers to deliver their boat north or south for that special holiday. I never tire of cruising the eastern seaboard of Australia, but it can often be frustrating for a fisherman like me to not have the time to fish some of those spectacular locations
Tailor were on for the 25th Anniversary of our annual Moreton trip!
MHW 2012 was another great 4 days of fishing the eastern beach. Given it was our Silver Anniversary year everyone was hoping for a fairytale score card, and most of us weren't dissappointed. Mornings and dusk produced some good numbers of Tailor and the warm NW winds and low swell made for