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Ralph Blundell
Australia
Registrace 15. 04. 2013
Make your own hollow core wind-on leaders
How to make a hoolow core wind-on leader without expensive tools
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The Billfish Journey
zhlédnutí 308Před měsícem
Just a montage of the last 15 years of winter fishing for sails and marlin off the Exmouth coast from various trailer boats. Learning by doing all the wrong things.
Ningaloo 23
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Annual trip to the Ningaloo Reef. Waited almost 2 weeks for the weather to improve and then it really turned on.
Servicing Rupp Topgun Revolution outriggers
zhlédnutí 1,1KPřed rokem
When one of my Rupp Topgun outrigger bases seized up, I couldn't find a single video on how to pull them apart. So here you have a guide to strip, clean and replace, along with a possible mode of failure.
Boat trailer Hitch Extension
zhlédnutí 9KPřed rokem
I built a swingaway hitch extension for launching/retrieving on flat beaches. Keeps the saltwater away. No tools needed to deploy or store.
RAAF 38 Squadron and 2 FTS, 1997
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Last of my old videos. I did some Sea Search and Rescue training with the RAAF from my crayboat back then, dropping trainee pilots well offshore then standing off while they were found and rescued.
Albany Hillclimb 2011
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Another older video from my old channel. Albany Hillclimb on the Mt Clarence course
Albany Hillclimb 2010
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This is from my old channel, which I have closed and migrated the videos from. The Albany Hillclimb, 2010, when it was held on Mt Clarence
How to (almost) lose a drone
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My Mavic had a near death experience over the ocean when I lost connectivity. Recorded the whole thing.
Albany Hillclimb 2021
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Every year In November, the historic town of Albany on Western Australia's south coat, holds a vintage and classic motorcycle weekeend, with a Hillclimb on the Sunday. Pre-1981 bikes only.
Lucky Bay Feb 2021
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A short drone video shot over Lucky Bay, midwest coast of WA. Includes aerial footage of a net haul for mullet. Look for the shark near the boat.
Thunderstorm timelapse
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An edited collection of timelapses I have done from Darwin to the Pilbara over the last few years of storm and thunderstorms, set to music
Kalbarri River, December 2020
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A short drone video shot around the mouth of the Murchison River, Kalbarri, Western Australia.
Overlander Roadhouse, Wildflower season
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A short drone video shot around the turnoff to the Shark bay World heritage area. Emphasizes the incredible expanses of the inland area.
Very clever and nice engineering! Here in the US we never see people launch boats off the beach like that, very creative solution!
Great footage Ralph😊
Thanks for watching
before the dogpile starts on my leader management, yes, they are too long for a small boat 😉 And the old fixed cam is a Hero 3 Black, long past retirement date.
Nice !!
What about the swing down tire support? Did you fabricate it or purchase it?
I purchased that, not hard to come by. Maybe from Martins Trailer Parts? They can be adjusted to fully down, or half way down. I am actually using the extension right now, up at the place shown in the video. Works great, no issues so far.
Hey people, just an update. The replacement slide handle part that arrived from Rupp is indeed stainless steel, a nicely machined part which replaces the original plastic. Thumbs up to Rupp for recognising a weak link in the original design and upgrading the replacement part.
Where did you buy the “travel mount” and “ pivot pin” this is exactly what I want to build but I’m having a hard time finding the parts
hey Anthony, I welded those brackets up myself, as well as the actual extension. The pins are 19mm hitch pins, available from any trailer parts store. So the bought hardware was the u-bolts to secure it all, the hitch itself, and the pins. Everything else I built myself.
@@ralphblundell9479 I guess thats why I cant find them anywhere online lol you did an amazing job! Unfortunately I cant weld, I found a rear hanger bracket for trailer suspension that I will rig to make work. It wont be as nice as your set up but I think it will work. Thanks for the reply BTW you should consider making a few and trying to sell them. I cant find anything specific for this task on-line!
@@anthonydiloreto9555 There are a few trailer manufacturers that make them, in varying lengths, but they seem to charge an arm and a leg--I had one offer for a 1 metre extension for a $1,000.😜 You could make the whole thing bolt together--two flat plates bolted each side of the drawbar for each bracket?
Pretty cool!!
did you guys encounter much floating seaweed on your fishing trip?
Yes, we did. And have done another trip since, at the same time of year, also with some large mats of weed around. This is apparently the time of year when the sargassum weed flowers, and forms these dense aggregations . We were out there late May this year, planning on spending two weeks aboard, when we saw that big low that was coming in,affecting all of the central Pilbara coast right down to Exmouth, and had to bolt for home.
Haha love the Mackie bat
Wow.. what time of year was this trip?
That was the September school holidays. September on the upper west coast is a really mixed bag, either howling winds or beautiful. We are lcky enough to be only about 4 hours drive away, so I just look at Windy, if it looks like 3 good days, we go :-)
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I'd like to touch base re Shark Bay - planning a trip similar to what you did.
Will be there 13/5/21
Very cool!!
Nice one Ralph. Interested to know how you manage those nice slow turns - my spark is a lot more jerky. cheers
Sorry i didn't see this earlier--I just calibrate the rate of turn in the drone settings. same with stuff like pan up/down--having the controls move fast is good for control, but not for filming.
Nice!!
Great video. Thanks for sharing. We’ll be back there next April (2021)
Be there for end of April/ start of May, can’t wait!
Nice Ranmar
nice vid mate, what island you camped on
Home lagoon. Towards the bottom end of the fishing zone. South side of that island is the north boundary of the sanctuary zone.
Awesome video mate . Hopefully heading there in April/May for a week .. If you have any advice it would be greatly appreciated .. I’m based in Karratha
Hi Mark. Some people have gotten really edgy about a previous idea I had about doing a video on safe ways to access and use the place, like they think its a big secret and needs preserving for the illuminati and charter operators only. :-) I just wanted people to do it safely. So I'll sum it up by saying the the whole trip really revolves around getting out there, and back, safely. Water can get really nasty on the trip out there, if you have fresh breeze blowing against a tide. Add the fact that the boat is often overloaded with camping gear and extra fuel, and you have a recipe for disaster. Living in Karratha, you have the great advantage of being close , so you can wait until a good weather window opens up for a week. Once out there, weather is not really a problem. Just a matter of picking where and how you want to camp, bearing in mind that some of those big bays dry out completely , so you will want to be anchoring in the deep water close to their entrances. So you just need to decide whether you are going to do it from Dampier , around 70nm by sea, or drive down to Cape Preston and launch , 100ks of road and 48nm of sea.
Hi Ralph, thanks for that mate. I had no idea about the bays drying out.. ill bear that in ind too .. I think that would be a great idea to do a video about the Islands .. I think sharing the knowledge is what humans are meant to do .. But like all facets of our lives .. a small minority control the rest of us by not sharing.. Because it suits their agenda.. (Bit Deep for this time in the AM ) Ive had a look on Google Earth to try and work out the best camping spot etc and areas that are good for diving etc.. gonna be a suck it and see mission . I would leave from Dampier and hopefully the weather window stays open to get out and back. Really looking forward to it to be honest . If you have any tips mate please message me ..save the illuminati getting all hot and bothered ;)
@@ralphblundell9479 hey Ralph awesome footage and great work!!! Is that Champagne Bay you guys camped at...….???
Awesome trip ! - Thanks for sharing Love the whale footage
Awesome!
That place looks awesome.. Nice video!!
Thanks, that was a while ago now. Yes, it was in Western Australia, out of Perth. I still have the bike, but haven't been on that run last couple of years due to work commitments.
Just authentic bikes and sounds, fabulous, well done.
Great video. nice to see so many Nortons. I take it that this is West Australia?
Belle video, beaux sons. Merci.