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Welster

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  1. 8 hours ago, Fab1 said:

    Great report mate.You were lucky you didn't come across any imbecilles out there.🙄

    Lucky indeed.  As long as they give me some space I am pretty happy.   

     

    7 hours ago, Yowie said:

    At least you managed to get out for a fish.

    Yep and one of dads trevs for lunch today 😋.

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  2. 1 hour ago, Yowie said:

    I reported this f***ing retard to the water police earlier this year. He travels at 70 knots or more (yes 70 knots). He is a danger to other boaties, he would have no control if he ever had to swerve to avoid another boat/kayak/paddle board etc.

    50 knots through the 8 knot zone in Lilli Pilli. Need a location or rego number.

    I have an idea he has the boat stored in Burraneer Bay, and he is out and about before the water police and maritime are on the water.

    These guys were at Swallow Rock ramp just after 6am.   I’d say they had just launched there. 

  3. 24 minutes ago, mark_s said:

    That’s the thing. In quite a few places the hacking navigation channels narrow to within 30m width. There are kayaks (including novices from the bundeena hire place), stand up paddle boards, lots of boats, jets skis, even an electric surf board getting around.  Plus the big boats are getting bigger and jet ski numbers have doubled in the last year. Then you get people anchoring mid channel to fish. There are legitimate safety issues here.

    I agree theres a lot happening in a small area and its going to get worse over time.  The number and size of boats mooring overnight really seems to have skyrocketed.  There a constantly growing number of people sharing the waterways. 

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  4. It has been ages since the last fishing adventure.   With rain forecast the next few days I decided today was the one.

    There wasn't much swell about, the wind was stronger then predicted so after poking our nose outside I decided I didn’t want to persevere with it so we ducked back inside.

    Usually I’d have a plan A, B and C but today I had nothing I just wanted to be on the water.    We worked our way back in trying various spots.   
     

    I caught a banjo ray pretty promptly then the fishing was so slow we were struggling to even lose a bait.   We came across a few bust ups and still came up empty.

    At our final spot near Lilli Pilli the bust ups found us.  Dad managed to pull a decent Trevor from under it followed by two more, he also managed a just under size reddie.  

    Maritime were out and about they came over for a safety gear check. While fussing about  to get the get the gear out the recent FR chats about its accessibility were running through my mind.   Turns out my fire extinguisher is out of date and needs to be replaced.  

     

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  5. The ski boats were at the ramp when i launched this morning at that stage there was 3 boats with two in each.  Being a water skier I thought cool old school boats but there is no crew to ski. Afterwards I saw one going pretty hard trimmed out and looking pretty sketchy.
     

    The thing with the Hacking is that it is such a small system it really isn't the place for what they were there to do. 
     

    Maritime were out and about today, i will post up a report. 

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  6. Wow Frank the Bay is certainly a lot different now.   The only changes I recall is the addition of the third runway and the extension f the oil wharf a few years ago.   The hot water outlet has gone too. 

  7. The curse of a painted aluminium boat its frustrating.

    Other than touch ups its a strip back and repaint I think.   Then fit all fittings with care.  Try to avoid self tapping screws that damage the paint edge.  Use nylon bolt and nuts where possible or nylon sleeves with stainless fixings.  If unavoidable use Tefgel when reinstalling the fitting.  On things like rod holders use sikka under them when reinstalling to seal it.  If repainting id use seam sealer to stop the salt getting into the seams.

     

    After doing all that it will minimise it and slow it down but it will still recur over time.

     

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  8. Great post Scratchie.  I have been thinking about this as well and even more so since you rescued those people.     I like the idea of the safety cell and also like the idea of a waist belt life jacket with PLB.   Or maybe a quality jacket over the back of the seat so its quick to grab.

    Lately there hasnt been much risk of the boat even getting wet though!

     

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