kingfishaholic Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Well what a day monday was... Decided to take a day off school as i had completed my trials and go for a fish and since my uncle wasnt working he offered to take us on the boat he just purchased which i now know is definitely not seaworthy the day started off nicely and we were on the water by 8 am...we rocked up to the front of the oil warf staying 100m away and anchored threw our lines in and waited...things were going quite slowly but eventually we started to get some bites (compliment of a decent berley trail i was feeding behind the boat)i landed the first fish of the day a nice trevally and things only got better after that withing the next hour we caught 6 trevally a flathead a flounder and a massive octopus we also lost plently of decent fish due to tangles and lack of space on the tiny boat...finally things slowed down and we werent getting any of our baits touched furthermore the wind started picking up and there was a heavy westerly blowing us around Due to the greedy nature of humans we made a decision (which i soarly regret right now) to keep fishing a different spot until we caught a few more fish we lifted up the anchor and motored a bit further towards the southern side of the warf...we found what we htought was a nice spot and tried to set the anchor however due to the collosal waves (weather worsened at this stage) the anchor wouldnt hold and the boat was being tossed aroud like a toy duck in a bathtub and we were drifting at a very fast pace towards the oilwarf...we waited for the anchor to hold but it wouldnt!!!so we attempted to start the motor and it wouldnt start ahhh!!!while my uncle kept on trying to start the motor me and my other uncle got two ores from the bottom of the boat and tried to start rowing but we wwere being tossed around and by this stage we were directly infront of the oilwarf...we tried to push away from the warf with the ores but the waves tossed us beneath the warf and we were banging around everywhere the boat was being smashed against the pylons and the thing that kept occupying my mind was i hope we dont die with such an awesoem catch (reely good haul for me) no!!!people say that when your about to die the thing you love most flashes between your eyes but thats absolute bs as all i could see was whitewash and the boat being smashed around... a glimmer of hope was on the horizon as we were about to drift through to the other side and into open water but noooo the anchor (which was new and belonged to my baot) got stuk on one of the pylons. At this stage our plight seemed absolutley hopeless and we were stuck beneath the oilwarf smashing around then finally one of those tug boats appeared out of nowhere and started to try to throw us a rope they shouted for us to cut the anchor rope and i was hesistant at first but after alot of shouting and persuading form my frantic uncles i cut the roap...they threw us a roap and puuled us out from beneath the warf thank god!!!If you think the adventure is over im sorry to say no its not...the tug boat told us to hold onto one of those yellow bouys attached to the seafloor until they sent a boat to take us to the ramp...we held on for a while but guess what our bad luck just got worse and the knot attaching the yellow bouy to the rope undone after about 10 mins with noone in sight. We started to drift towards the rocks and we started to row again!!!BAng BAng BAng we were hitting the rocks we pushed away and eventually we drifted to sand...land finally!!!!!We dragged the boat up on shore and fell to our knees in exhaustion. Ironically we were at captain cooks landing spot and i cant help but wonder whether his journey to australia and landing to shore was as troublesome as our short disastrous journey... we called for marine help...we sat and cleaned our catch and also collected some oysters of the rocks (first time) and after about 2 hours we saw a police vessel and finally our adventure was over... i guess those man vrs wild documentries paid off and i actually enjoyed this adventure as i was filled with adrenalin from fear and strength from my enthusiasm i guess we should be thankfull we survived and we are...below are some of the photos we took afterwards :)although no one was in the mood i couldnt help taking a few shots... regards yusuf Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jordan.widz Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 what a day, sorry to hear about your misfortunes mate but good to see everyone is okay and made it ashore safely. hope your next trip goes a bit better. nice fish aswell. take care, Prawn Star Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfishaholic Posted September 17, 2010 Author Share Posted September 17, 2010 (edited) hey prawn star ye thanks mate it was a tough day but one i dont think ill ever forget i learnt one important thing...never put yourself in a situation were you have to rely on an old boat!!! Dont think ill ever go on that boat again... kingfishaholic Edited September 17, 2010 by kingfishaholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
idolz Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 If your out in a boat and something can go wrong it normally will,,,,In my boats i have back up systems after back up systems for all situations, it is all at a cost and takes up more room, as well as time,,,, but i have never been let down yet,,,,, not to mention the time it takes to maintain all equipment on a boat,,, the salt water is very harsh on everything!!!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ray R Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 A good haul of fish and an adventure to remember, mate that was a great story it had me on the edge. Glad it all turned out good for you.. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Basil D Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 Very Lucky indeed, Glad everyone is ok, congratulations on a nice catch. cheers. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The Poacher Posted September 17, 2010 Share Posted September 17, 2010 If you can survive that - your HSC should be a breeze. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfishaholic Posted September 18, 2010 Author Share Posted September 18, 2010 thanks everyone... lol hopefully it will be a breeze Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Keflapod Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Wow, Yusuf, These events, when we think about them and dissect each event, then ask the "what-if" question, it really makes us freak out. What if banging on the pylons threw you guys out of the boat? What if the boat hit the rocks in the kurnell shallows? The lessons we learn from these events are called "experience", and as we get older, we realise just how lucky we were. We use these lessons to force us to think about what we are really doing, what can go wrong and what we can do to prevent a similar disaster. We actually accept the facts that shit really does happen and that we must genuinely prepare for such events. When fishing on an unfamiliar boat, always bring a life jacket, food, water, maybe even a personal epirb. Also, check out the boat for safety gear, extra rope or anchors, how "carefree" is the captain (read careless) and if you feel that the safety factor isn't there, don't go. I have had my fair share of near -death experiences and I take the weather and sea very seriously - she has no conscience..... On a brighter note, well done on a decent catch of fish. They'll taste so much better knowing what lengths you went to acquire them. ...and as the Poacher said - if you can survive that, the HSC should be a breeze... Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
brendong Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Sounds like a crazy day mate...glad you same out the other side....ands well done on the fish... Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
rebehy Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Hey Yusef. Glad you all came out of it ok. Good luck in your exams. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Day's Fishin Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Hi Yusuf, I hope you and your uncles learnt a lesson. An old unknown boat and obviously no knowledge of weather conditions are a sure recipe for disaster. Botany bay has a reputation for blowing up and sinking small craft. Pick your days better and enjoy fishing. This time you had a write up on Fishraider ,lets hope next time it's the same and not in a news paper. Learn from your mistakes and you will do O.K. Regards Jeff. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Pongrass18ft Posted September 18, 2010 Share Posted September 18, 2010 Well what a day monday was... Decided to take a day off school as i had completed my trials and go for a fish and since my uncle wasnt working he offered to take us on the boat he just purchased which i now know is definitely not seaworthy the day started off nicely and we were on the water by 8 am...we rocked up to the front of the oil warf staying 100m away and anchored threw our lines in and waited...things were going quite slowly but eventually we started to get some bites (compliment of a decent berley trail i was feeding behind the boat)i landed the first fish of the day a nice trevally and things only got better after that withing the next hour we caught 6 trevally a flathead a flounder and a massive octopus we also lost plently of decent fish due to tangles and lack of space on the tiny boat...finally things slowed down and we werent getting any of our baits touched furthermore the wind started picking up and there was a heavy westerly blowing us around Due to the greedy nature of humans we made a decision (which i soarly regret right now) to keep fishing a different spot until we caught a few more fish we lifted up the anchor and motored a bit further towards the southern side of the warf...we found what we htought was a nice spot and tried to set the anchor however due to the collosal waves (weather worsened at this stage) the anchor wouldnt hold and the boat was being tossed aroud like a toy duck in a bathtub and we were drifting at a very fast pace towards the oilwarf...we waited for the anchor to hold but it wouldnt!!!so we attempted to start the motor and it wouldnt start ahhh!!!while my uncle kept on trying to start the motor me and my other uncle got two ores from the bottom of the boat and tried to start rowing but we wwere being tossed around and by this stage we were directly infront of the oilwarf...we tried to push away from the warf with the ores but the waves tossed us beneath the warf and we were banging around everywhere the boat was being smashed against the pylons and the thing that kept occupying my mind was i hope we dont die with such an awesoem catch (reely good haul for me) no!!!people say that when your about to die the thing you love most flashes between your eyes but thats absolute bs as all i could see was whitewash and the boat being smashed around... a glimmer of hope was on the horizon as we were about to drift through to the other side and into open water but noooo the anchor (which was new and belonged to my baot) got stuk on one of the pylons. At this stage our plight seemed absolutley hopeless and we were stuck beneath the oilwarf smashing around then finally one of those tug boats appeared out of nowhere and started to try to throw us a rope they shouted for us to cut the anchor rope and i was hesistant at first but after alot of shouting and persuading form my frantic uncles i cut the roap...they threw us a roap and puuled us out from beneath the warf thank god!!!If you think the adventure is over im sorry to say no its not...the tug boat told us to hold onto one of those yellow bouys attached to the seafloor until they sent a boat to take us to the ramp...we held on for a while but guess what our bad luck just got worse and the knot attaching the yellow bouy to the rope undone after about 10 mins with noone in sight. We started to drift towards the rocks and we started to row again!!!BAng BAng BAng we were hitting the rocks we pushed away and eventually we drifted to sand...land finally!!!!!We dragged the boat up on shore and fell to our knees in exhaustion. Ironically we were at captain cooks landing spot and i cant help but wonder whether his journey to australia and landing to shore was as troublesome as our short disastrous journey... we called for marine help...we sat and cleaned our catch and also collected some oysters of the rocks (first time) and after about 2 hours we saw a police vessel and finally our adventure was over... i guess those man vrs wild documentries paid off and i actually enjoyed this adventure as i was filled with adrenalin from fear and strength from my enthusiasm i guess we should be thankfull we survived and we are...below are some of the photos we took afterwards :)although no one was in the mood i couldnt help taking a few shots... regards yusuf Hi Yusuf Firstly, you are all safe. That's the main priority. As the other fishraiders have mentioned safety on the water comes first. Excellent to see that you had help at least as I'm sure anyone would come and help in that situation. We never stop learning from our mistakes or from knowledge of other people. You surely found the fish though. Good luck and stay safe on the water. Pongrass18ft Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfishaholic Posted September 19, 2010 Author Share Posted September 19, 2010 Wow, Yusuf, These events, when we think about them and dissect each event, then ask the "what-if" question, it really makes us freak out. What if banging on the pylons threw you guys out of the boat? What if the boat hit the rocks in the kurnell shallows? The lessons we learn from these events are called "experience", and as we get older, we realise just how lucky we were. We use these lessons to force us to think about what we are really doing, what can go wrong and what we can do to prevent a similar disaster. We actually accept the facts that shit really does happen and that we must genuinely prepare for such events. When fishing on an unfamiliar boat, always bring a life jacket, food, water, maybe even a personal epirb. Also, check out the boat for safety gear, extra rope or anchors, how "carefree" is the captain (read careless) and if you feel that the safety factor isn't there, don't go. I have had my fair share of near -death experiences and I take the weather and sea very seriously - she has no conscience..... On a brighter note, well done on a decent catch of fish. They'll taste so much better knowing what lengths you went to acquire them. ...and as the Poacher said - if you can survive that, the HSC should be a breeze... Tony Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
macmac Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 Well what a day monday was... Decided to take a day off school as i had completed my trials and go for a fish and since my uncle wasnt working he offered to take us on the boat he just purchased which i now know is definitely not seaworthy the day started off nicely and we were on the water by 8 am...we rocked up to the front of the oil warf staying 100m away and anchored threw our lines in and waited...things were going quite slowly but eventually we started to get some bites (compliment of a decent berley trail i was feeding behind the boat)i landed the first fish of the day a nice trevally and things only got better after that withing the next hour we caught 6 trevally a flathead a flounder and a massive octopus we also lost plently of decent fish due to tangles and lack of space on the tiny boat...finally things slowed down and we werent getting any of our baits touched furthermore the wind started picking up and there was a heavy westerly blowing us around Due to the greedy nature of humans we made a decision (which i soarly regret right now) to keep fishing a different spot until we caught a few more fish we lifted up the anchor and motored a bit further towards the southern side of the warf...we found what we htought was a nice spot and tried to set the anchor however due to the collosal waves (weather worsened at this stage) the anchor wouldnt hold and the boat was being tossed aroud like a toy duck in a bathtub and we were drifting at a very fast pace towards the oilwarf...we waited for the anchor to hold but it wouldnt!!!so we attempted to start the motor and it wouldnt start ahhh!!!while my uncle kept on trying to start the motor me and my other uncle got two ores from the bottom of the boat and tried to start rowing but we wwere being tossed around and by this stage we were directly infront of the oilwarf...we tried to push away from the warf with the ores but the waves tossed us beneath the warf and we were banging around everywhere the boat was being smashed against the pylons and the thing that kept occupying my mind was i hope we dont die with such an awesoem catch (reely good haul for me) no!!!people say that when your about to die the thing you love most flashes between your eyes but thats absolute bs as all i could see was whitewash and the boat being smashed around... a glimmer of hope was on the horizon as we were about to drift through to the other side and into open water but noooo the anchor (which was new and belonged to my baot) got stuk on one of the pylons. At this stage our plight seemed absolutley hopeless and we were stuck beneath the oilwarf smashing around then finally one of those tug boats appeared out of nowhere and started to try to throw us a rope they shouted for us to cut the anchor rope and i was hesistant at first but after alot of shouting and persuading form my frantic uncles i cut the roap...they threw us a roap and puuled us out from beneath the warf thank god!!!If you think the adventure is over im sorry to say no its not...the tug boat told us to hold onto one of those yellow bouys attached to the seafloor until they sent a boat to take us to the ramp...we held on for a while but guess what our bad luck just got worse and the knot attaching the yellow bouy to the rope undone after about 10 mins with noone in sight. We started to drift towards the rocks and we started to row again!!!BAng BAng BAng we were hitting the rocks we pushed away and eventually we drifted to sand...land finally!!!!!We dragged the boat up on shore and fell to our knees in exhaustion. Ironically we were at captain cooks landing spot and i cant help but wonder whether his journey to australia and landing to shore was as troublesome as our short disastrous journey... we called for marine help...we sat and cleaned our catch and also collected some oysters of the rocks (first time) and after about 2 hours we saw a police vessel and finally our adventure was over... i guess those man vrs wild documentries paid off and i actually enjoyed this adventure as i was filled with adrenalin from fear and strength from my enthusiasm i guess we should be thankfull we survived and we are...below are some of the photos we took afterwards :)although no one was in the mood i couldnt help taking a few shots... regards yusuf Hi Yusuf, Can u briefly tell me what type of boat u got there? How much damages to the boat? Just curious as i'm planning to buy a used boat very soon. Regards, Phil Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
FISHARK Posted September 23, 2010 Share Posted September 23, 2010 (edited) Hey Yusuf ....The story goes live and learn mate thank god you guys are safe take it as a warning but dont get scared from your expirence learn as it will make you a better fisherman ... And i take my hat off too you for taking the pics when all wasn't in the mood Keep up the Edited September 23, 2010 by FISHARK Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kingfishaholic Posted September 25, 2010 Author Share Posted September 25, 2010 (edited) hey phil it was a realy old fibreglass boat with a 45 hp chrysler engine... tip: dont by a chrysler engine...barely any mechanics deal with them and there quite ancient and unreliable never going on that boat again i dont think...doesnt matter we live and learn just like fishark said but we gotta percevere and stay im sure everyone has been in tight situation like this regards yusuf Edited September 25, 2010 by kingfishaholic Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
olitay Posted September 26, 2010 Share Posted September 26, 2010 Hey yasuf, that must have been an awfull situation to have experienced, first the warf then the rocks!!!! I have been in similar circumstances with family on board and it can really cause a lot of panic! Just goes to show how important it is to have an oversize anchor and chain on board, such a simple safety precaution that people dont seem to consider. Great that you caught some fish and that everyone is safe. How damaged is the boat? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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