Secho Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 The calm before the storm: The storm coming out to sea: The storm about to hit us 19nm wide of Browns: Not a fun trip home, made it back into the bay at 22:00
PRED-ATOR Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 did you kiss the land when you got home? haha is that a whale in your pic? Stan
Keflapod Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Hey Secho, You must have been virtually on Billy Heaton's hill.... That's a heck of a long way out. Did you see the storm coming ? Did you feel an urgent need to get the far kurnell outta there ? How big was the boat you were in? I too would have been doing a pope impression and kissed the earth at 10:00pm as well... Glad to see you got back in OK... You know, I wonder if the blackouts experienced on land affected the coastguard's ability to receive any radio distress calls ? Did you radio in and report on your progress ? Tony
nick.beverley@macquarie.com Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Hey Secho, great pics. Is that a shark in the top left of the first pic? cheers. BS
mako2000 Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Looks like a shark of some sort to me as well.
macmac Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 (edited) Hi, Never been to Browns. Can ppl here tel me if my boat is capable to Browns? i got Stacer 525 half cabin with 90hp Johnson. I'm a beginner in boating so will be happy if someone could guide me there as well. Cheers, Phil Edited November 9, 2011 by macmac
zen801 Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Hi, Never been to Browns. Can ppl here tel me if my boat is capable to Browns? i got Stacer 525 half cabin with 90hp Johnson. I'm a beginner in boating so will be happy if someone could guide me there as well. Cheers, Phil First time we went to Browns we went in convoy and it was a good idea. A lot can go wrong out there so be prepared. Your boat size wise is borderline but on a good day its possible. Make sure you have enough fuel, epirb etc etc etc. Mike
Secho Posted November 9, 2011 Author Posted November 9, 2011 Hey Secho, You must have been virtually on Billy Heaton's hill.... That's a heck of a long way out. Did you see the storm coming ? Did you feel an urgent need to get the far kurnell outta there ? How big was the boat you were in? I too would have been doing a pope impression and kissed the earth at 10:00pm as well... Glad to see you got back in OK... You know, I wonder if the blackouts experienced on land affected the coastguard's ability to receive any radio distress calls ? Did you radio in and report on your progress ? Tony Bang on mate.. was just trolling back from Heatons when we saw it.. had some notice from Marine Rescue Syd as well. We were in a 24foot cat - life jackets, personal EPIRBS + the 406 ready to go on the dash.. wasnt pretty - one lightning strike was within 50 foot of the boat. We had constant contact with MRS the whole time and they were reporting on the additional storm cells coming through behind it.. they requested lat and long updates from all boats every 10 minutes Cheers
Secho Posted November 9, 2011 Author Posted November 9, 2011 Hey Secho, great pics. Is that a shark in the top left of the first pic? cheers. BS Just a dolphin in the pic.. at one stage there was hundreds
pure spirit Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Bang on mate.. was just trolling back from Heatons when we saw it.. had some notice from Marine Rescue Syd as well. We were in a 24foot cat - life jackets, personal EPIRBS + the 406 ready to go on the dash.. wasnt pretty - one lightning strike was within 50 foot of the boat. We had constant contact with MRS the whole time and they were reporting on the additional storm cells coming through behind it.. they requested lat and long updates from all boats every 10 minutes Cheers wow good to hear it all worked out okay for you, sounds like you were prepare should the worst have happened
pure spirit Posted November 9, 2011 Posted November 9, 2011 Hi, Never been to Browns. Can ppl here tel me if my boat is capable to Browns? i got Stacer 525 half cabin with 90hp Johnson. I'm a beginner in boating so will be happy if someone could guide me there as well. Cheers, Phil Hey Phil See this link to one of my posts about fishing browns in a small boat (there is alot of general info in the thread but there is one bit about the steps I take might be interesting to you) not saying do (or don't) but just a few ideas. Maybe do a couple of runs to the fads or 12mile to feel it out. If you'd like more info let me know happy to chat. http://www.fishraider.com.au/Invision/index.php?showtopic=57640&st=0&p=412818&fromsearch=1entry412818
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