locodave Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Found this on another site: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OL3WLG1yix4 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennoz Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 thats crazy..."30 nautical miles from shore in a 22 foot centre console with mother nature in an angry mood" you can hear em say stay calm, stick together, get the epirb out. Sounds like they were in constant comms with the coastguard. id need some new undies after that ! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Paikea Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 Scary stuff, hate to be out there in the size tinnies that some fishos use to go wide. Wonder why they did not try to outrun it from the start? The initial footage appears to show the boat stationary. Shows the value of keeping an eye on the weather at all times. Cheers Paikea Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bennoz Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 looking at the date, id say it was that day where the massive southerly came through out of nowhere and caught everyone by surprise. they'd prob been fishing most of the day and the only way back home was through the storm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jew Stalker Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 No thanks, they can keep that one. I wouldn't want to be anywhere near that in any boat. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stimo1076 Posted March 27, 2014 Share Posted March 27, 2014 its amazing how quick it can turn nasty!!! I think i would punched a nugget!! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted March 27, 2014 Author Share Posted March 27, 2014 Yea I think it was the Saturday I was at Kurungai. The storm hit hard, but about 30mins later, it was all calm again. Still quite scary! Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Aussie007 Posted March 28, 2014 Share Posted March 28, 2014 dave one of the guys posted that the other day in my storm thread on a boat building web site he was on board that boat, looks crazy but than again they are game fisherman so they'll ride anything out lol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
GaryO Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 (edited) I remember being about 5mile out from the mouth of the Hawkesbury in a 15 foot Bermuda cuddy and watching a storm further out to sea heading south , thinking we dodged a bullet and missed It we fished on only to realise 20 or so minutes later it had circled around back over land and coming straight towards us from the Hawkesbury area . In a massive panic bringing in lines and anchor we forgot a line which was now heavily wrapped around the prop and stalling the motor... luckily a minute or so in reverse freed it enough to get the motor to run in forward and we were on our way into shore and through this mofo storm . We were pretty calm until we had forty foot boats passing us heading back to land, we then suddenly felt very very small out there in our boat. End result we got back to calmer water to ride it out, and the Bermuda handled the conditions beautifully thank god. Thankfully we have better technology these days to monitor the weather better . Edited March 29, 2014 by GaryO Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Catchin Jack Posted March 29, 2014 Share Posted March 29, 2014 Wow, least they got their PFD's on and stayed calm and didn't try race back in, job well done. Thanks for sharing the footage, was great to watch. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
stickybeak Posted April 1, 2014 Share Posted April 1, 2014 I was out there fishing the same comp that weekend of broken bay but I was fishing on a 40ft game boat still hairy Crazy footage they did the right thing pointing the nose of boat straight into the storm and ride it out You can't run the storm they were saying 60-70 knot winds when it hit A few pictures of our weekend Sticky beak Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
locodave Posted April 1, 2014 Author Share Posted April 1, 2014 You look so calm Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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