tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537248759531778858.post4548990241191707041..comments2014-12-11T17:48:49.639+10:00Comments on desthpicable: By the power of greyskull.NowhereBobhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02519025059441170438noreply@blogger.comBlogger7125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537248759531778858.post-37149106220523563992009-02-03T08:02:00.000+10:002009-02-03T08:02:00.000+10:00Good call H man.I [trying hard not to use the word...Good call H man.<BR/>I [trying hard not to use the word rescued]um helped out a bloke one time, smack dab in the middle of Moreton Bay. He's in a < 4m tinny with a 40Hp on the back with his 2 sons - approx 8 and 4 years old. 20+ knot howling soueaster, over a meter swell and he's blaming the BOM. I was driving a 10m cat and it was unpleasant, his 2 boys were terrified. <BR/>No fish is worth it. I wonder how many punters are dead because they didn't think about the consequences.<BR/>Rule 1 in boating - you can't walk home.<BR/><BR/>Get your Stormy Seas jackets checked anually. For those looking blank they are heavy duty inflating life jackets. They are really good shit, because people actually wear them, not stow them under the floor-boards. However the little actuator that triggers the CO2 cannister has a nasty habit of corroding shut & you can't grease them as petro-chems eat the internal bladder. Lanoguard is good.<BR/><BR/>RE: The tow, yeah I felt bad, but I garuntee my arse was welded to the slow lane & it's 2 lanes the whole way.<BR/>Might be time to upgrade the old girl. (Hilux not SWMBO) (Hmm maybe a two for deal?)NowhereBobhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/02519025059441170438noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537248759531778858.post-65607184148172996302009-02-02T20:20:00.000+10:002009-02-02T20:20:00.000+10:00NBOB, no stress, I ONLY tow with 5Ltrs or better, ...NBOB, no stress, I ONLY tow with 5Ltrs or better, but having said that, ya cannot always do 100 plus. its a bitch at times, but hye, ya plod along.<BR/><BR/>On the boat issue, with ya all the way. Had the old mans Runabout, 5.2m it is ( I think). 75hp on the back off apollo bay, kids jacketed, epirb, flares , watching the weather and so fort. About 2 kay off shore fishing and BAM, wind change and it picked up. 4 in the boat ( me whole family). To get into the harbour you have to run with the swell and at the last minute do a HARD left turn in, and tiem it perfectly.<BR/><BR/>Swell was for shit that day, so I ran to the beach into shallow water, about 100 yards off shore an then turned and steamed back into it . Much easy to do a slight right turn, even with all the grunt in the world we had some hairy moments and I have sopent me fair share of time on the water. Dropped off the tribe and the mate climbed in ( Fish were biting when we left ). Put the stormy seas jackets on and went back out, half way, I went FUCK THIS. Best decision I ever made.Havock21https://www.blogger.com/profile/01216753703248229892noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537248759531778858.post-34150930714258514642009-01-31T08:06:00.000+10:002009-01-31T08:06:00.000+10:00Yeah it's the slow coaches who happily hold ten ot...Yeah it's the slow coaches who happily hold ten others up (w/o pulling over when there is opportunity) that bug me.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537248759531778858.post-14471210748739362152009-01-30T17:48:00.000+10:002009-01-30T17:48:00.000+10:00Did you see me waving? You should have dropped in....Did you see me waving? You should have dropped in. I was only across the channel.<BR/><BR/>Does that mean you are a fully fledged Pirate now?Big Bad Alhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08068264174422746226noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537248759531778858.post-13868922658132834542009-01-30T13:01:00.000+10:002009-01-30T13:01:00.000+10:00Sounds like everything went well. I don't curse sl...Sounds like everything went well. <BR/><BR/>I don't curse slowcoaches as long as they stay in the left lane. If not they're just target practive for the linked triple barelled gecal .50's..Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537248759531778858.post-4348901844305313412009-01-30T12:33:00.000+10:002009-01-30T12:33:00.000+10:00Looks like you and yours had a good time. I don't ...Looks like you and yours had a good time. I don't curse slow drivers ... until they fail to use slow turn outs or pull over once they're inconveniencing a lot of people.Bangarhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736091204583349887noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8537248759531778858.post-57333232107004223822009-01-30T11:46:00.000+10:002009-01-30T11:46:00.000+10:00Sounds like a good holiday.Yeah ocassionally good ...Sounds like a good holiday.<BR/><BR/>Yeah ocassionally good that feeling when I have borrowed an expensive car from work or am driving a bunch of friends a long distance.Nautilushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03709472759179704843noreply@blogger.com