Broome to Darwin on a jet ski?
Submitted by Fathom on Mon, 2011-07-11 21:46
Thinking of making this journey one way or the other...... a fully kitted out top of the wazza jet ski with all the fruit and an Extractor Conquest Utility Sled loaded with fuel (and cold beer), have a heap of fuel dumped by helicopter or get it from the cruise boats..pre-arranged of course.....
thoughts?
hekser
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big john
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Mothership
Jim1 could possibly use his forthcoming boat purchase as a mothership for your expedition.
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damo6230
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Big John, you the man
pissing myself laughing
sorry but it is funny
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crasny1
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I just read his"mighty" purchase post
And I am still shaking my head. Going offshore in $5k "new" boat. So help me God now I AM happy I am not with Sea Rescue, or I would have a hernia.
Sorry to Hijack the post a little.
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Fathom
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No video
Planning on 4k cinema release, gambling nearly everything to make this happen, selling my house, I'll be homeless if i dont make it work out right........but should be lots of fun no matter how things turn out
grantarctic1
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unreal
Would be great to see, look forward to an update of the adventure.
PS Big John , classic lol
big john
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Serious
On a serious note is does sound pretty exciting. Obviously you feel there must be a market for such a product fathom.
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Fathom
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serious indeed
I plan on using the RED EPIC X camera x 2 and shooting stock footage @5K 120 fps and 2K @ 300 fps, I will be shooting footage of places that have never seen a 5K cinema camera and my jet ski can get in super shallow water @ the fastest possible speed
Albee Mangles
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Your buying 2 RED Epic X cams?!
Your buying 2 RED Epic X cams?! Thats $50grand worth of cameras?
Holy sheit...... No wonder your selling the house. So add in a jetski, fuel and supplies, the price for production and music, and your well into $100k, you'd want a pretty solid marketing plan and some contract locked in backers too i'd reckon.
Good Luck!
Fathom
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RED EPIC x2
$90 000 kitted with lens and accs ...estimate.
Need 2 high speed computers and lots of hard drives as well, about 150K worth of gear all up
channy
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thats crazy!
till
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For me it would be on par
For me it would be on par with this guy: Brad Hauter across America on a lawnmower.
Its not like you're kayacking, or even sailing, you just have your hand on the throttle the whole time!
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And the other holding a
And the other holding a beer......fuckn beauty. Now thats worth hocking the house for Fathom. Would be awesome bud.
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damo6230
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Possible
And guaranteed you would be the first.......
Best time would be the dry season but the SE winds can play havoc.......
If ya make it to Wyndham you can bunk here for a few days.
Biggest issue for you would be carrying capacity and water would be the limiting factor.........
Crocs would be a regular encounter and you would have to very concious of them, no freeboard on the jetski.....
Anyways it would be an awesome trip, jsut plan and organise it well as there are plenty of boats ploughing the Kimberley over the dry.
Good luck
Fathom
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croc guard
maybe a stainless grill attached either side of the ski to protect my legs from croc attack. My biggest worry is the tides and my not so good navigation skills :)
Could end up in some serious deep shit and die real easy......could also end up being the ultimate trip of a lifetime
damo6230
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yep there's a whole range of issues to consider
but would be a worthy trip and everything in life is a calculated risk
preparation is 80% of ensuring a breakdown doesn't occur
problem is most peole dont take responsibility for themselves when something happens and always blame someone else.....
still feasible considering people have kayaked the Kimberley (and circumnavigated Australia)
tides are easy.....every six hours they change......use the tide as it will save heaps of fuel and speed your transit.... there is plenty of anchorage.
dont forget the Epirb
I've walked/trekked solo through some of the toughest country on the planet and never had an issue.
Paul_86
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Would be fun but not the 1st
Would be fun but not the 1st unfortunatly, guys have done right around the whole of australia on jet skies before. Well 95% of it anyway, pretty sure the only section they couldnt get past was the cliffs between steep point and kalbarri.
Good luck tho mate, hope it works out for u and would definently be something id be keen to see.
Fathom
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set cruise control @ 35
set cruise control @ 35 knots and sit back and relax
big john
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Coastline
How much of the coastline are you planning to hug fathom? What about body fatigue, are you going to do some smaller runs first to get your body conditioned.
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Fathom
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Still mapping my route for
Still mapping my route for max fuel economy and places of interest, will definately be doing trial runs before the big event
Shorty
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Seeing a woman just paddled
Seeing a woman just paddled around Australia in a kayak i don't think you will have to many problems in a jet ski,,you might have to wait awhile for a mechanic tho if it does not start 1000km from nowwhere tho
allrounder
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its been done before so it should be easy.
The guys went around australia and the only issue they had was along the stretch of coast near steep point.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
exp2000
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Don't go pass Cassini Island
Don't go pass Cassini Island - that place is pure magic. Plus it makes a great half way point to dropoff provisions for the journey.
You will need to time tide and wind for tidal crossings like King sound or you might find yourself in a washing machine and going nowhere fast.
Water is more precious than beer and there are a couple of isolated fly-in fishing /tourist camps around the Mitchel Plateau area.
Sounds like a great adventure to me.
What plans have you got for the Bonaparte Gulf crossing?
If you really want to catch fish, go where there are no people.
Fathom
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Cassini is on the "to do" list
Have spent a bit of time near there from Blueys camp.
going to take me about 2 years to plan out the logistics and obtain sponsors, cause I have other projects in the works, will be taking 2 others with me, preferably my stuntman mate and a bikini model
BOOMER
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Does your cost include the
Does your cost include the price of a recovery operation for you and all your gear??
Or do you expect to buy a $500 epirb and she`ll be right.
There is a whole lot of F/A between Broome and Darwin.
Alot of Unsurveyed water where chopper be the only way to get you out $$$$$$$
Cheers Boomer
Big hook,
Big bait,
BIG FISH !!!!!
Fathom
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If it all goes belly up and I
If it all goes belly up and I need rescuue........then yes a chopper rescue is needed at worst case scenario......glad I'm a modern day explorer, rather than a sit at home wanna-be no-body exploring his/her couch
smash
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check out
check out the write up in F&B mags website of the guys doing Broome to Wyndham in 7m boats, could be a good bit of research and logistics info there. Search "Seamedia"
I could see it being difficult on the logistics side of things-cant wait to see how this goes!
If you get it running, either way we'll all be watching the news saying "hey that legend was on FW" or "hey theres that fruitcake...."
Good luck with it!
Fathom
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Lets get this straight ...I
Lets get this straight ...I aint out to make or break recrds, i am howevver willing/able to meke movies of the highest quality possible and shootting stock images for my library.....5K cinema from a jet ski....should come out with a profit if.....IF....
BOOMER
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Sound like a great
Sound like a great mission,
Personally id be having a back up boat preferably a small jet boat to carry ya gear and could also follow you over the shallow country that you will no doubt be exploring bit of extra insurance.
Murphey will be with you on a long trip like that, '' if it can go wrong, it probably will ''
Good luck Boomer.
Big hook,
Big bait,
BIG FISH !!!!!
Fathom
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Murphey
yep, aware of the man. can be a nasty bloke at times. definately not going solo, have a mate thats keen to join in, will see how it pans out. lots of others ply those waters in all sorts of craft and having a back-up boat is safer but sorta goes against the grain. If I fuck up and need rescue, rest assured that the tax payer wont be footing the bill, I pay for my mistakes
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Murphy contrary to a lot of peoples thinking
was not a dumb Irishman, but a Nasa Rocket Engineer in the pioneering days, and with all the money and skill they still blew up heaps of Rockets trying to make a straight suasage shape fly. Everytime one blew up the crews use to say "Its Murphy's Law".
So despite all the prep and planning "Murphy" may still get you in that harse environment. But at least think PPPPPP.
Prior Preparation Prevents Piss Poor Performance!! Then go get it.
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Good luck to you and your
Good luck to you and your trip mate. Good to see someone having a go at something a bit different. Look foward to seeing the movie.