The FADs are at the following coordinates;
WAUC North 30° 13.0576' S 114° 34.6623' E
WAUC Central 30° 17.5194' S 114° 36.1417' E
WAUC South 30° 21.6075' S 114° 37.2768' E
They were always a one-shot deal. The grant was for $6150 and each one cost $2048ea, plus some contributions from FW members, plus some of my saved student pennies.
At least one of them has been hit by a ship before, Sea-kem has a replacement reflector for one, but no one has been able to take it up to fit it.
till
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Date Joined: 21/02/08
They haven't been retrieved,
They haven't been retrieved, they may be missing.
The FADs are at the following coordinates;
WAUC North 30° 13.0576' S 114° 34.6623' E
WAUC Central 30° 17.5194' S 114° 36.1417' E
WAUC South 30° 21.6075' S 114° 37.2768' E
big john
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Buggar
Till, were these three fads always going to be a one shot deal or did they disappear before they could be retrieved?
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till
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Date Joined: 21/02/08
They were always a one-shot
They were always a one-shot deal. The grant was for $6150 and each one cost $2048ea, plus some contributions from FW members, plus some of my saved student pennies.
At least one of them has been hit by a ship before, Sea-kem has a replacement reflector for one, but no one has been able to take it up to fit it.
big john
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Date Joined: 20/07/06
Survive
Hopefully they'll survive winter!
How hard would they be to retrieve?
WA based manufacturer and supplier of premium leadhead jigs, fligs, bucktail jigs, 'bulletproof' soft plastic jig heads and XOS bullet jig heads.
Jigs available online in my web store!
till
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Date Joined: 21/02/08
The anchor is 82kg and there
The anchor is 82kg and there is about the half that weight in chain. It would require a bigger diesel boat, ie; cray boat, and that is a lot of fuel.
fisho-ron
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we didnt go out there
we didnt go out there jamie,
but the co-ords for the north fad i got off this site only come up in 40-50mtrs at the back of the bank
i double checked i entered it right and i did, i will check against yours you have listed.
cheers mate