somebody had a bad easter sunday in Dampier
Submitted by Rob H on Mon, 2012-04-09 17:32
Who got towed into Dampier yesterday arvo? Trailcraft towed by an Evolution I think
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Adam Gallash
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Easter
Easter sucks balls, snapped rod from a swag catching on line, towed in 40nm from behind long, dog can hardly walk (injured) after hanging with her play mate, cars done a fuel regulator and fw crashed yest morning costing a few hunge. Been a shit house weekend, just hope the boat is a starter motor and nothing more serious and that the dog hasnt broken anything, sigh.
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Rob H
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oh oh..hence the comment on
oh oh..hence the comment on the salmon thread!!
youve got a 115 Yam havent you? Have you ever tried to start it with a rope? Me and a mate tried it in the back yard for a laugh-I wish it had lower compression!
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Dont even consider it Rob,
Dont even consider it Rob, sandflies there the size of bristow choppers. . .
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long island
camped there many times great spot never had a problem with sandflies, great gt,s from the sand spit and mackies off thed back
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Do you camp in the hook?
If so are you with the crew that set up a full on camp with three odd boats?We stay low key Bear Grylls style.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
snappermiles
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most of the time
just depends on the weather if you camp on the other side always wear booties as the rocks are sharp we had three blokes with foot infections two years back. na last year we had seven boats and yeh we did have a camp
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allrounder
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So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
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bugger
thats sounds like a shit trip hone Adam
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you reckon thats bad
my mrs brought me a carton of carlton mid strength...sorry to hear hope the pups ok, those vets can get nasty and Rob I'm yet to be towed in fingerscrossed
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Rob H
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yeah Chris Im not even going
yeah Chris Im not even going to go there by sayin that!
But as Adams shows above NOTHING mechanical is foolproof, and I dont reckon they get any more reliable than a 115 4S yam.
Was wondering if it might have been Crasny having fixed the trailer!
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Towed in
Towed a boat in on Saturday night that had run out of fuel half way back from Koks island. He'd topped it up with 125 litres the afternoon before heading out and instaed of parking it up where he usually does out of town he left it in front of the units he stopped at.
One engine started coughing when the just passed the island so they shut it down thinking it was dirty fuel because the fuel bowl was full of crap then the othe one died some 5nm towards town. A passing boat hooked them on and started towing but had to call us out because they would have run out as well.
Beautiful night for it, full moon and light winds, getting in around 2000 hrs.
They estimated that someone had sucked about 300 litres out , and to make it worse, they got bugger all fish to show for it.
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Hey every cloud has a silver lining
Oi know it is never good to see or hear of pets And especially those close to fw members bein injured.
But there is always one positive. If u have to go to the local vet at least u get. Chance to meet up with the vet doctor lou Lou :-)
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not good news on all fronts
not good news on all fronts with those that had it bad over easter. oh well there are always chockies to eat and liquid to drink.
hope your pooch comes good Adam. not nice when that sort of thing happens.
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mates ski boat got swamped
mates ski boat got swamped on Saturday off East Lewis island and sunk/overturned, activated their EPIRB and it took over 6 hours to get a response, wasn't a good weekend for it off Dampier thats for sure.
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Rob H
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6 hours!
thats incredible, theres probably more commercial vessels here than nearly anywhere else and thats only a couple of miles from where we are sitting.
Did he have a 406?
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Epirb/commercial vessels
Rob,
Even a 406 mhz epirb can take 5 hours + for a satellite to pass and receive the signal and bounce it to RCC Canberra, then they start organising a response. They send a boat or a plane out to your location and the 121.5 side of the epirb shows up on their 10cm radar as a line of dots turning into circles as they approach your position, they still dont know where you are, thus why signalling devices are so important.
Even a 406mhz with GPS still can take that 5 hours + for a satellite to pass over and detect the signal, but at least they know your lat and long immediately.
Commercial vessels unless they see they boat turn over or signalling devices, pretty much dont enter the picture unless asked by local Police, VMSR etc to keep an eye out. Being a ski boat and with a low profile wouldnt have helped either.
Sounds like a bummer of a situation with the boat turned over, radio out of operation and flares unable to be accessed.
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Rob H
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yeah for sure, but given that
yeah for sure, but given that its almost next to the boat ramp, maybe a mile or 2 on an easter weekend, you wouldnt expect to be floating in the water for 6 hours.
We've been watching the procession of boats going out and coming back and forth even on the breezy days.
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makai
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Had my fair share this weekend....
Finally got the boat out over easter. Been doing some work on the trailer over the last couple of months and left it to the old man to take it off the jacks and tighten the wheel nuts (dual axle trailer with 2 tonnes of boat). Been so long since we did the work that I forgot to check the wheel nuts. Unfortunately, so did my old man. Lost a wheel and spent 3 hrs by the side of the road sorting it out, including a trip trip to Repco for some new wheel nuts. Luckily I noticed it about to come off and and was pulling up to stop when it did. Could have been much worse!! Was metro, so not far to home or Repco. Then had an indicator stop working today. Popped the cover off, and the globe and copper retainer disintegrated in my fingers. New set of LED's coming up!
But, on the plus side, some great boating weather and the kids had a ball.......
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Ah
For once its no me in trouble trying to catch a fish off damps.Had some luck sat but rested the rest.
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Rob H
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thats good!from memory it had
thats good!
from memory it had either a Etec or Fitch Evinrude-possibly a Johnson 140.
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