benno573

Will be out and about down around the pin tomorrow, will drop in and say gudday, especially if there is a feed of muddies on the table... :kiss:

mate my fuel gauge reads half by the time I get out to the cape... just always make sure i have another 20 or 40L in reserve to make sure I get home! If you said your boat used 10L/hr on average (which it probably doesn\'t), it\'s about 12-13nm from the port boat ramp to the outer measured mile marker. In good weather you will be doing 15-18kn no worries meaning you will be out there in under 1 hr, maybe burning 8-9L in the process. With 55L on board you have oodles and oodles to do some running around, maybe throw a few molotofs about, play with your flame thrower for a bit and then shoot home. Probably a good idea to do a consumption run - one way is to get a stopwatch on the boat, drive it around for an hour flat out and then fill the tank back up, work out how much it used in an hour. Try it in smooth water, rough water, with 2 people, with 4 people, at different speeds etc. You get an average that way. Other way to do it is L/km or L/nm - if you have a GPS drop a track and then get the distance of that track, work out how much fuel was used to cover that distance. For my trip on sunday I will have enough fuel on board for 6 hours running time at full noise, allowing 2hrs out, 1 hr moving about out there, 2 hrs back, with 1 hr to spare. This is based on the average consumption of 17L/hr then adding a 2L/hr saftey margain just to be sure. When planning longer trips it is good to know your average consumption.

shortie wrote: I agree whole heartedly with this. I don't drink when skippering, it is my responsibility to ensure those on board come home safely. I have been out in the boat before and noticed an interesting smell coming from nearby boats as blokes chuff up on the water... I'd rather be landbased than out with blokes like that. You wouldn't get into a car with a bloke who is pissed or high... Probably worse on a boat!!!

rayke1938 wrote: This is a fair point. Most non-boaters have no idea of the costs of a trip. Also, totally agree on the giving a couple of hints, you should have seen kreel the first time I took him out, useless. With a few quick tips from me, he has progressed to slightly less useless! in all seriousness, no-one can get onto a boat from the first time and be an expert, skippers need to be patient as well as informative. Everyone has a good time this way!!!

ellicat wrote: I KNOW!!!!!!!!!!!!!

there is a difference... "mate, i'm heading out, want to tag along?" don't expect anything... you were going anyway. "heading out, looking for a crew to come along, costs shared". costs are shared. mostly, my trips out in the bay are with people i have been out with before. they know the deal, fuel costs are shared. i get the boat ready, get the bait etc, they bring food for all. if they don't play the game the first trip, they'll struggle to get another ride in a hurry. kreel and tacklebox are awesome crew, sparksie is tops (eyes right) kriso, do$tylz, ellicat, jeff f... they all are happy to chip in and help out and look after the boat. as per the how much thread, it ain't cheap! also, re tackle etc... not everyone you take out is an expert. they may need some guidance and assistance with gear. i have a mate who comes out with me often who is not that good at fishing but loves to learn so i am happy to impart knowledge and he has a great time. yeah ok, he bums a bit of tackle here and there, but what's $10 worth of tackle between mates?

time to get a boat by the sounds of it mate... :laugh:

batman wrote: milo is only a little bit cute mate...

shortie wrote: ROFL..... :laugh: :laugh: :laugh: :laugh:

mate, troll big lures like rapalas etc everywhere you go. there are some HUGE spaniards up there, lots of spotties and tuna as well, if you have an option to troll closer to the islands out from the reef edges that's the go. most of the island drop straight off to about 30-60m within 100m of the shore of less! the bays will have coral bommies and stuff, watch the green zones though. take a ridiculously heavy rig and a few of the halco roosta poppers or some stickbaits and find any bommies with good tide flow = GT's!!!! i found unwieghted pillies in around reef edges got smashed by everything, need some serious gear to pull some of the stuff out. same would go for lightly weighted plastics i would assume. lucky bugger!!!