experts everywhere,except out there doing it,Yeah,i think he would have like to avoided that unbroken wave at the end,but that swell was very unpredictable and when he made his move at the start,how would he have known that he would face that at the end.I think he did a reasonable job considering.
My mates launched over a big set there and broke his missus leg on this bar in a 600 offshore qwintrex no fishing that day just a screaming missus poor barsted.
north of coffs harbour, there is a bommy about 600 m out and if you wait for a small set then count (i think) 18 waves then you go and dont hesitate :)
try a 3metre swell north end bribie island, 455 Stessco tornado side console, i followed a 6.5 quintrex offshore out, he got thrown around, i decided to go left through happy valley, got less waves but it was 5ft water waves jacked right up, awesome fun. i think i got my pilots licence on that trip, hit it and hit it hard,
I can understand the crazyness of wanting to go fishing when the fish seem to be on. Though you really gotta consider your gear/lives before you go shooting out like that. They're not crazy, although the first boat was bloody lucky to get through the last wave. At least they were all going head on.
Wow, thats a good vid. Would want to hope it was worth the hassle to catch some fish! Have to agree with others comments about not reading it proper as they look to be punching it straight through the breakers.
That's some of the poorest boat handling I've ever seen. The boat should've been trimmed bow high, just on the plane and they should've been far over to the right of the bar. No wonder so many of the boats lost on bars are nearly new....It's not even a big swell, maybe a metre.
experts everywhere,except out there doing it,Yeah,i think he would have like to avoided that unbroken wave at the end,but that swell was very unpredictable and when he made his move at the start,how would he have known that he would face that at the end.I think he did a reasonable job considering.
Show how to take on swell? By stopping in the middle of a bar and nearly going sideways?
fukn scary shit wouldnt lyk 2 try that in my boat...
@ninja2kernow
He's reverse to ensure he doesn't hit the wave when it's still a green back.
My mates launched over a big set there and broke his missus leg on this bar in a 600 offshore qwintrex no fishing that day just a screaming missus poor barsted.
north of coffs harbour, there is a bommy about 600 m out and if you wait for a small set then count (i think) 18 waves then you go and dont hesitate :)
try a 3metre swell north end bribie island,
455 Stessco tornado side console, i followed a 6.5 quintrex offshore out, he got thrown around, i decided to go left through happy valley, got less waves but it was 5ft water waves jacked right up, awesome fun. i think i got my pilots licence on that trip, hit it and hit it hard,
Crazy man Crazy. I'd never take my boat out in those kind of waves. NEVER!
Yeah but these are small boats, fair dues!
I can understand the crazyness of wanting to go fishing when the fish seem to be on. Though you really gotta consider your gear/lives before you go shooting out like that. They're not crazy, although the first boat was bloody lucky to get through the last wave. At least they were all going head on.
Wow, thats a good vid. Would want to hope it was worth the hassle to catch some fish!
Have to agree with others comments about not reading it proper as they look to be punching it straight through the breakers.
at 26 secs you can see he,s aground by the wash on the stern but no foward motion.
@noosaslayer yeah but this is more fun :D
Have a look at you tube "Extreme sport: Dinghy surfing waves" and "Extreme bar crossing in a dinghy"
know to be the worst bar crossing on the eastern coast but fishing is excellent once you get out to the solitary islands.
@noosaslayer Right hand side at Wooli is out of the question because its too shallow mate.
That's some of the poorest boat handling I've ever seen. The boat should've been trimmed bow high, just on the plane and they should've been far over to the right of the bar.
No wonder so many of the boats lost on bars are nearly new....It's not even a big swell, maybe a metre.
I think that's the point of the video... it don't look so cool in the smaller break :P
Well said...
More good luck than good management
1.09 that was close lads
lol i wouldnt have taken my boat of my trailer lol
that first guy didn't pick a very good set lol....
I SHALL NOT DRIVE IN THE CHANNEL THAT WOULD BE A HORRIBLE IDEA.
Thats not how you tackle the Wooli bar!....clueless with nice boats......
fuckin lucky
ive seen better bars in my undies