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Kerry I agree with what you say in regards to some people pushing there boats to the limit.What I disagree with is a 17ft boat should never head to Douglas.Guys if we do our homework,check weather reports (bom and Bouy weather) all safety gear is correct radios work, travel with sister boat,dual batteries, and before we hit the boat ramp jump on the net and check what Heron is blowing anymore than 10knts foreget it stay in close. I have been at Douglas with 10knt breeze beautifull this is at 10am weather report comes up winds reaching 10/154knts 1.2mtr swell in the arvo, Iam gone , don,t wait to see, there is my warning deckie says your joking what a waste of fuel money.Reply me skip decission is made shoals here we come.Kerry I hope people read these threads and realize boats can sink,but with common sense and good planning,area knowledge, fishos will have many a safe and fruitfull fishing trip to Douglas and all the other reefsout there. By the way fishos don,t everbody start flogging Douglas now theres a artificial reef. Polky
The size of the vessel has very little to do with it's ability to handle any given sea condition, there is a race called the Mini Transat where 6.5m single handed sail boats race accross the atlantic from France to the USA. People have rowed accross the whole bloody Pacific, Shacklton took 4 people in a timber dingy 600nm in the arctic on a resue mission when his boat was crushed by ice. Far more important to have a good skipper than a big boat. My issue is that a lot of the people getting a long way offshore have very little experience and becuase of this are an accident waiting to happen .
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