Question on travelling speed

[DOGFIGHT]

i'm with OPTI on this one

Great pics chop ........................WOT for us when we can

[Shep 23]

Hi Guys,

Most of the time I will drive to the conditions. We fish a long way off shore so some times your driving for 80 mins plus. Don't wont to get out there and feel like shit after a hard fast ride. My rig will do 45knts but will suck the fuel at that rpm's for a long trip.
Plus I think the boat will only stand up too so much before you need to spend some $$$ on repairs. I look at the long term for my rig and mates.

On the way back in you need to have a few beers and have a think about the one that got away and how good it is to be out fishing with mates, not how quick your boat can go.

Cheer's

Shep

[Triple]

I don't see the point in going flatout when fishing, fishing to me is not about being in a hurry..
If I wanted to be in a hurry I'd get one of these -

[feral cat]

its not all about how fast you get there.....its about bringing home a feed of fish.........4200rpm is sweet for the cat..any higher and fuel consumption goes through the roof......

[thylacene]

its not all about how fast you get there.....its about bringing home a feed of fish.........4200rpm is sweet for the cat..any higher and fuel consumption goes through the roof......

Agree that it is not all about how fast, but circumstances vary.

With a three hour drive home, 5.40PM sunset, and a desire to store the boat clean and leave the shack ready for next time, reducing traveling time by a half hour each way makes a difference to how much time we get to spend fishing.

Since moving to a larger GRP hull, we notice it. We generally get about an extra hour in compared to the previous boat when we go wide. Launching at 6AM (yes I know we could get up earlier, but arriving at 11PM the night before and then setting up the boat) and being back by 2PM and losing about an hour while we chase live bait, and 1 1/2 hours traveling each way leaves about 4 hours of fishing. The difference between cruising at 15 Knots and 25 Knots adds about an hour to the available time for dangling a line. Sometimes we live with some mild discomfort in exchange.

I'm not looking to be an ocean racer, but between the NSW South Coast weather and work, we like to make the most of the few opportunities we get.

I do take solace that there is exactly ten years until we can move to the coast and fish any day we want for as long as we want, and get home knowing there will be time tomorrow to tub and scrub.

That said, packing my bags to head off tomorrow night, heard the YFT have turned up at the 1000 Fathom line, Yee Haa

Have a great weekend all

Thy

[bigjimg]

I drive to the boats capabilities in the prevailing conditions. I see no point to trying to fly in a boat,it just throws gear around turns the rods into whips in the launcher on landing.And injuries to ankles or wrists a real issue not to mention a loose knife that finds its way to the floor ready to catch out the unsuspecting.Time on the water is meant to be enjoyed not painful.Jim

[Muteki]

Like everyone else has said there's no need to hurry...drive to conditions. I have a 5.2mtr vessel which is basically a ski/leisure boat, it performs its best in a glass out.
Over 10 knot winds (i care not for) in the bay depending wind direction and my postion the trip home can be like thrown down stairs in a wheelchair, not driven properly.
It doesnt handle chop well at all, bang bang bang but if swell picks up, right trim and speed for size and frequency of wave it can carve its way home comfortably.
I might be able to WOT 70-75ks an hour but sometimes 30-40 is just fine.

[OPTI]

this is where i want to be


thats a boat

[thylacene]

176MPH Woo Hoo, What a buzz. But it hasn't got a bait board or rod holders???

[OPTI]

i was more impressed at the 95 mph at 4200rpm thats a sweet economical cruise, i think i saw 3nm per gal on the vessel view,would be hard to find lures that trol at that speed

[thylacene]

At that, dropping over to Kiwi land for the day is almost do-able

Bloody nice bit of kit, don't know how it would behave in a short period 3M swell tho

[OPTI]

BTW that boat is powered by twin 1350 hp mercruisers,8 litre quadcam twin turbo that run on 91 octain pump fuel ,they cost 180 k each