Following my Noosa report from Sun Dec 16th, here is a link to the bar crossing video I took on the GoPro. Hopefully it may be of interest to some of you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgcnUJPu1as
Cheers
Dave
Following my Noosa report from Sun Dec 16th, here is a link to the bar crossing video I took on the GoPro. Hopefully it may be of interest to some of you.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cgcnUJPu1as
Cheers
Dave
Nice vid cheers mate! I think crossing bars is exciting and a skill that is always perfecting itself. Well done and thanks for posting!
Living the dream, Barry
Hi Goldfinch is that bar always that shallow? Also i seen a little tinnie waiting to go
through i wonder if he made it. Anyway good video
Great video. I think everyone has to make the call on the day. I probably would have sooked out given the way they were sucking up. They can pop up out of nowhere on days like that
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Awesome vid thanks heaps. I would encourage more people to film and post bar crossings. I'm pretty inexperienced with that and I would love to see more real scenarios! Thanks again.
Top video Dave. You are right about the last ones, getting over them before they form too much. We crossed on Saturday & it was very similar, but once you get over the last breaker, there is a good run of clear water & then its on again. I almost pulled up to radio coastguard we were safely out, & then saw then the next onslaught, so hammered out past them. Its becoming a VERY long bar. I don't know if all the groyne work they have done at Dog Beach in the river is having any affect on the bar or not??
Tony
Fantastic footage Dave,
My brother and cousin went out early Sunday morning first boat out just on day break, they were in a 4.1m tinnie made it out ok, they said it was a bit hairy going out coming back was ok.
They got some nice Spanish.
Peter.
Manta Man.....The bar tends to be about 1m at the shallowest point of the channel and shallower either side. The sand is constantly changing and always needs re-assessing. I make regular trips to the river mouth just to watch the coast guard go out so I can see where the best spot to cross is.Originally Posted by manta man
Tony, Your boat would have got through another 2 metres of swell mate :-). I'm not sure if the groyne work has effected the bar but it certainly has effected inside the river mouth. Two new channels have opened up, one from the Coast Guard diagonally through to the North end of the mangroves and then from the sand bags at dog beach through to the rock wall at the mouth. Not sure if Back In Black would get through them but I have seen lots of 4-6m vessels using them.
Nice vid. Id go for a ride with you anyday..
Timbo
Ya did well dave....
I was just watching Davo's video....some ugly stuff on that one.
I know the fellow Craig who flipped on the bar early....Poor bugger had all his teeth smashed ut apparently and lost all his gear.
Pete
Thanks Dave,
Can you post up your boat details so I can compare size and power with mine? You look like you did it easy!
Cheers
Craig
You made it look easy Dave! The last time I went out in a mates boat at the moreton bar we flipped the 6m cruise craft n had to swim for two hrs back to moreton island! Never seen that boat again!
Craig, boat is a 19ft Edgewater 188cc with Yammy 150hp 4-stroke on the back. Hull dry weight is 930kg's, OB is about 250kg's, Fuel is 260litre. Here's a picture.
Great footage, mate! Really helpful for the rest of us. Did I read it correctly when it said three people flipped??? Was that all on that day? Crazy if so. In that situation there, do coastguard respond pretty quickly? Thabnks again.
Cuzza
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