JUST TO LET PEOPLE KNOW THAT THESE BOATS ARE UNREAL AND THAT I TRAVELLED OUT TO SEA OF MACKAY QUEENSLAND
SOME 50 MILES 20 TIMES IN A 2 YEAR PIERIOD AND A COUPLE OF TIMES WE WERE 70 MILES OFF SHORE.THIS HULL HAD A 60 HP EVINRUDE AND CRUISED AT 30 NTS..CALL ME CRAZY BUT I HAD A SPARE MOTOR ..VHF RADIO..STAYED OVERNIGHT AT OUTER ISLANDS AND SLEEP IN LAGOONS ON THE GREAT BARIER REEF AND ON TOP A SAND CAY A FEW NIGHTS..ALWAYS STAYED IN CONTACT WITH THE AIR SEA RESCUE..WEHTER WAS ALWAYS PRETTY GOOD A TRIP WOULD USALLY TAKE 2 1/2 HRS BUT ONEDAY WE COME HOME IN 2/3 SWELLS TOOK 3 HRS AND ACTUALLY BET A 24 BETRAM AND 21 HAINES IN THE HARBOUR BY 30 MINS WAS NO RACE BUT KEEN TO GET HOME BUT WITH AN 8 INCH CRACK UNDER THE HULL..THIS BOAT HAD DONE 2000 SEA MILES THATS BLOODY INCREADIBLE FOR A 4.5 M TINNY...BUT I HAD A 4 M FISHSEEKER QUINTREX AS WELL TRAVELLED ALMOST SIMALAR MILES WITH A 40 HP BOTH BOATS USED APROX A LITRE OF FUEL A MILE SO A TRIP OUT AND BAC OF SAY 100 MILES I,D TAKE 120 LITRES.....AND YES WE DID CATCH HEAPS OF CORAL TROUT AS THE NAME IMPLIES
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