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[caloundra]

what pisses me off??
people driving boats in the dark with no lights on are you stupid or just dumb??
i fish the passage most weekends with early starts and there are more boats out there with no lights on then there are with lights.you don't see them until you almost hit them
what is going on ??? ???

[mulliehunter]

yes totally agree i hate it when you can hear a boat but you cant see it ive only got a small savage tinny but i got some battery operated lights that work good when mulloway fishing at night only cost about 45 bucks all up i think my life is worth more than that so really there is no excuse not to have them or use them have also seen lots of craft not using them unfortunatelly there will be a bad accident at sea one night because of this then these idiots will realise why lights are put on boats all the best mulliehunter

[flytime]

HI Caloundra,
Should try fishing Noosa river at night. It is just beyond a joke. There are small tinnies with 6hp with stupid kids flying around at night with no lights and half pissed. They use there boats as taxis to from parties/mates places.Somone is going to get hurt sometime and we the responsible boat owner will be involed or injured from the expierence.
HAD my winge for the day !!
Regards Steve

[Al_Macka]

Here is a HIT case.......

Local pro spanner trap boat heading out Richmond River
pre dawn, no moon.....
Caught bow spit of unlit anchored yacht laying across
river , it took port side , window hieght cab out.....
Decky was taken 2 hospital miner stitching...
Near misses we shake our head @,with a few coloued
words .. But hearing this;;;;;;;;;;;
I see the boat back from Coff`s repaired.. Haven`t herd
the cost yet, or any pending legal action...
It was a visiting yacht, which entered during night &
anchored central river......
Another pro mentioned it wasn`t till passing that the town
lights made out the yachts silhouette.....

2 the fisermen who turn thier LIGHTS OUT 2 hide thier
secret spot.... PLEASE USE EM ... other people R
travel`n from A to B....... [smiley=2thumbsup.gif] [smiley=2thumbsup.gif]

[basserman]

i was doing a night jew fish in the hastings river one dark new moon night i had my light on in my 385 just jiged the liveies up and was travleing along the river flat out when i just made out two men tavleing the oppiset directing in their little tinny flat out! well a near miss with the boats and a closer near miss in the skiddies! one day one of these morons will be run down by a boat that is alot bigger with a captian looking out for nav light and anochor or nav light not a darkend shiloete
on both my boats i have more than needed light for example on my tinnie i have running light anchor light and cockpit light and one my out side boat i have running light two anchore light and three diffreent cockpit light
i know i'm safe at night

[Gorilla_in_Manila]

i know i'm safe at night

Unless of course you go screaming into a bigger boat without lights.

[basserman]

yes good point
i guess i better keep my eyes open when driveing still and not let me feel my way with the force