frant said...

hangtime said...

Im sending my thumbs up from 20 miles ESE of Magnetic island with a 15 knot breeze, Spinnaker up, Sunshine, On autopilot, 9-11 knots boatspeed and a smile on my face.

tell us about the hardware and service provider you are using to get internet access offshore. Maybe if its Telstra Cisco's face will be a purple hue from the green with envy and red with outrage +=

Hi Frant
Ive got a simple telstra dongle (prepaid) nothing fancy, A lot of people have had bad experiences with the big T but for what i do its the best coverage by far, So im quite prepared to live with a potential evil nasty providor, only thing is... Ive Had a pleasant run with em so far.
Sitting in Horseshoe Bay Magnetic Island and its a beautiful day, Just got news that 2 people i know (both younger than me) have fallen off their Perch due to Cancer in the past week.
If youre dreaming of getting "out there" Just do it! Life is good.....

Disralei said...

Sound good, count me in.

That damn hangtime he loves to torture the sailors that are parked up at present with his stories and boat speed, I reckon hes kidding, he never sends us picks...?

Ha i smell a bait?
A couple of photos to come as soon as i work out how to upload em.......








If you look at the waterline youll notice it riding high, A light cat is a fast cat!
The quoted speeds are not embelished, in fact theyre lowered a bit so theyre believable!

Bugger

Hail King Hangtime

Hangtime is a legend of all time.

SandS said...


Ok... that is quite enough of you blatently enjoying your self!!! while the rest of us work!!

I thought there was a down side to multihulls?

Sorry folks ...... I let a bit of ego out of the bag there, Couldnt help myself.

Thanks Hangtime for taking the bait, you have thrown a little life into the forum with your bragging and photo dubbing (quite clever for a man at sea) No seriously I was thinking to myself that this was just another boring forum as each time I logged in there was little update to replies. its good to see the likes of SandS, rodward, Frant and others replying so quickly to you Bloody joyous life. Sail well, take care and keep us poor
miserable land based sailors updated with photo's and your escapades (photo's of the girls only)

Cheers.

Ok, Hangtime wins.

good on ya.

The sailing season doesnt really start and finish here.
You just go north in winter and south in summer, then copy/paste copy/paste copy/paste copy/paste copy/paste copy/paste........

lol ok... i might not have the time to always go north and south, but I'll try and what about the other questions? any ideas? i need an insurance for my boat...

hmm ok... what do you mean by "covered by a code of conduct"? english is not my mother tongue, so this seems a little "spanish" to me

and maybe you can just name a few insurance providers... you don't need to recommend. my problem is that i don't even know where to look for them.

I have always been self insured so cant recommend anyone but the companies listed were ...

Insurancemarine-online.com
Oceanic zinsurance brokers
Nautilus Insurance
Trident Marine Insurance
Topsail Insurance
Club Marine
QBE Insurance
OAMPS Insurance Brokers

I think thats about all that were listed...in no particular order and I have no idea who is good and who is not so good... or if there are other companies to maybe consider.

Good luck with it ...

Sanctuary Cove the Brisbane Boat show is coming up May 19th to 22nd this year and its pretty good. Better than the Sydney one by what I saw. Might find some insurance brokers there as well.

As to sailing, when I have a boat ...(I am without at the moment), I usually head north in late March and head back down south in late October. I personally use Bundaburg as the central point when I say head north or south... Lots of great sailing in either direction and lots to explore.

An alternative from heading south if you find yourself in Cairns or Port Douglas in October, is to consider going on to Indonesia - Thailand instead of heading south and do your maintenance work up there ... labour costs are far cheaper up that way but you do have to pay close attention and supervise what you want done well. Easy as to haul out and antifoul, let the locals to the hard work for far less than what it costs in Australia. Having said that we do have a few good places here to do the work yourself if you wish.

Hope the above is helpful to you ...

Lex

I think we need to send out the authorities to find Hangtime, he has not replied to the forum for just over 23 hours and for a man like him who always has plenty to say and brag about that is strange to say the laest. I think those wenches on his cat are mutineers and have taken over the boat (one could only hope) and are doing bad things to Hangtime, Time to call the Coast Guard.

Disralei said...

I think we need to send out the authorities to find Hangtime, he has not replied to the forum for just over 23 hours and for a man like him who always has plenty to say and brag about that is strange to say the laest. I think those wenches on his cat are mutineers and have taken over the boat (one could only hope) and are doing bad things to Hangtime, Time to call the Coast Guard.

Hey im here, I dropped those fat and ugly girls off in Airlie Beach and am picking up some good looking ones at Townsville tommorrow.
Poor things had some great sailing and island hopping but on the last 2 days they got 3 meter swell and a 3 meter sea, Very rough and they turned green for some reason then a mad storm with rain and lightning made life interesting.
Next stop orpheus Island, Hinchinbrook Channel, Cardwell , Bedara Island, Drunk Island, Mission Beach, then somewhere after that.