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Gonewindsurfing247

966 posts

Gonewindsurfing247

WA, 966 posts

23 Jul 2008 2:09pm

Local break in Mandurah was going off this morning, but check out the idiot fishermen.

stribo

QLD

1628 posts

stribo

QLD, 1628 posts

23 Jul 2008 4:18pm

Got the after pics?

pweedas

4642 posts

pweedas

WA, 4642 posts

23 Jul 2008 2:28pm

Ahhh, it's just a bit of light chop. What's the problem?

Gonewindsurfing247

966 posts

Gonewindsurfing247

WA, 966 posts

23 Jul 2008 2:29pm

I do but not very exciting. Boat rolls, rights itself and carries on.

stribo

QLD

1628 posts

stribo

QLD, 1628 posts

23 Jul 2008 4:31pm

COOOOLLL

Mobydisc

NSW

9029 posts

Mobydisc

NSW, 9029 posts

23 Jul 2008 4:32pm

Is it a fishing boat? It looks different to the boats on the east coast. Doesn't look like much room for nets, poles, traps or whatever they use.

Gonewindsurfing247

966 posts

Gonewindsurfing247

WA, 966 posts

23 Jul 2008 2:48pm

stribo

QLD

1628 posts

stribo

QLD, 1628 posts

23 Jul 2008 5:11pm

Insane

decrepit

12873 posts

decrepit

WA, 12873 posts

23 Jul 2008 3:22pm

wonder if they lost any passengers?
You'd have to be hanging on pretty well!

NR

517 posts

WA, 517 posts

23 Jul 2008 3:24pm

Are you sure thats mandurah and not pinneroo ?

pweedas

4642 posts

pweedas

WA, 4642 posts

23 Jul 2008 3:33pm

See how much better a boat handles really rough conditions when it's not your boat and someone else is paying for it? There's almost no limit to how they can handle things.
I bet it could even handle a quick graunch over the reef without too much damage. Well, maybe quite a bit of damage, but if someone else is paying for it, what the heck?!

elmo

8890 posts

elmo

WA, 8890 posts

23 Jul 2008 3:36pm

The Boats a US Coast Guard patrol boat on a training run

mineral1

4564 posts

mineral1

WA, 4564 posts

23 Jul 2008 3:38pm

elmo said...

The Boats a US Coast Guard patrol boat on a training run

Coooorrrrectomoondo

wormy

QLD

679 posts

wormy

QLD, 679 posts

23 Jul 2008 5:40pm

Would of thought that they had of learned by now as I saw them do exactly the same thing about a year ago

Gonewindsurfing247

966 posts

Gonewindsurfing247

WA, 966 posts

23 Jul 2008 3:59pm

If you zoom in on the brown patch on photo 3 you can quite distinctly see a face. Wooooooo, spooky.

stribo

QLD

1628 posts

stribo

QLD, 1628 posts

23 Jul 2008 7:43pm

Gonewindsurfing247 said...

If you zoom in on the brown patch on photo 3 you can quite distinctly see a face. Wooooooo, spooky.

Looks like chewbacker arrrrrrgggg!!!

holgs

303 posts

holgs

WA, 303 posts

23 Jul 2008 8:49pm

Gonewindsurfing247 said...

Local break in Mandurah was going off this morning, but check out the idiot fishermen.

The swell must have been very localised to Mandurah, this morning it was 1.5m at Rotto and 0.6 m at Cott.
Someone good with Photoshop maybe ?

Haircut

QLD

6491 posts

Haircut

QLD, 6491 posts

23 Jul 2008 11:40pm

Chewbacca is a Wookiee from the planet Kashyyyk, but Chewbacca lives on the planet Endor, and now on a boat - think about that.....

THAT DOES NOT MAKE SENSE!

Wet Willy

TAS

2317 posts

Wet Willy

TAS, 2317 posts

24 Jul 2008 12:13am

Crazy, man!! Let's hope nobody was sitting on the loo at the time...

Wet Willy

TAS

2317 posts

Wet Willy

TAS, 2317 posts

24 Jul 2008 12:15am

Relax, Haircut . That's not Chewie, that's The Thing, from the Fanstastic 4.

Haircut

QLD

6491 posts

Haircut

QLD, 6491 posts

24 Jul 2008 12:21am

aha!

MintoxGT

975 posts

MintoxGT

WA, 975 posts

23 Jul 2008 10:41pm

I love watching this stuff, theres a harbour in Scotland that is f^ckoff nasty as and they train there as well, those guys can peddle those boats

Wet Willy

TAS

2317 posts

Wet Willy

TAS, 2317 posts

24 Jul 2008 1:39am

The crew are standing on the bridge! So they must have harnesses or something, right? Or magnetic boots...? Maybe they're genetically-engineered freak-men, or maybe they were deliberately infected with venom from a radioactive spider!

Glad to see the US taxpayers' money is being put to good use!

Wow, they can afford that AND Iraq?

Why can't they make sails that last forever and masts that don't break?

And footstraps that don't wear out? Priorities, people! PRIORITIES!!!

stehsegler

3571 posts

stehsegler

WA, 3571 posts

24 Jul 2008 8:39am

Wet Willy said...

Why can't they make sails that last forever and masts that don't break?

And footstraps that don't wear out? Priorities, people! PRIORITIES!!!

Because those are generally not made in the US but in China by people on $2.5 a day.

Want quality US products? Buy Streamlined Boom... or photo cases from Pelican they are apparently all made in the US and will survive the next apocalypse.

RE the pics... the photos were taken in Morro Bay, California. Google it for more info.

evlPanda

NSW

9207 posts

evlPanda

NSW, 9207 posts

24 Jul 2008 11:38am

Meh, i'll raise you a tow boat going under a bridge:

Complete sequence:
www.mbnet.fi/

MikeyS

VIC

1509 posts

MikeyS

VIC, 1509 posts

24 Jul 2008 1:50pm

Wave (sailing) ain't quite the same with power coming through a throttle.

The naval architect obviously didn't realize that his boat was meant to broach when going down the line.

Jens

348 posts

Jens

WA, 348 posts

24 Jul 2008 1:26pm

Hi Folks,

Anyone know what the Naturaliste swell figs were for that Saturday? I was sailing Melros on my light wind Kona with a 6.9m sail and was grovelling through rather impressive 3/4 mast high walls in the afternoon.

Cheers, Jens

Jens

348 posts