How could you carry enough fuel on anything less than a 6m boat? It'd be a moving fuel tank! I'd love to do it though.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
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How could you carry enough fuel on anything less than a 6m boat? It'd be a moving fuel tank! I'd love to do it though.Quote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
I did it using a 5.4m Trailcraft Sportscab boat easily.Quote:
Originally Posted by cjc_td5
The main tank held 120l and I carried 2x 60l drums and 3x 20l jerrycans which gave me a range of about 300 miles.
I stowed the 60l drums at the stern of the boat and had the 3 jerrycans lashed to the transom.
I also carried 60l of water, plenty of food and at least 6 blocks of beer, Oh and a .243 just in case the lizards became too friendly[biggrin][thumbsupbig]
I only had a 40l engle fridge that ran from a solar panel on the roof so I was limited on how much fresh meat I could carry But as I enjoy a good feed of fish/mud crabs I had plenty to eat.
I carried plenty of canned food and pasta/rice so IF things did turn nasty I had enough food for several weeks if I needed it.
If you are travelling at sea in this area it pays to wait until the tide is flowing the way you want to travel which will save you quite a lot of fuel, travelling against the tide will chew up heaps of fuel.
Be Very weary of the crocks especially when you are anchored up at night, I had led deck lights aimed over the side which lit up pretty well and they didn't illuminate the deck so the lizards couldn't see me (hopefully) which seemed to work OK.
I did awake pre dawn when I was anchored up for the night in a creek near Rosie Creek with 3 big crocks lurking around the boat But they kept their distance thankfully.
Sounds like Hans Tholstrup. Growing up I was fascinated by his adventuresQuote:
Originally Posted by trout1105
Hans Tholstrup - Wikipedia
Could not think of a worse situation..on board a cattle/cruise ship owned by dodgy tax avoiders😣
Maybe it's my former life in public health having to deal with mass outbreaks on visiting cruise ships..mainly noro..and seeing the pathetic facilities on board for treating passengers..and at their (outlandish) cost which meant many did not seek treatment for fear of bankruptcy...the ship having hold of their c cards!!
And ...the staff on board are badly treated too.
Hope they all get scrapped...IMHO!
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Originally Posted by W&KO
I'm sure you took more precautions than just sleeping on the beach!
There are countless holiday opportunities to be had without leaving Australia or boarding one of those plague ships.
I am willing to bet that the majority of people that go on those cruises havent seen all of their home State let alone what the rest of Australia has to offer.
NO imagination some people [bigwhistle]
Agree a huge opportunity for all that holiday money spent on foreign cruise ships, ski resorts etc all to be spent in Australia for a few years ahead.
I have never been on a cruise ship but I have spent a number of years at sea in other ships, both large and small. While crew may have had colds and flues from time to time, they never ended up infecting others onboard.
However of the 10 or so people I know who have been on cruise ships, almost all have come back home with a cold or flu from their trip.
There is clearly something about the cruise ship environment that encourages the spread of these infections.
Garry
In a past life I used to skipper commercial fishing boats across the top of Australia from Cape York to Broome , and would spend sometimes up to 3 or 4 months in the kimberley'sQuote:
Originally Posted by bob10
Some of the small islands we would visit or the river systems we would explore were stuff I will never forget. I been to places were we could back the stern of the trawler under a waterfall to fill our fresh water supplies. I seen pods Dolphins swimming chasing schools of fish , that seemed to go as far as you could see , must have been several hundred dolphins easily in some of those pods. Seen whales breeching and also had them come close enough to the hull that we could have jumped onto them
We used to get the white boats come visit us if we were anchored to see if they could buy or swap Alcohol for seafood. I remember having several beach days with the original true north , must have been the early 90's I reckon , from memory 2 brothers owned it . We used to trade stories of places to visit between Derby and Wyndham. In about 2008 or there about was anchored in a nice little cove in Admiralty gulf and a real flash white boat dropped anchor near us , I remember seeing the half court basketball set up on the bottom deck , soon enough the speed boat comes over to see if they can swap some seafood for the usual couple cartons of beer , and asked who the boat belonged to and the bloke in the speed boat says Paul Allen . Name didn't ring a bell, and our request to come over for a squizz was denied but that was common. Wasn't till I got back to Darwin a month or so later I find out the owner was Bill Gates offsider.. From memory the boat was named Octopus.
I don't miss the job , but I do miss the places I went, and the things I seen.
Bulletman
I refueled Octopus on Trinity Wharf. The security would have done the PoA proud.