Thread: Bloody boats

Freo to the nearest point on Rottnest is still about 10NM. When we used to sail over it was about a 2 hour crossing, then another 45 minutes out to narrow neck. Sails help brace the boat against the waves and stop it rocking as much.

I never knew Bondy had a cat, I only ever saw him on the Black Swan, which was a large mono-hull.

I'm playing support boat for a Rottnest Channel Swimmer this year. She takes ~6 hours to do the crossing, so that's a lot of bobbing around like a cork.

Edit: Mis-read your post. Now see it was one of his mates that had the cat.

Originally Posted by BradC

Freo to the nearest point on Rottnest is still about 10NM. When we used to sail over it was about a 2 hour crossing, then another 45 minutes out to narrow neck. Sails help brace the boat against the waves and stop it rocking as much.

I never knew Bondy had a cat, I only ever saw him on the Black Swan, which was a large mono-hull.

I'm playing support boat for a Rottnest Channel Swimmer this year. She takes ~6 hours to do the crossing, so that's a lot of bobbing around like a cork.

Edit: Mis-read your post. Now see it was one of his mates that had the cat.

I can attest to the saying that the two best days of boat ownership are the day you buy it, and the day it leaves your driveway.....
We had 50% ownership of a 6.2m Quintrex Bowrider, which ultimately ended up taking up space in my shed and me continually having to do the maintenance on it...

That said, I did skipper for a Rotto swim team for a couple of years. What an epic day. 6am to around 1pm of full concentration around the scrum of boats, swimmers and kayaks. An hour or two of blissful rest in the bay when the team leaves for the final swim in to the beach, and then pick them up and the bouncy blast back to Freo to the ramp just on sunset.

Fun times.
Chris

Originally Posted by BradC

Freo to the nearest point on Rottnest is still about 10NM. When we used to sail over it was about a 2 hour crossing, then another 45 minutes out to narrow neck. Sails help brace the boat against the waves and stop it rocking as much.

I never knew Bondy had a cat, I only ever saw him on the Black Swan, which was a large mono-hull.

I'm playing support boat for a Rottnest Channel Swimmer this year. She takes ~6 hours to do the crossing, so that's a lot of bobbing around like a cork.

Edit: Mis-read your post. Now see it was one of his mates that had the cat.

It wasn't Bond's cat. This bloke was one of his "mates". But you get the picture about the money thing. He would spend more on his shoes than I would on a car. The cat had almost stateroom like accom in each hull. It wasn't a trailer sailer.. Or sailor for that matter. He sold it to some megabucks sports guy who proceeded to do b ad things on it. You might recognise the name, but I won't post it on a public forum in case you do


Edit: Missed your edit.

Originally Posted by BradC

I'm playing support boat for a Rottnest Channel Swimmer this year. She takes ~6 hours to do the crossing, so that's a lot of bobbing around like a cork.

Hope you have your boat a little more reliable by then, Being a cork could get lonely.

I built a raft from six forty-fours, for a charity raft race on the Pine River. Didn't do any good, we were the only crew who followed the rules.

Back when Ansett went down I took a small group to Alice Springs. They had a blow up boat thing. They ran it in the Henley on Todd. I might have a picture of that too. It was hilarious. I think they came last.

I didn't think Bondy had any mates.
My Son-in-Law works building boats. I was in Perth when they finished a small luxury ship and was invited to the family day to inspect the tub. We didn't know who commissioned the build and no photos were allowed. It cost mega-millions. Absolute luxury, gold plumbing etc, etc.. Most of the boats they built went to overseas buyers. The hull finish was as smooth and shiny as any show car.

Originally Posted by cjc_td5

That said, I did skipper for a Rotto swim team for a couple of years. What an epic day. 6am to around 1pm of full concentration around the scrum of boats, swimmers and kayaks. An hour or two of blissful rest in the bay when the team leaves for the final swim in to the beach, and then pick them up and the bouncy blast back to Freo to the ramp just on sunset.

This one is a solo and she rents a massive house for the night, brings over a pile of mates and caters a huge party apparently. We’ll go along for the party and sleep on board, heading back at a respectable time on Sunday. Have access to a couple of moorings in Thompson’s so I won’t have to worry about getting kicked off.

I've done it twice before but that was 30+ years ago and things have changed a bit since then.

Brother and his brood headed over this morning. Got the first phone call about 10am. “The toilet won’t flush”. I checked it yesterday and it was all good. “did you check it before you left? No. Did you check it before you loaded it up with the results of last nights dinner? No.” So had to source a wiring diagram for the controller and talk him through hot wiring the water solenoid and macerator to clear it out. Nothing like diagnostics by FaceTime.

Not as bad as the time he called to say he was 6NM off shore and both motors stopped. Teaching someone to bleed a mechanical diesel over the phone is challenging to say the least. “Both motors have stopped, what do I do? Have you put the anchor down? No. Well, then I’d start there.”