tenoayell 0 Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Thinking of heading to victa tom to chase bft for the second time. What will be the water like with the forecast of 13 knots morning and calming a bit after. Are there still bft around? Any loc where they been catching them lately?? Saunders threshold or pages? Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moggy23 625 Posted February 14, 2014 Report Share Posted February 14, 2014 Were are you getting your weather forecasting from, Bom Site prediction, SundayWindsSouth to southwesterly 15 to 20 knots easing to 10 to 15 knots early in the morning before turning south to southeasterly in the afternoon, becoming variable around 10 knots in the evening.Seas1 to 1.5 metres, decreasing below 1 metre during the morning.SwellSouthwesterly 2 to 2.5 metres.Aso have a lookhttp://www.bom.gov.au/jsp/watl/wind/index.jspMost reports are coming from Sanders, so you'l need plenty of fuel on board.I.m leaving my next trip for a better day 4THALOVE 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
tenoayell 0 Posted February 15, 2014 Author Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 You're right moggy. Thinking like about 8 am. But don't know if a southerly 14 knots as starter is not too bad considering 20 knots earlier. We got a 6.1 m carribean fiber glass boat. Moggy23 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
samboman 319 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 i wouldn't be heading out that wide unless its under 10knts…. if the forecast is wrong then it could be a bad decision…. i head out there in a 6.3m but only under 10knts ….. Yakmando 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moggy23 625 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 I have been out there a few times blowing up to 15 knts & wasn't too bad as the swell knocks the short waves around, but once it starts getting around 20 knts & coming from the southerly directions, things start getting a little uncomfortable & slow.It's great that you asked tenoayell, Monday doesn't look to bad as I look for NE to north breezes with seas around a metre, but my crew can't make it until later in the week. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
samboman 319 Posted February 15, 2014 Report Share Posted February 15, 2014 The best day i have had out there it was 7knts from the East and it was like glass 67km out….. Was amazing when the Northerlies picked up to around 15/20 near the Pages how rough it got….. didn't take long to white cap and rough... tenoayell 1 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Yakmando 49 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 Yeah, 10knots and under seems to be the way out there. Have been to pages in 16-17knots, but defiantly not Saunders. Although, we only have a 5.4m Great once you are there! So much flatter as you don't have the warm air coming off the land hitting you. Always more wind and chop once you hit the pages on the way home. Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Ale 301 Posted February 16, 2014 Report Share Posted February 16, 2014 many of us have been saying that there is chance of tuna hysteria taking somones life this season, lets hope these guys are found and prove me wrong:http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/search-for-two-missing-fishermen-off-cape-jervis/story-fni6uo1m-1226828988185I was on the local foreshore yesty arvo with the kids, no chance i wouldve gone out in a 15ftr locally let alone off CJ Moggy23 and rotare 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
Moggy23 625 Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 many of us have been saying that there is chance of tuna hysteria taking somones life this season' date=' lets hope these guys are found and prove me wrong:http://www.adelaidenow.com.au/news/south-australia/search-for-two-missing-fishermen-off-cape-jervis/story-fni6uo1m-1226828988185I was on the local foreshore yesty arvo with the kids, no chance i wouldve gone out in a 15ftr locally let alone off CJ[/quote']Can listen to the Sea Rescue live here. no luck so far http://www.broadcastify.com/listen/feed/2653/web Quote Link to post Share on other sites
bungplug 72 Posted February 17, 2014 Report Share Posted February 17, 2014 Not looking good the longer this goes on - feel for the families.We launched from Cape Jervis on sundown Sunday night and overnighted in Rapid Bay. Had a call from water police just after 10pm asking if we had seen the boat. Police said they were apparently going tuna fishing. Spoke to police around 5 times throughout the night and was putting calls over the radios to see if we could contact them (Police weren't sure if they had a radio at that stage), up at 5am and straight out to the Pages on sunrise, did a few laps of the Islands and reef without seeing anything at all. Then went to Threshold and Saunders again nothing sighted in the area. Moggy23 and pauly s 2 Quote Link to post Share on other sites
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