Sea skippers course
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Hi Mouldie, Launching there is a lot more comfy than going out from any beach ! Besides you have the wall there which helps a lot. Stay out of the water if it's rough or get a decent boat. Well, save dammit, pimp the wife and kids... :-D
I would be curious to know how much they rip to have a mooring there ?
I would be curious to know how much they rip to have a mooring there ?
Oh and harbour launches aren't all as easy as durban, hairiest launch we've had was coming out of st francis harbour, turned the corner into a huge foamey that we ran along side and my boet eventually turned into, as we popped over that the one in front of use broke and and we popped high over that, all with my lying on the front of the duck to keep it down, I prefer a mouth to a harbour, you can see the waves and look for a lull.
Our pier/wall was never built long enough ,more of a danger than a safety ,the waves come from a westerly direction and are hidden by the pier until they are visible in the mouth ,then its quick u turn or go for it ,@ Fanie we pay about R2000.00 a year in the small boat harbour
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Very dangerous mouth, testament to that is all the people that lost their lives there. Mouldie we learned to run a gully in sodwana, in the trough between sets you outrun a breaking wave and turn into it and over it, skippers courses that learn to wait for lulls is a farce and easy way, but not the right way, because there's not always lulls.
Eish julle mense is competive,I started this post to share a bit of whats happening in my life and show some pics of my home town ,not to say which mouth is the most dangerouse or whos got the biggest boat or whatever ,I have been afforded the opportunity to go for my sea skippers liscence and I am quite excited ,I dont care if yours is bigger than mine,confuscious says small wand make big magic
Hi Mouldie,
Ken jou boot en weet hoe hy gaan hanteer onder watter omstandighede, en 'n bietjie oefening sal vir jou die ondervinding gee,
Dis egter nie die belangrikste nie. Die belangrikste is om jouself te leer ken en te weet waartoe jy self in staat is en hoe jy gaan reageer onder watter omstandighede.
Meerste mense weet nie (al dink hulle so).
Sterkte, die klas c is maklik, jy sal sien. Moenie op die kompas uitgevang word as jy land kan sien nie ;-)
Ken jou boot en weet hoe hy gaan hanteer onder watter omstandighede, en 'n bietjie oefening sal vir jou die ondervinding gee,
Dis egter nie die belangrikste nie. Die belangrikste is om jouself te leer ken en te weet waartoe jy self in staat is en hoe jy gaan reageer onder watter omstandighede.
Meerste mense weet nie (al dink hulle so).
Sterkte, die klas c is maklik, jy sal sien. Moenie op die kompas uitgevang word as jy land kan sien nie ;-)
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I'm originally from Durban. I'll happily launch my kayak off ANY beach in durban. Heck, I'll launch off any beach in KZN.
Launching of the beaches in port Alfred is comparatively simple. But launching out the Kowie mouth - that's a whole different ball game and can be suicidal in a kayak. I know we're not talking kayaks here, but my point is that while beach launching may require a little more effort to get in the water than launching out a river mouth, its usually safer and more predictable.
Looking at the pics, the mouth appears quite wide, but don't be fooled, it's quite easy to cast from one pier to the next. And then you have the sandbanks...
This is not a harboour mouth. The Kowie mouth has claimed more than its fair share of lives and anybody launching and returning here would do well to give it the necessary respect, irrespective of how experienced you are.
Launching of the beaches in port Alfred is comparatively simple. But launching out the Kowie mouth - that's a whole different ball game and can be suicidal in a kayak. I know we're not talking kayaks here, but my point is that while beach launching may require a little more effort to get in the water than launching out a river mouth, its usually safer and more predictable.
Looking at the pics, the mouth appears quite wide, but don't be fooled, it's quite easy to cast from one pier to the next. And then you have the sandbanks...
This is not a harboour mouth. The Kowie mouth has claimed more than its fair share of lives and anybody launching and returning here would do well to give it the necessary respect, irrespective of how experienced you are.
Congratulations Mouldie. Who are you doing your hours with? I've been troubling for hours and a lessons getting out the mouth but business must be good here cause the lessons keep getting postponed.
Is your cat C being done with Karyn? I've been waiting for their next Cat C skippers course since December.
Hopefully there'll be one in March.
Is your cat C being done with Karyn? I've been waiting for their next Cat C skippers course since December.
Hopefully there'll be one in March.