Sea skippers course
- Thread starter Mouldz
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Ziyz wrote:
I am using a friend of mine ,Marius Stolz to take us in and out the mouth a few times,He is only available Sat mornings ,so I dont know if we going to have the 25hrs required by mid March.pm me your name ,do i know you ,how long you being in P.A.Congratulations Mouldie. Who are you doing your hours with? I've been troubling Chris Fourie 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.
Fanie wrote:
Mouldie, I do not like that launch, because you are relatively unsighted and it is one of the most dangerous launches.
The Swartkops is also a dangerous place and river/ lagoon mouths change all the time, especially as the tide changes. ( NEVER GO OUT ON A OUTGOING SPRING TIDE )
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Mouldie, I do not like that launch, because you are relatively unsighted and it is one of the most dangerous launches.
The Swartkops is also a dangerous place and river/ lagoon mouths change all the time, especially as the tide changes. ( NEVER GO OUT ON A OUTGOING SPRING TIDE )
Ziyz wrote:
It seems I'm just going to have to wait till my own boat gets here...3 days and counting
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It seems I couldn't be more wrong. Few skippers, if any, in town are comfortable with letting someone practise launching out the Kowie on their boats ::craz. I checked at the dive shop and they quoted about R600 an hour...excluding fuel::cavmn:rasta....and then strongly discouraged using their boats:doh.
It seems I'm just going to have to wait till my own boat gets here...3 days and counting
.Hi Moggy
Yes you are 100% right about Swartkops. I often go out at Swartkops and i allways make sure the tide is coming in. My motto is if it is windy and the tide is outgoing then my place is at home. Believe me I got soaked a few times and all for a fish or 2? Liewers bang gat as dooie gat, kept me out of trouble, and if I am out and the wind starts picking up, so do I.
Yes you are 100% right about Swartkops. I often go out at Swartkops and i allways make sure the tide is coming in. My motto is if it is windy and the tide is outgoing then my place is at home. Believe me I got soaked a few times and all for a fish or 2? Liewers bang gat as dooie gat, kept me out of trouble, and if I am out and the wind starts picking up, so do I.
Mouldie,
You do not have to have your hours physically driving the boat, you can go to sea with someone and be assistant skipper.
You will need to do a practical with the examiner, before you qualify.
Go speak to the guys at PARSC and ask for crew space and speak to Karel, for assistance. ( tell him Marius from PE gave you his name ) He is a bit grumpy but a good guy at heart.
Going in and out of the mouth is playing with the lions sack.
Every surf launch is a potential for a mistake.
You get two types of people who launch through surf and river mouts,those who have flipped and those that will someday.
You do not have to have your hours physically driving the boat, you can go to sea with someone and be assistant skipper.
You will need to do a practical with the examiner, before you qualify.
Go speak to the guys at PARSC and ask for crew space and speak to Karel, for assistance. ( tell him Marius from PE gave you his name ) He is a bit grumpy but a good guy at heart.
Going in and out of the mouth is playing with the lions sack.
Every surf launch is a potential for a mistake.
You get two types of people who launch through surf and river mouts,those who have flipped and those that will someday.