"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Hoges in WA" wrote in message
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Does anyone have a really truly brilliant system for getting into the
water and out of the water from their boat.

I'm particularly curious about canoe sterns etc but I'm interested in how
anyone manages to exit in particular.

Clip lines? Small davits?

Explanation of systems would be most illuminating also ie how do you go
about it - what sequence.

I've just come back from a night dive onto a new-to-the-dive-industry
charter boat which has a platform at the rear but he hasn't put a ladder
on. It was difficult in the dark to take everything off and hand it up
then (with fins still on) make a seal-like burst onto the back. Lucky it
was very calm tonight, with only a little surface chop and no swell.

It got me to thinking a bit about future exits when I get my boat.

For those who are interested, this was where I was tonight:

http://www.scubaonline.com.au/showdivesite.asp?intID=22

thanks

Hoges in WA



Wow... that would make me get back into diving. I've never been to the
Perth area, just eastern Aus (didn't have much time though).


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NOT good sailing - nowhere to go really. Very ancient flat land.

Diving, however, is a different story altogether. There's a chappy from your
country who's crossed the Pacific in a Beneteau 45 currently advertising for
crew for a trip from Mooloolaba in Queensland to all the way around to my
place and he's surfing and diving all the way. I'm tempted to quit work and
join up.
Hoges in WA

"Hoges in WA" wrote in message
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Wow... that would make me get back into diving. I've never been to the
Perth area, just eastern Aus (didn't have much time though).

NOT good sailing - nowhere to go really. Very ancient flat land.

Diving, however, is a different story altogether. There's a chappy from
your country who's crossed the Pacific in a Beneteau 45 currently
advertising for crew for a trip from Mooloolaba in Queensland to all the
way around to my place and he's surfing and diving all the way. I'm
tempted to quit work and join up.
Hoges in WA


Shows you how much I know about sailing in that part of the world.... I just
figured Perth was great sailing. By nowhere to go, do you mean there are no
good anchorages within reach?

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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Hoges in WA" wrote in message
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Wow... that would make me get back into diving. I've never been to the
Perth area, just eastern Aus (didn't have much time though).

NOT good sailing - nowhere to go really. Very ancient flat land.

Diving, however, is a different story altogether. There's a chappy from
your country who's crossed the Pacific in a Beneteau 45 currently
advertising for crew for a trip from Mooloolaba in Queensland to all the
way around to my place and he's surfing and diving all the way. I'm
tempted to quit work and join up.
Hoges in WA


Shows you how much I know about sailing in that part of the world.... I
just figured Perth was great sailing. By nowhere to go, do you mean there
are no good anchorages within reach?

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"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com


Yes. If you're in Perth, the capital of WA, you can go to Rottnest, some 12
miles away, with 300,000 other people. If you're lucky, you can get a
mooring. Maybe. After you've gone in the ballot for it. Rotto is a good
place to dive - something like 13+ wrecks and all shallow. However, because
it's the ONLY option for Perth, it's crowded.
North you can go to the Abrolhos but its a couple of days away.
South you can come down my way but there's nothing to explore - no rivers,
no bays, just long stretches of beach inshore with a prevailing south-wester
pushing you onto it.

Way further up north it gets more interesting but there's not much in the
way of shore-based support. Down south, you have to get to around Albany
before it's interesting also but it's pretty hairy weather down that way.

This is the principal reason why I do not yet have a boat - I'd be going
nowhere and what I want to see is half a world away. I'll be buying in
Florida and heading up the east coast of the US. I'll probably keep it for
when I return, but it'll simply be a floating RV, because the baby boomers
are going to clog the roads with caravans before long and I can still anchor
out in the places they're staying in.
Hoges in WA

"Hoges in WA" wrote in message
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"Capt. JG" wrote in message
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"Hoges in WA" wrote in message
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Wow... that would make me get back into diving. I've never been to the
Perth area, just eastern Aus (didn't have much time though).

NOT good sailing - nowhere to go really. Very ancient flat land.

Diving, however, is a different story altogether. There's a chappy from
your country who's crossed the Pacific in a Beneteau 45 currently
advertising for crew for a trip from Mooloolaba in Queensland to all the
way around to my place and he's surfing and diving all the way. I'm
tempted to quit work and join up.
Hoges in WA


Shows you how much I know about sailing in that part of the world.... I
just figured Perth was great sailing. By nowhere to go, do you mean there
are no good anchorages within reach?

--
"j" ganz @@
www.sailnow.com


Yes. If you're in Perth, the capital of WA, you can go to Rottnest, some
12 miles away, with 300,000 other people. If you're lucky, you can get a
mooring. Maybe. After you've gone in the ballot for it. Rotto is a good
place to dive - something like 13+ wrecks and all shallow. However,
because it's the ONLY option for Perth, it's crowded.
North you can go to the Abrolhos but its a couple of days away.
South you can come down my way but there's nothing to explore - no rivers,
no bays, just long stretches of beach inshore with a prevailing
south-wester pushing you onto it.

Way further up north it gets more interesting but there's not much in the
way of shore-based support. Down south, you have to get to around Albany
before it's interesting also but it's pretty hairy weather down that way.

This is the principal reason why I do not yet have a boat - I'd be going
nowhere and what I want to see is half a world away. I'll be buying in
Florida and heading up the east coast of the US. I'll probably keep it
for when I return, but it'll simply be a floating RV, because the baby
boomers are going to clog the roads with caravans before long and I can
still anchor out in the places they're staying in.
Hoges in WA




There's always Diego Garcia. LOL


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