$160 dollar fine. Doing trailer maintainance at peron ramp. Finished repairs to trailer . Gave way to other boat uses coming in from fishing ( never 50 meters away from causeway). No bait fishing gear ( life jackets and out of date flares on board) . Doing right thing just in case trailer wrong. Didn't want to hold incoming traffic up. Dot always done righty by me in past a little unfair in this situation. What's world coming to. As I said before great guys looking after people ( making sure everyone is safe). Got me
Long story short got fined for no flares.only left marina for 2 minutes while ramp became free . was only doing trailer maintenance no fishing gear not even sounder or gps in..yes to the letter of the law im guilty. Just sucks when you do everything right and cop a cheap shot!!
both of you doing "trailer maintenance" at the same time and get fined for the same thing! Maybe they heard it 10 times already and you guys were the only ones telling the truth
Not involved . Wrong yes ( regards flares). Circumstance bit unfair. My boat still at home . Has been for a week. Just replying to megladones question. Your problem is???? Rob. H . Right place at wrong time . Did I say I was out ? No . Answering question.? ( megladon question )Read my post.not being nasty at all. Where did I say I was done????? F-- k me . How many people put boat in water for maint on trailers ???? Rob can give you a few names . No dought many many others do same thing. I must admit all my main gear locked away . Unless I go fishing. Leave out of date flares on board as most would. Where did I say I was involved( once again) ???????Mmmm ?????
"$160 dollar fine. Doing trailer maintainance at peron ramp. Finished repairs to trailer . Gave way to other boat uses coming in from fishing ( never 50 meters away from causeway). No bait fishing gear ( life jackets and out of date flares on board) . Doing right thing just in case trailer wrong. Didn't want to hold incoming traffic up. Dot always done righty by me in past a little unfair in this situation. What's world coming to. As I said before great guys looking after people ( making sure everyone is safe). Got me"
But now say you didnt get done, and werent out?
Doesnt matter though, as I said it was tongue in cheek and I must have misunderstood your writing style.
Simple, boat going in the water requires all the safety gear. DOP would have heard it all beforehand, it is clear in the regs and not that hard to comply. Sometimes we all learn the hard way, but that's the way this country is going, lose of common sense, not just with this, diving for crays, even the way we work..... USA just saying.
Yer John, stringing what you say, write can have 5 meanings but I think most sometimes understand what you mean I think
Send in an appeal letter with all your receipts for the parts and see hwo you go. Got nothing to lose except 30 mins putting the letter/email together.
I've got myself out of numerous parking and a couple of train fines by writing a letter. It usually works to your advantage if you come out off the bat and admit you were in the wrong and then explain the situation.
The Point is he left the marina, and doing so he entered unprotected waters without the required gear. Fair? Harsh? You can argue that all day, but he did breach the laws.
Out of curiosity, how many of you guys take your safety gear out of the boat everytime you park it up at home? I always used to leave mine on the boat, never really thought twice about it?
Yeah I have a grab bag with all the safety gear, flares,EPIRB etc. Scumbags are everywhere these days. Gotta agree a bit hard being pinged like that and you would think some discretion forthcoming, but it's zero tollerance like this that gets the message out I guess.
yellow waterproof grab bag, with all safety (hand-held VHF, flares, EPIRB), plus the sounder/plotter, torch, green laser pointer, etc, all live in there as well. that way, as you never forget your plotter/sounder, you never forget your safety gear as well.
plus, if you go over, everything is in a quickly accessible bag.
also, its worth noting a hand-held VHF, which I have as well as my fixed VHF.
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meglodon
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And the post being....
Looking for your post about it, good bad experience.
Krusty
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What's the story
What's the story
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Very very unfair
$160 dollar fine. Doing trailer maintainance at peron ramp. Finished repairs to trailer . Gave way to other boat uses coming in from fishing ( never 50 meters away from causeway). No bait fishing gear ( life jackets and out of date flares on board) . Doing right thing just in case trailer wrong. Didn't want to hold incoming traffic up. Dot always done righty by me in past a little unfair in this situation. What's world coming to. As I said before great guys looking after people ( making sure everyone is safe). Got me
Scotte
Posts: 1145
Date Joined: 07/12/06
Long story short got fined
Long story short got fined for no flares.only left marina for 2 minutes while ramp became free . was only doing trailer maintenance no fishing gear not even sounder or gps in..yes to the letter of the law im guilty. Just sucks when you do everything right and cop a cheap shot!!
Rob H
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Date Joined: 18/01/12
coincidence or what!
both of you doing "trailer maintenance" at the same time and get fined for the same thing!
Maybe they heard it 10 times already and you guys were the only ones telling the truth
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Scotte
Posts: 1145
Date Joined: 07/12/06
No my mate was out fishing
No my mate was out fishing for salmon with his boys..i only saw him when we were cleaning out boats. ..
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
I was passing by
Not involved . Wrong yes ( regards flares). Circumstance bit unfair. My boat still at home . Has been for a week. Just replying to megladones question. Your problem is???? Rob. H . Right place at wrong time . Did I say I was out ? No . Answering question.? ( megladon question )Read my post.not being nasty at all. Where did I say I was done????? F-- k me . How many people put boat in water for maint on trailers ???? Rob can give you a few names . No dought many many others do same thing. I must admit all my main gear locked away . Unless I go fishing. Leave out of date flares on board as most would. Where did I say I was involved( once again) ???????Mmmm ?????
Rob H
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Date Joined: 18/01/12
It was tongue in cheekBut Im
It was tongue in cheek
But Im totally confused, you posted
"$160 dollar fine. Doing trailer maintainance at peron ramp. Finished repairs to trailer . Gave way to other boat uses coming in from fishing ( never 50 meters away from causeway). No bait fishing gear ( life jackets and out of date flares on board) . Doing right thing just in case trailer wrong. Didn't want to hold incoming traffic up. Dot always done righty by me in past a little unfair in this situation. What's world coming to. As I said before great guys looking after people ( making sure everyone is safe). Got me"
But now say you didnt get done, and werent out?
Doesnt matter though, as I said it was tongue in cheek and I must have misunderstood your writing style.
Give a man a mask, and he'll show you his true face...
The older you get the more you realize that no one has a f++king clue what they're doing.
Everyone's just winging it.
Scotte
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Date Joined: 07/12/06
Rob it was me who got
Rob it was me who got fined.
I did initially write the full story but when i posted it only half of it appeared.
Do i deleted it..
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Met maggot
5 times over the years. Coincidence at ramp . It's called fishing.
sunshine
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Date Joined: 03/03/09
To me if you had tools for maintenance
Then they went over the top......full stop!
sea-kem
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Hey Gordon, the gov's got no
Hey Gordon, the gov's got no money. So every little bit helps
Love the West!
barracuda
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Good to know
cheers for the heads up guys
little johnny
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Date Joined: 04/12/11
Take all safety
Gear just in case. Rob. H never been very good explaining myself
Mitch88
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Got a warning the other week
Got a warning the other week , doing in excess of 8knots under coat hanger bridge.
No speed limits sign posted.
Done my skippers ticket 12 years ago.
8 knots within 50m and under bridges.
Walfootrot
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Date Joined: 23/07/12
Simple, boat going in the
Simple, boat going in the water requires all the safety gear. DOP would have heard it all beforehand, it is clear in the regs and not that hard to comply. Sometimes we all learn the hard way, but that's the way this country is going, lose of common sense, not just with this, diving for crays, even the way we work..... USA just saying.
Yer John, stringing what you say, write can have 5 meanings but I think most sometimes understand what you mean I think
More drum lines, kill the bloody sharks!
little johnny
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Lol
I knew I should have done more at school rather than just eat lunch :):)
Jackfrost80
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Lunch? Lunchtime was for
Lunch? Lunchtime was for taking 'Cappers' down the school oval
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Scotte
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Date Joined: 07/12/06
Actually thats
Actually thats incorrect..protected waters like inside marina dont need flares
Krusty
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Date Joined: 27/11/15
Yea that's true.But was the
Yea that's true.
But was the fine for just having "out of date" flares on board ?
I have out of date flares on board as well as in date ones. So does this mean I can get a fine for carrying the out of date ones or not ?
My fishing spots are so secret........... even the fish don't know where they are !!
Scotte
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Date Joined: 07/12/06
Of coarse not . you can
Of coarse not . you can carry anything that's legal on your boat as long as ypu carry all the nessesary safety gear if venturing out of marina.
My fine was for failing to equip vessel with relevant flares.
sea-kem
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So where exactly were you
So where exactly were you when you got pinged?
Love the West!
Scotte
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Date Joined: 07/12/06
On the jetty!
On the jetty!
dodgy
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Date Joined: 01/02/10
Protected waters you only
Protected waters you only need a bucket to bail with.
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
Jackfrost80
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Date Joined: 07/05/12
Send in an appeal letter with
Send in an appeal letter with all your receipts for the parts and see hwo you go. Got nothing to lose except 30 mins putting the letter/email together.
I've got myself out of numerous parking and a couple of train fines by writing a letter. It usually works to your advantage if you come out off the bat and admit you were in the wrong and then explain the situation.
Officially off the Pies bandwagon
Starbug
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The Point is he left the
The Point is he left the marina, and doing so he entered unprotected waters without the required gear. Fair? Harsh? You can argue that all day, but he did breach the laws.
Scotte
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Date Joined: 07/12/06
Correct but very harsh
Correct but very harsh imo.
As i said from the start these guys should use discretion..
beau
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Out of curiosity, how many of
Out of curiosity, how many of you guys take your safety gear out of the boat everytime you park it up at home? I always used to leave mine on the boat, never really thought twice about it?
dumper
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All the time. Nothing gets
All the time. Nothing gets left in it overnight, including the fuel tanks. A mate even had his battery knocked off once!!
sea-kem
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Date Joined: 30/11/09
Yeah I have a grab bag with
Yeah I have a grab bag with all the safety gear, flares,EPIRB etc. Scumbags are everywhere these days. Gotta agree a bit hard being pinged like that and you would think some discretion forthcoming, but it's zero tollerance like this that gets the message out I guess.
Love the West!
scotto
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Date Joined: 21/04/08
grab bag
yellow waterproof grab bag, with all safety (hand-held VHF, flares, EPIRB), plus the sounder/plotter, torch, green laser pointer, etc, all live in there as well. that way, as you never forget your plotter/sounder, you never forget your safety gear as well.
plus, if you go over, everything is in a quickly accessible bag.
also, its worth noting a hand-held VHF, which I have as well as my fixed VHF.