New Rescue Vessel in action
Submitted by Iceman on Wed, 2010-11-24 20:53
Official Launch last weekend - a great addition to our fleet.
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fishnut
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i want one
soooooooo pretty!
allrounder
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Saw it on sunday
it looks the goods.
So tell me have you got your info from years on the water or hours on the internet?
Ben Derecki
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Nice tub. Fishwrecked
Nice tub.
Fishwrecked sticker must be on the port side of the boat?
Faulkner Family
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looks like a sweet ride.
looks like a sweet ride. what make is it
RUSS and SANDY. A family that fishes together stays together
Iceman
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Naiad 11.3m
designed in New Zealand and built by Kirby Marine in Henderson
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great to see
Great to see another awesome safety measure added to our coast, sure it will come in handy for many anglers.
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Indiana
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Manoeuvring in close.
Hi Ice ....I was watching this moving around Hillarys the other day and it looked like it she was a bitch to manoeuvre ?
Lots of horse power yes ,but as both outboards are very central on the transom ,it had very limited turning ability ......especially compaired to the cat that this one is replacing.
Add to this a very flat hull and a bit of wind and she was struggling to turn in a reasonable distance .
Your thoughts ?
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Iceman
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Inexperience
Some of our skippers are still getting use to it compared to the cat and our larger vessel. Yes does have a lot of windage due to small/narrow hull and collars system.
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10 metre
Went for a run on Rob Kirby'y personal 10 metre Naiad before his company started to put our [Carnarvon Sea Rescue] one together and all I can say that being highly impressed isn't coming anywhere near being able to describe it.
Counting all the new boats being built for thee groups there is only one cat, the rest are either Air riders or Naiads which number the most. Bussellton,Leeman, Geraldton and ours are under construction and Kalbarri and I think Hopetoun have just received theirs. Shark Bay have recently commissioned their Air Rider.
Also why are a lot of the eastern states rescue groups buying Naiads and not cats any more, the same goes for South Oz fisheries taking 4 to replace their cats as well, must be something there?
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Yes John
can't wait to see the new rescue boat for Leeman have a friend that is in seas rescue there (as we are) and they are excited. As they bought the old Vail from cockburn sea rescue, spent $50,000 on her. They are excited as well.
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Indiana
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Sea Boat's
Fair enough , I'm sure they will fit the role of a fast response rescue vessel and from what I've seen of them getting around in open ocean conditions the ride looks great.
Was just supprised at there apparent lack of steerablity at low speed in the breeze .......was like watching a surf boat with half the crew missing trying to turn around.
11.3 metres long , with twice as much boat above the water line as below as soon as they slowed below (say 6 knots ) the wind had them all over the place.
Guess they aren't for cruising the harbour though !
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One very important fact with
One very important fact with these boats is that the driver needs to complete a aggresive driving coasre and fast boat handling cert. They are a handfull and honestly not for the faint hearted, i think once the drivers get used to the boat you'll be supprised at there close quarters handling..
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Driving
When a new Naiad is delivered to a Volunteer Marine Rescue Group they get a chap from Albany, who is a gun on them, to run all the skippers through a course on how to handle them at low and high speed.
At this moment in time a set of standards is being drawn up that requires certain qualifications to be met before you can be accreditted to drive Naiads.
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Is there a similar
Is there a similar accreditation for the airriders?
Does anyone know where the love of god goes, when the waves turn the minutes to hours?
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High speed vessels
Pretty sure the accreditation will cover all high speed vessels. Not sure who does the training on the Air Riders.
Not sure if the Air Riders are any where near as fast as the Naiads. Ours will have twin 300 Yammies and would expect something like 45-50 knots. On the ride in Rob Kirby's with twin 350s we got it up to 57 knots without really trying, 40 knots straigh across and back on Cockburn sound with a full on sea breeze of around 25-30knots and not a drop of spray inboard
Indiana
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Insurance
Carnarvonite ...does this have any impact on your insurance ?
All the insurance company's seem to have a cap as far as speed goes !
Will this cause a problem for the rescue fraternity ?
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carnarvonite
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Volunteer insurance
We are covered by the same policy that covers all FESA and SES vollies while on duty either in training, public demos or in actual rescue situations it is up to us to ensure all our skippers for the Naiad are up to that standard.
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FESA Training
although we are not part of FESA they have offered to give our skippers a 2 day course on the Naiad s they have had them for a while and know the do's & dont's. All our qualifications are inhouse.
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great to know they can get out there quick
for $40 a year to be a member I think it great there is good gear to come save your butt if mother nature give you a kick back into reality.
After poor Graham Stewart (RIP) drowning last month I have ordered a Stormy self inflating vest....to close to home
at least you have a fraction of a chance to be picked up in a fast rescue boat if you end up in the drink.
that aside...
Agree with Indiana though....follow one back into Rous head and up the harbour a couple of weeks ago....handled like a skateboard on ice at really slow speeds...but I guess thats not hugely important with 700 pony's out back
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saw it on Saturday really
saw it on Saturday really impressive looking up close
All this working keeps getting in the way of fishing!
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I agree Salmo
Off the track of the thread but very good point about the self inflating life jacket. Was too close to home & i for one will be wearing one from now on if going out alone.
And yes awesome boat & great to see on the water
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carnarvonite
next time you are down let me know and I am happy to arrange a tour of the new vessel so you see the fit out.
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yeah saw it parked at ocean
yeah saw it parked at ocean reef marina.... Looked awesome.
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Look
I had a look at it when it was being built in Rob's factory, though it wasn't quite finished then. Also had a sqizzy at the Water Polices new 10 metre one as well.
Did you get auto pilot fitted or did you go away from the Furuno package that all the new VRMA boats are fitting. eg FLIR camera, Furuno navnet set up, 2 x 10 inch screens, radar,sounder and GPS plus all the hook ups through the ICOM radios
Initially we were aiming for a 14.6 Naiad with twin diesels along the lines of Lion Red, Aucklands big new rescue boat but the dollars we would have had to find were too far out of our reach. On its delivery they were doing something like 10 knots in 10 metre seas, mind boggling!!
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No auto pilot
no auto pilot but have the furuno set up as you stated. We also had an additional 27mhz and vhf radio fitted so we can monitor the emergency channels as we as normal channels. I will send you a private message with some pics of the interior set up
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