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Yakass
PostPosted: Tue Oct 06, 2009 2:17 pm 
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I was fortunate enough to get the opportunity to kit out the Transparent Sea group with 5 islands (and service them before departure) which pro surfer Dave Rasta & crew are using to sail 700km south (from Byron to Bondi) following the whales migration path. In this clip I sail out from Broome's Head (Australia) to meet them on the water. This is day 5 into their expedition. 31 days to go. Some of the audio is a bit hard to hear so in case you just catch it, yes, Chris Del Moro was tailed by a 12' tiger shark!

I also manage to catch a nice snapper while I'm waiting for them, and get some nice sailing footage in. Also good footage of how well an AI handles a moderate surf landing to, so watch to the end. AI and potential AI owners will dig it :-)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ElflCZw05eM

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Cowsgomoo
PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 3:39 am 
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Great video. I've been waiting to see this since you mentioned you were going to meet them.

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Pirate
PostPosted: Wed Oct 07, 2009 12:58 pm 
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Totally agree. Great video and great catch yakass.......Pirate

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jholtco
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What a cool video, great footage mate
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Cowsgomoo
PostPosted: Fri Oct 16, 2009 3:14 pm 
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They did 110km (68 m)the other day -Woolgoolga to South West Rocks.

Looks like they are having a whale of a time.

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http://transparentseavoyage.com/

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chrisj
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Apart from the huge distance in one day, the wonder with these guys is how they are consistently landing and launching through breaking surf in all conditions. I know they are surfers by trade, but it just goes to show what the AI is capable of in the right hands.

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Slaughter
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Stringy and I mentioned that if the timing is right, doing the Terrigal to Maitland Bay trip with them when they come down the coast would be good. Keep it in mind.

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chrisj
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Slaughter wrote:
Stringy and I mentioned that if the timing is right, doing the Terrigal to Maitland Bay trip with them when they come down the coast would be good. Keep it in mind.

We're getting our threads crossed here mate: viewtopic.php?f=71&t=15799&start=15

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Slaughter
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Sorry mate, I haven't been on the site for a while and wasn't up to date with the latest on that trip.

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Cowsgomoo
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Looks like Nov 5 is the planned date of arrival.

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Big Dave
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I like you hat. Could you tell me what brand it is and how the back flap does in 15+ winds?

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