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Sound good, count me in.
That damn hangtime he loves to torture the sailors that are parked up at present with his stories and boat speed, I reckon hes kidding, he never sends us picks...?
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If you look at the waterline youll notice it riding high, A light cat is a fast cat!
The quoted speeds are not embelished, in fact theyre lowered a bit so theyre believable!
And you honestly expect as to study the waterline!
Ok... that is quite enough of you blatently enjoying your self!!! while the rest of us work!!
I thought there was a down side to multihulls?
Thanks Hangtime for taking the bait, you have thrown a little life into the forum with your bragging and photo dubbing (quite clever for a man at sea) No seriously I was thinking to myself that this was just another boring forum as each time I logged in there was little update to replies. its good to see the likes of SandS, rodward, Frant and others replying so quickly to you Bloody joyous life. Sail well, take care and keep us poor
miserable land based sailors updated with photo's and your escapades (photo's of the girls only)
Cheers.
I sailed from Tweed Heads to Townsville last year between April and September. I used a laptop with a Telstra 3G stick for my internet connection and the only place I had real probs was Island Head Creek and the Percy Islands. I sometimes used a 5m USB extension cable when at anchor to give me a little extra height for better connectivity.
I had more problems with my mobile phone, (Optus) than my internet. Mind you I only used the internet at anchorages, but some of those were pretty remote. I bummed along, doing 40 to 60 miles a day when I was sailing, just coast hopping...staying in various places for days sometimes.
Loved the trip and am looking for another boat to buy at the moment.
Hey everyone,
I've just moved to Australia and I would like to know some things, since I come from Europe and do not have a clue about any sailing "business" over here ;)
1. When does the sailing season in Australia start and end?
2. If I want to insure my boat, what are the best or most common yacht insurance providers?
3. What are the most popular boat shows and where are they?
I'm a real cruising and sailing fan and that's why I'd like to know all that :) I'd be really glad and thankful for your help!
Cheers
Jimmie
The sailing season doesnt really start and finish here.
You just go north in winter and south in summer, then copy/paste copy/paste copy/paste copy/paste copy/paste copy/paste........
lol ok... i might not have the time to always go north and south, but I'll try and what about the other questions? any ideas? i need an insurance for my boat...
I would prefer not to recommend any insurance company
even though they are a necessary evil. All are covered by
a code of conduct, so just find the one that suits your price
and type of sailing you want to do.
As for boat shows, I'm also not a fan, but others might say
the Qld one is pretty good.
hmm ok... what do you mean by "covered by a code of conduct"? english is not my mother tongue, so this seems a little "spanish" to me 
and maybe you can just name a few insurance providers... you don't need to recommend. my problem is that i don't even know where to look for them.
Hi, Cruising Helmsman magazine did a thing about insurance essentials in their March edition that might point you in the right direction for insurance. They surveyed several companies and listed the results etc....
Hope it helps.
I have always been self insured so cant recommend anyone but the companies listed were ...
Insurancemarine-online.com
Oceanic zinsurance brokers
Nautilus Insurance
Trident Marine Insurance
Topsail Insurance
Club Marine
QBE Insurance
OAMPS Insurance Brokers
I think thats about all that were listed...in no particular order and I have no idea who is good and who is not so good... or if there are other companies to maybe consider.
Good luck with it ...
thanks a lot!! that will be of much help i'm sure 
oh and btw... are there any good or popular (and good ) magazines for cruising, sailing, superyachts etc.?
Sanctuary Cove the Brisbane Boat show is coming up May 19th to 22nd this year and its pretty good. Better than the Sydney one by what I saw. Might find some insurance brokers there as well.
As to sailing, when I have a boat ...(I am without at the moment), I usually head north in late March and head back down south in late October. I personally use Bundaburg as the central point when I say head north or south... Lots of great sailing in either direction and lots to explore.
An alternative from heading south if you find yourself in Cairns or Port Douglas in October, is to consider going on to Indonesia - Thailand instead of heading south and do your maintenance work up there ... labour costs are far cheaper up that way but you do have to pay close attention and supervise what you want done well. Easy as to haul out and antifoul, let the locals to the hard work for far less than what it costs in Australia. Having said that we do have a few good places here to do the work yourself if you wish.
Hope the above is helpful to you ...
Lex
JimmieD, Your profile is a little blank. What kind of boat do you have and what kind of cruising are you interested in?
I get Cruising Helmsman magazine monthly and there is also a mag called Afloat that is free at a lot of boating places that is pretty good.
Know nothing about super yachts and dont have an interest in them either.
I think we need to send out the authorities to find Hangtime, he has not replied to the forum for just over 23 hours and for a man like him who always has plenty to say and brag about that is strange to say the laest. I think those wenches on his cat are mutineers and have taken over the boat (one could only hope) and are doing bad things to Hangtime, Time to call the Coast Guard. 
yeah I just signed up... will edit my profile in a bit. Am at work now, so actually I'm not allowed to be on the internet for private causes
