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newest desperate measure: barge surfing

Postby tomcat360 » Fri Jun 02, 2006 12:53 am

so I didn't see step into liquid....yeah yeah, whatever

but how exactly do you get to the waves off a barge? jet-ski? just wait in the middle of the channel?

this one is rather far-fetched. There are lots of car carriers and barges and tankers going by near me, but I have a feeling that the guys think I'm like a terriorist or something.

and what can be expected of wave size? I know its depending on the size of the ship, but average?
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Re: newest desperate measure: barge surfing

Postby drowningbitbybit » Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:38 am

tomcat360 wrote:but how exactly do you get to the waves off a barge? jet-ski? just wait in the middle of the channel?


Clearly my actual experience of this is, ooh, something approaching zero... :wink:

...But I do know that to get to the wake of an oil-tanker, you'll need a boat and to be towed in. The biggest problem is being in the right place at the right time so you're not run over by the tanker, but can still get on the waves :shock:

hence you cant just paddle :?

If you're on it, you can surf for miles though :D


Im thinking there are easier ways to get a surfing fix.... :wink:
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Fri Jun 02, 2006 8:42 am

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Postby bluesnowcone » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:04 am

desperate times call for derate mesures
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Postby drowningbitbybit » Fri Jun 02, 2006 9:09 am

bluesnowcone2000 wrote:desperate times call for derate mesures


I'm just paddling out to see if I can get a wake from one of the destroyers going in and out of Portsmouth Harbour... :wink:
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Postby tomcat360 » Fri Jun 02, 2006 11:49 am

Hmmm....so that picture makes it look like he is riding the wake that comes in shore and breaks, not directly after it leaves the boat.....or is that right behind the ship?

I've got a boat to tow me in, but it seems a jet ski would be better. Now I just need to intercept the schedules of the ships....
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Postby GowerCharger » Fri Jun 02, 2006 6:20 pm

i think they ride the wake as it hits sandbars near the tankers route.
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Postby buckthis » Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:54 am

pretty stupid surfing behind an outboard
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Postby GowerCharger » Sat Jun 03, 2006 12:26 pm

alternatively you could get a really fat guy to jump off the barge and ride the waves generated from that
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Postby tomcat360 » Sat Jun 03, 2006 1:31 pm

buckthis wrote:pretty stupid surfing behind an outboard


basic laws of physics say you won't get eaten.
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