how far out?

[joostan]

I was just wondering and thought I would ask you guys this but what would be the maximum distance you would take a 18ft Plymouth Pilot out?

It's not that I would go that far, just would like to know your thoughts.

[Norman]

18ft probably 3 to 5 miles depending on conditions ... with 8 miles on a real good forcast day (on the understaning all sefety gear,radio etc are on board)

norm

[joostan]

18ft probably 3 to 5 miles depending on conditions ... with 8 miles on a real good forcast day (on the understaning all sefety gear,radio etc are on board)

norm

Noted and thanks. I was thinking 2-3 miles out while I was getting more comfortable with the boat and yes I have all the flares, VHF, vests etc.

[Kev1n]

The lads on the south coast think nothing of travelling many miles out in their 16footers and wonder why we stay so relatively close in.
I read some advice about how as a beginner you’ll probably stay close in until you’ve confidence borne of experience to decide when to push out a bit further. If you already have that confidence without experience then you could be in trouble.

[joostan]

The lads on the south coast think nothing of travelling many miles out in their 16footers and wonder why we stay so relatively close in.
I read some advice about how as a beginner you’ll probably stay close in until you’ve confidence borne of experience to decide when to push out a bit further. If you already have that confidence without experience then you could be in trouble.

Totally agree with you mate and alot of my day job is risk mitigation. I was just wondering what the theoretical maximum was.

[big_sean]

i think the one thing to remember with a plymouth pilot is its a slow boat

most of the guys that venture offside are using boats that are doing 25 knots



Sean

[Graham B]

Me and Micky have had Growler over 10 miles off and she is only 15feet. We fish at Creswell quite a bit and that is around 7 miles from Amble. The things to consider are as mentioned previously, weather forecast, speed of the vessel, saftey gear and maintanence etc. If there is a huge high sat over the north sea I would go as far as fuel (the cost!) allowed personally.

Graham.

[big sid]

How far ?

Thought it didn't matter how far out you were, you were never more than feet(x 100's) away from land albeit in a downward direction.

[mark]

Have to agree, 5 miles is a good distance. Was about the limit on the pilot I used to have. Yes its a slow plod back, but there's no better 18' boat to plod back through a snotty sea with

Some of the better wrecks all within 5miles anyway

[canman]

One of the benefits of a displacement hull is it will plod on through the rough sea that a planing hull struggles with. I used to fish the Geogie porgie wreck which is about 10 miles east of the Tyne, but only on a flat sea and a good forecast, in a 17ft pilot 5-20 (17ft) and with the company of another boat. Regarding boats venturing out further on the south coast, there are a lot more people boating down there, and help would never be too far away, unlike here, when there is sometimes not a boat in sight. Arthur

[mark]

lost of intersting 'ground bait' around the georgie porgie - its where the burails at sea take place! the sea bed there is littered with coffins!

[lingking]

how far

i used to use a 21 foot triton coble with a seven foot beam,cabable of about 6 knots(kubota 2 cyl ) i went up to 7 miles and the boat felt as though it was 10 feet long out there!!