Day 10 www.manlyfire.org.nz FINAL DAY
Last 5am wake-up, last challenge, last day no alcohol – this was a little earlier start as the boat was due to leave at 5:30am. As you guessed I was ready pretty early and only 1 other person at Z-pier 5:30! People, this is fishing, time to head out – the later we get out, the less time fishing!! Finally all arrived and out just after 6 – 30min wasted time!!!
Can’t call the boat we went out on a boat but a sea bearing … 155tons of steel. This is the vessel that they use for deep diving with de-compression chamber on board, crane for mini-sub & pipes+more pipes to feed oxygen to divers. Also the vessel they use for recovering people after accidents at sea – and they’ve seen a few. The chamber is the length of a baby mattress and housed upto 6 people for 4 days in decompression! Deck hand spent last Christmas inside for 11 days after a burst lung – nice one.
Morning was perfect for fishing and headed out towards Tiri. Overcast with same sea and sunrise = perfect. No, not a thing – for me anyway. Not everyone caught but there were a few baby snapper, one baby travelly and one nice size gurnard. Other than that, not much. I never got a nibble – getting too used to it!
So, the 10 days are all finished. We’re all a little bruised and battered with a few injuries but we did it! Hopefully we raised a decent some of money and have a final 2-5pm big day out at the Gulf Harbour Reserve tomorrow with fire demonstrations etc to end off the campaign. A bourbon on the cards for the afternoon and a nap! Thanks for all your support out there around the world – this was a brilliant experience.
m mod said,
November 20, 2010 at 6:03 pm
Neville, what a great experience and well done to you all who volunteered to do the 10 day…I had a good laugh reading , looked forward to it each morning…I didn’t have to wake up early!! You all deserve medals.
Have a good day Sunday, lots of laughs about the ballet…I nearly choked!!
keado1 said,
November 21, 2010 at 6:17 am
It was brilliant – when I watched in the office I had tears streaming – had to take a break, so funny..
Sunday morning and couldn’t sleep in, thought they should have made today’s chalenge to sleep in. I would have been out for a run but have to rest the leg,bugger. So active for 2 weeks now have to rest.