Taking on the Noosa Bar like a Boss.

Archival video footage of local pro fisherman Theo Hewish and his deckie Paul 'Pirate' Grenfell demonstrating how to approach and cross the Noosa Bar when the swell is up and just a tad gnarly. Background Music: 'Take it Slow'... by SefChol.
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[@trevorleggo1777]

Why on earth don't other boaters just show the patience and smarts of this captain ? Simple really.

[@waynebaker4977]

So many just cannot read the surf.

[@JakeRawrr]

Good skippers > bad skippers

[@Resistculturaldecline]

Age & experience. The older you get, the more fruitless impatience you see everywhere.

[@antpoo]

Too boring that why.

[@xwhite2020]

This guy is probably a surfer thats spent thousands of hours watching waves.

[@fishingnoosa]

Patience is a virtue...

[@chris-po9jw]

As someone who is pretty terrified of bar crossings like that, the amount of lessons and confidence I have taken from that short video is huge!!!

[@fishingnoosa]

@chris That's great to hear mate. I'm sure Theo the skipper will be pleased to know that someone benefited from it and took the time to say so.

[@Andy-rg2xd]

@@fishingnoosa I hear about the techniques - but seeing it - fantastic. If more people had patience and watched this it would save a life or two

[@internetjunkie1000]

Besides slowly traversing the shallows, waiting for a a smaller set of waves, is there any other lessons to take away from this video?

[@internetjunkie1000]

@@Andy-rg2xd Besides slowly traversing the shallows, waiting for a a smaller set of waves, is there any other lessons to take away from this video?

[@t-dog8528]

Patience always pays

[@tysonnicol8841]

Show this to Wavyboats viewers. It would blow their minds hahaha

[@r.c.salyer3652]

This guy was a pro. I suspect that he's a surfer too, as he knows wave movements, set displacements, rip currents and add in a whole lot of patience. This guy is a prol!

[@clayw2743]

Look at the point going off in the background...

[@markdoolan7282]

Wouldn’t be a bit surprised if this bloke has done a little surfing in his time. Knows how to wait for a lull in the sets that inevitably comes before you make you charge to get out the back rather than trying to just keep punching through waves sapping all your energy and often just not getting anywhere.

[@JohnSmith-zo6ir]

Thinking the same as a surfer. Watch even more closely as the tide goes out and the face of the wave jacks up even more on the sandbar.

[@stevebroad8804]

100% wave experience. I was watching it the same way you were which is the same way the captain was.

[@johndoe1778]

Wave experience not surfer haha I know the waves from fishing and being on boats a lot 🤙👌

[@JohnSmith-zo6ir]

@@johndoe1778 Surfers ride waves and understand sets better than anyone else because they do it all the time in the sea. Boats only do it once when they go out and once when they come out. Surfers do it non stop while they're in the ocean to catch the best waves.

[@johndoe1778]

@@JohnSmith-zo6ir haha I get what you're saying but everyone I know that fishes or boats knows about sets, hell most people in Australia do

[@azwa1941]

Hopefully watching enough of these videos will rub off on me

[@bigbopper143]

Dude knows his shit

[@mrwalker3685]

cant help it when you are a genius - in a Cat too - great work you blokes.

[@LewisTheFly888]

Show this to the muppet captains at Haulover inlet and Boca Inlet in the US. They are a joke compared to these guys.

[@pa1264]

That's what you call a real skipper on the water😁 I'll be wearing a seat belt🤣😂

[@kenmoore7195]

This guy has done a bit of surfing for shore. He knows how to read the swell on a sandbank!

[@davidsantos7831]

That's how you do it. Slowly and carefully

[@Kyle-R]

i thought you have to ware life jacket crossing the bar there

[@fishingnoosa]

@Kyle Rankmore Mandatory on boats under 4.8 metres.

[@pweter351]

I thought all Bar crossings in qld need jackets

[@fishingnoosa]

@@pweter351 No. Must be worn on boats up to 4.8 metres.

[@breamy31]

Hes a commercial fisherman he probably does it on a daily bases so he would know how and when to go over

[@tigesinaus]

Cats seem to do really well on that bar

[@smokster0604]

Ohh yeah slow speed and patience it works.

[@brook280]

frustrating watching this guy.

[@PaulWatt-nh8jv]

Never RUSH watch the sets and the time will come not slowing down and assessing the Ocean is the first and last mistake alot of people make :)

[@olivercook8808]

That was a well performed bar crossing.. but wasn’t like a boss

[@Anthonysmith-ez5ls]

Bar crossing 101 right there.

[@wuxsta3099]

Obviously not his 1st rodeo, Experience Just cant buy it.

[@scottowens940]

Sweet! That's the way, if you notice his angle to the waves he could have got out of the way and waited patiently until the cresting cycle unstacked and had the power to take advantage.

[@triplex7144]

That's how it's done. Wait and watch and understand what sets are. He IDd the last one and went.

[@twmpuketa]

Its called timing the sets

[@trevoror8668]

All down to a count of 7 much the same everywhere but not always

[@darwonboyful]

Awesome boating. Nice and calm and quite, went to the right spot and waited for the perfect time then had the right amount of grunt to take advantage of the drop off set of waves. Much respect to that operator.

[@teeanahera8949]

Quiet not quite.

[@darwonboyful]

@@teeanahera8949 dang phone auto type.... Thankfully there's always someone on the internet ready to point out the obvious. I appreciate your contribution to the greater good. ;)

[@rjochheim]

Experience and patience

[@aloissuter1071]

Great job 👏

[@garyhughes4326]

There is no way that you can beat experience Dont even try! This bloke and his mate knew what they were doing. Probably done it a hundred times before. Well done boys.

[@junglelifelurefishingadven8918]

Notice the black n yellow pro numbers on the side. 🤙

[@75robcam]

What boat is this? Cheers

[@jeffreystorer4966]

Notice boat has yellow patch on side I'd guess it has lfb on it licence fishing boat

[@fishingnoosa]

Yes. Pro boat.

[@kyladavenport2812]

Boss

[@seansimons7043]

Patience and timing like all the other comments said will get any boat out the bar, but in a 🐈‍⬛ makes it so much smoother!

[@junglelifelurefishingadven8918]

Perfect vessel for it, weight forward and buoyant as f#&k.

[@mijgreco3914]

Just like waiting at point breaks to jump in for a surf. You have to have experience in reading surf.

[@mfp4136]

Perfect

[@AnnexF]

Best video on learning how to handle big waves!

[@Adogsmate4267]

Nicely waited out, I was saying to myself, " there's the opportunity", and he went. No need for bravery, skill and experience is where its at.

[@AR-fh2uh]

Those yellow numbers are a dead giveaway that he knows his way around.

[@samforrest8924]

Hey, do you know why he decided to take that route out in front of the tower instead of where the main channel currently is?

[@fishingnoosa]

@Samuel Forrest This is archival footage from February last year when the channel crossing was over in the bathing area.

[@samforrest8924]

@@fishingnoosa thanks mate. I can't read haha, cheers

[@cpking7]

Great public service in showing the virtue of patience: beyond avoiding a swamping, could also keep Grandma riding up on the bow from breaking the other hip too!

[@falseprofit4u]

Didn't cost anything to sit there a short while work out what's going on as opposed to costing everything.

[@Pat.Mustard]

I was waiting for Axl Foley to make an appearance

[@brcc6535]

Got to love cats. He's either a surfer or has done plenty of beach launches

[@elgoog7830]

He took all the fun out of sinking a boat and becoming victim.

[@Daniela-Christianson]

"Swim" out past the breakers...

[@38mariner]

He's done that once or twice..

[@stephencummins7589]

Absolutely brilliant

[@NcJAD]

Well done skipper, well done

[@MauroBrisola]

Este manja dos paranauê.

[@ericshayer]

Perfect soundtrack timing as well. Who so playing?

[@fishingnoosa]

@Eric Shayer SefChol. Details above.

[@andrewgoodwin1473]

Patience.

[@aaronriley1833]

He should be good at it there pro numbers on the side of the boat

[@fishingnoosa]

@Aaron Riley Yes mate, as per the introductory text above... "local pro fisherman Theo Hewish..."

[@aaronriley1833]

@@fishingnoosa sorry mate I didn't read any comments I just watched the vid

[@fishingnoosa]

@@aaronriley1833 All good mate. Happy New Year.

[@ats-3693]

Looks like old mate has done his time sitting out there on a longboard reading the sets.

[@fishingnoosa]

@ATS-369 Yes, Theo is a surfer from the year dot.

[@Ab0minati0n]

wow the channels a long way down the beach now

[@fishingnoosa]

@D3 Delta 3D From the archives.

[@bubbleobill267]

Niiice!.

[@andrewnewman2695]

Anyone know the type of cat?

[@fishingnoosa]

@Andrew Newman It's a 5.2m Noosacat

[@joshuabanwaree2640]

I subscribed well done 👏 what hp 90 or 115

[@fishingnoosa]

@Joshua Banwaree According to skipper Theo Hewish... "Only 60s. They were high thrust models so super low geared. Jumped out of the hole really well.

[@joshuabanwaree2640]

@@fishingnoosa wow really , interesting

[@cabochris100]

Here in WA USA, we take 12 foot aluminum boats through stuff like that!

[@wookiewolf1421]

Help if ya lived thier ya hole life a just know the way she rolls