Hi Jason,
Welcome to Vyak
Check out the fishing trip posts.
Many Vyakers advise when and where they are launching and I am sure they would welcome you to join them.

If your radio has DSC and you have an MMSI you can make a contacts list of each others MMSIs for when you are on the water together. Link to article about the feature as used by a group of 20 sea kayakers. (no affiliation) I don't know whether this group of sea kayakers had a group MMSI for their UH...

I am going to make my call sign Jacko since that is my Vyak alias. My other radio will be carried by my wife on my old yak or will be kept back at shore. Not sure what the other radio call sign will be. I am not in to off shore tuna/kingy chasing yet but I decided to get two Lowrance Link-2 hand hel...

If you get a VHF with DSC then you need a licence to register a MMSI. Hitting the Distress button on the VHF will identify you and send your position if the VHF has a GPS or is attached to a GPS. Just completed the AWQ course so I will be applying for MMSI. I have two hand held radios and two yaks ...

When and where is the 5000 member party ?

:bump: Not sure how many of you followed up with this since 2016 but, I have just registered to sit the Australian Waters Qualification VHF marine radio course at Blairgowrie Yacht Squadron. It is on Sat 12th Jan 2019 8:30 till 12:30. Being run by Peninsula Boat Training (also known as Victorian Boa...

Digger wrote:The admin guys will be serving us lunch on Christmas day!!

(just like in the army)

Hurry up and wait for Xmas lunch !

A float is bulky and I am trying to minimise what I take out - but I think you suggestion is safest and I am thinking of taking some balloons/rubber bands out for the rare occasion when this happens I can blow up a ballnoon and tie it to my rope for retrieval later. Have a large float handy, clip i...

I wasn't confident in my ability to anchor in current so I asked seasherpa to give me a lesson. Eoin taught me the way Shane described. The moulded rod holder at the front of the outback with a PVC pipe (rod holder extension) stuck in it is forward enough to turn the yak around and face the current ...

Might be able to pick up an older second hand Hobie with pedal drive for that price. X2 A lot of kayak anglers upgraded when the Hobie vantage seats were released about 2015 for the Hobie outback. There are pre 2015 Hobies with the older seat that are still good value for money and close to your bu...