{"id":3073,"date":"2015-06-10T14:06:23","date_gmt":"2015-06-10T06:06:23","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/?p=3073"},"modified":"2015-06-10T14:14:03","modified_gmt":"2015-06-10T06:14:03","slug":"double-bbq-kayaking","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.singaporefishing.org\/blog\/double-bbq-kayaking\/","title":{"rendered":"Double BBQ Kayaking"},"content":{"rendered":"

This was an unusual day.<\/p>\n

Some time ago, Alton had organised a BBQ & chalet stay for Native owners to be held on this day.<\/p>\n

Some of the native owners, had also planned their own alternative mini BBQ so that they could invite their other friends.<\/p>\n

Also, about a week before today, Raffles Marina announced that the rescheduled Raffles Marina Fishing Competition was to be held today. The original event was cancelled due to lack of a permit. I actually gave up a 6 day holiday to Hong Kong and 2 different work projects to attend that event, but it was cancelled at the last minute.<\/p>\n

As many of us had already comitted to attending at least one of the BBQs, I don’t think there were any Native owners at the competition.<\/p>\n

The call time for Alton’s BBQ was 7am while the call time for the alternative BBQ was around 9am. Nordin and I decided to launch late so we left at about 12.30pm.<\/p>\n

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My switch panel. Originally, I was very excited with this but due to some issues with the ‘gasket’, water ingress became a major issue so I had to make many workarounds. From the left:
1: A simple switch to turn on the camera
2: A simple switch to turn on the airpump
3: A simple switch to turn on the FishFinder
4: An Up\/Down toggle switch to adjust the brightness of the LEDs on the panel
5: An Up\/Down toggle switch to adjust the brightness of the In Hull Lamp
6: An Up\/Down toggle switch to adjust the brightness of the External All Round White Light
Second Row, Extreme Right: A simple momentary switch to toggle the air horn
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We fished mostly at Ketam for around 3 hours but caught nothing.<\/p>\n

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In order to make optimum use of the tides and currents, we decided to head over to Alton’s first.<\/p>\n

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Being the only one there who hadn’t chipped in for this event, I felt a bit awkward and after a bit of a recceing, I decided to head over to the other BBQ. Nordin wanted to stay a little bit longer so I told him to meet me on the water and to radio me when he was near.<\/p>\n

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After moving through what can only be described as perfect peddling conditions, I neared the mini-BBQ site.<\/p>\n

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I beached my kayak and greeted everyone.<\/p>\n

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Then I settled in for some grub.<\/p>\n

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Dinner….<\/a><\/p>\n

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