Patterson river Bar crossing

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Re: Patterson river Bar crossing

Post by frozenpod » Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:24 am

cobby wrote:Sounds just like PPB when windy. Super short gaps

PPB is practially a big lake.

Calm and minimal current except for the heads.

Great place to start boating and gain experience.

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Re: Patterson river Bar crossing

Post by Wolly Bugger » Wed Oct 19, 2016 7:50 am

frozenpod wrote:
cobby wrote:Sounds just like PPB when windy. Super short gaps

PPB is practially a big lake.

Calm and minimal current except for the heads.

Great place to start boating and gain experience.
Some forums refer to it as the gay bay, but PPB has claimed numerous boating lives. There is a memorial in Mornington to a football team that drowned after their boat was sunk during a squall.

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Re: Patterson river Bar crossing

Post by frozenpod » Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:08 am

Lakes have claimed lives as have back yard swimming pools.

It is relative, if you compare PPB to WPB and Corner Inlet PPB is by far the safest and by the far the best place to gain experience.

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Re: Patterson river Bar crossing

Post by cahoona » Wed Oct 19, 2016 8:15 am


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Re: Patterson river Bar crossing

Post by rvillam » Tue Nov 01, 2016 7:39 pm

How big is your boat?

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