2014 Islander Mothership Schedule

[OEX]

Update to the 5 day.

After speaking with John and Shane of the Islander we have decided to extend the 5 day into a 5.5 day at no additional cost. This will change the fishing time to 3 full days of fishing at Cedros. The boat will now leave at approx 6pm on Monday instead of Tuesday morning.

[troutking]

If PA 12's were allowed on the trip I would book right now! Bummer

[LawDog]

what about the pa makes it too big, length, width, height, or weight or a combo. my trident 15 is pretty large.

[MrM]

Originally Posted by LawDog

what about the pa makes it too big, length, width, height, or weight or a combo. my trident 15 is pretty large.

Combo. Width, height, and weight mostly. Nice boats, wish I had one, but a PITA to load, store, and unload on these mothership trips.

[Siebler]

Originally Posted by MrM

Combo. Width, height, and weight mostly. Nice boats, wish I had one, but a PITA to load, store, and unload on these mothership trips.

Exactly. These things are heavy so loading/unloading is really hard on the crew. Also due to the HUGE width and depth of these boats they do not fit in the racks and must be kept on the deck which creates a less safe environment for passengers. Not to mention they would only be able to fit maybe 2-3 of them on the deck meaning that if we opened it up to PA's a lot of folks would get left out.

If you own a PA and want to experience one of these trips dont let your boat stop you. OEX has kayaks for rent for these trips.

Yes you may have to paddle for a day but it is well worth it. Everybody should know how to paddle and practice it on occasion anyway. Mirage drives do fail and if you dont have at least a somewhat decent paddle stroke you are going to be hating life when it happens (especially on a PA).

[Iceman]

Ah...........5.5 days on the Islander Merry Christmas to me! 3 days at Cedros!

[erinoo]

CJ put me down for the 5.5