Good or Bad experiances with Boat Tours to the Mentawii's

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 5:32 pm

yes ive heard the situation is pretty sketchy with fully 5 out of 3 surfers who set foot on land contracting malaria and of those 4 out of 2 don't survive. not a hundred % sure of those numbers but they're close.

JIMMYDAWEAZLE · Post by **JIMMYDAWEAZLE** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:31 pm

Try this one, highly recomended WWW.mentawaiisland.com

JIMMYDAWEAZLE · Post by **JIMMYDAWEAZLE** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 8:42 pm

Sorry, this would be the right site WWW.mentawaiislands.com

tomway · Post by **tomway** » Wed Jan 18, 2006 9:15 pm

So has anyone had a BAD experience on a Mentawaii charter??

fooj · Post by **fooj** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 12:17 am

Mike,
Where did you learn your math? Or am I not reading you correctly? Maybe you been in the boonies too long.

Talking Beeg island talk, no worry you going feel even mo' haole when you go Moloka'i

Smokin Rock · Post by **Smokin Rock** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 1:42 am

Mr. Fujimoto,
if you dared venture off your precious little island once and in a while i'm sure we would'nt have a language barrier.
perhaps you could put a crowbar to your wallet and join me on Molokai.

BTW i feel my math skills are age appropriate.
i'm dead on accurate at least 3 out of 2 times. i hear statistics are the same as outright lies which of course makes me a statistical genius.

mFox · Post by **mFox** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 2:14 am

Hi there people, good to see some advice on the topic, thanks

Has anyone used Freeline's charters? if so, how do they rate?

strudle · Post by **strudle** » Thu Jan 19, 2006 9:21 pm

off topic, but how on earth did you get your little kneelo dudes by your name upside down?

mFox · Post by **mFox** » Fri Jan 20, 2006 3:02 am

Easy one strudle, just save right click on the image of the kneelos and save it to your desktop. Open it with what ever imaging program you have and flip it. Then go to your profile and set your avatar, you get the option to upload a pic from your box as an your avatar and use the pic you have flipped. (be sure to save it after flipping). Have fun.

Bintang Bob · Post by **Bintang Bob** » Sun Jan 22, 2006 8:54 pm

in reply to tomway, two kneelo friends of mine did a trip there a few years back and ended up booked with a large group of Brazilians..... they said it was "trying" over the seven day trip..... fist fights on the boat and all...... something to think on....

Peter James · Post by **Peter James** » Thu Jul 13, 2006 3:32 am

Hi Fox,

I'm new to this forum. Went to the Mentawais in 02 with a great boat under the captaincy of Mr John McGroder - an Aussie skipper who used to do the Quiksilver crossing gig. I've got contact details if you're interested. If I go back there, I'd definitely go with him. He's can smell waves miles away and is a quality individual with a top crew including his wife Belinda (who is very quick with the Betadine for coral cuts). We got lots of waves - nothing massive, but had HTs 6-8 and Maccas 5-6.

The boat is called the Barrenjoey. Here's the link:
http://www.sumatransurfcharters.com.au

If you check the stories - it was boat charter 4 in 2002.

I've got some shots of the boat and the waves if you're interested.

Regards,

Pete James

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