Aquavue Hervey Bay

I can’t believe that it’s nearly two weeks since I last posted here … where did all that time go?

I actually do know where all the time went … this has been a busy time for us here at Aquavue and not only in the cafe part of the business. Even though it’s winter here in Hervey Bay right now we have been very busy with jet ski hire and seakart hire too and I guess when people can have fun like this out on the waters of Hervey Bay it’s no surprise that we’re busy.

We did think that things would quieten down a little after the school holidays but not this year. This year we’ve seen no real drop off in patronage and now we’re at the point where it will just go on getting busier. Whale season has started and the number of no vacancy signs going up along The Esplanade is on the increase.

Next weekend is the start of the Hervey Bay Whale Festival and Aquavue is proud to be a support sponsor of the festival this year. There’s a packed programme that will run right throughout the Festival and you can find out more about it here.

We hope we’ll see you there and you’re always welcome here at Aquavue Cafewatersports.

You know, sometimes things never go quite as planned. After we had the new Seakarts assembled we spent a day testing and fine tuning them. We even had some decent breeze to sail them in and everything was good.

Then the next day Channel 7 came down to do a piece on the new addition to our beach hire equipment and even when the crew arrived there was still a decent breeze blowing. The crew filmed some footage with the Seakarts up on the beach and even did an interview with the guys who had come out from the Windkart factory in France.

Everything was going well, the reporter kicked off her shoes to enjoy the sand, the sun was shining and the interview went well but then came the time to take the reporter out for a sail in the Seakart.

The clouds came over, the breeze disappeared and … we still managed to take the reporter out into the bay for a sail because it doesn’t take much of a breeze to get these Seakarts moving.

At last the Seakarts are here and I’ve got to correct the post that I made a couple of days ago. These sailing craft are actually Seakarts by Windkart and they are an incredible piece of equipment.

In lots of ways the Seakart is a cross between a wind surfer and a catamaran and there’s a little bit of sports car in there as well. If that sounds like a strange combination then let me explain.

A Seakart can carry two people but it can be easily sailed by just one. The main control is something similar to a car’s steering wheel and it’s positioned in front of the people in the ‘cockpit’.

The cockpit is actually like a hammock and whoever is sailing in the Seakart sits/reclines in the hammock and has everything he needs to control the Seakart within easy reach.

The Seakart can be sailed by just about anyone and even if your a complete novice at sailing you can be out on the water having a great time in just a few minutes. It’s far easier to sail a Seakart than it is to sail any other type of catamaran.

We were fortunate to have the guys who build the Seakarts come out from France to help us set up the four we’ve bought to add to Aquavue’s beach hire equipment. All the crew here at Aquavue have been out in them and we love them, they’re a lot of fun and so easy to sail.

You can read more about them and see a few extra photos on the Seakart hire page on Aquavue’s main site.