Sea Adventures Boats

All our boats are comfortable, spacious, immaculately maintained and manned by professional crews.

Qualifications - Simon is a fully certified skipper to 40 nautical miles by the South African Maritime Safety Authority (SAMSA). In addition, both Pat and Simon are holders of the 'National Powerboat Certificate - Level 2' and 'RYA/DoT Small Craft Basic Sea Survival Certificate' both issued by the Royal Yachting Association of the UK.

Equipment

Tackle. Our boats are fully equipped with tackle ranging from 6-lb. to 80-lb, largely using Shimano and Penn International reels. Our 30-lb. to 80-lb. outfits mainly use Shimano Tiagra reels. In addition both boats carry heavy duty spinning outfits for popping and deep jigging.
Electronics. The boats are all fitted with full electronics of VHF radio, GPS and fish finders and the crews and skippers are fully conversant in their use. In addition Kamara II is equipped with a 24 mile radar. They are all equipped with a marine toilet, galley, fridge/freezer, shower and even a barbecue.
Safety Equipment. All our boats are equipped with 8-man life rafts and a full compliment of life jackets. Kamara II is equipped to South African standards, some of the most stringent in the world.

BROADBILL

This 46-ft. custom-built sport fisher was re-engined in 2005 with two New Holland 235-hp turbo diesels and ZF gearboxes. These give her a top speed of approximately 20 knots. Broadbill, launched in 1972 is one of the most beautiful boats on the East African coast and still in immaculate condition. She has a large cockpit with high gunwales and ample shade.

Skippered by Pat Hemphill who has been fishing the Pemba Channel waters since 1963, and crewed by Usama who has been on the boat since her launch and Suleiman who started in 1988. Pat is also the co-author of the book, 'Crash Strike' along with the late Anthony Cullen. Pat has extensive experience of cruising the East African coast from Kiunga in Northern Kenya to Mtwara in Southern Tanzania, and even further south to Cape Town, South Africa.

BROADBILL experiences

Between Pat and 'Broadbill' they are responsible for many of Kenya's big fish plus many Kenya and All Africa records. Broadbill has caught 1357 marlin as of April 2008 and has been in the top three marlin boats since her launch in 1972 and has taken more than 50 marlin in a season no less than 9 times.

#1 MARLIN BOAT IN EAST AFRICA SINCE 1992

Biggest marlin - 800 lb black marlin
Most marlin in one day - 8
Biggest shark - 984 lb

Broadbill can carry up to 4 guests on safari to Pemba Island with sleeping facilities for 2 in the fore cabin and in the saloon the dinette folds down to form a double bed. There is a marine toilet on board and a safari shower that is set up on deck in the evening. A new gas cooker with oven and grill was installed in May 2002 and the galley and saloon area upgraded to offer guests greater comfort and privacy.

KAMARA II

Kamara 1 was sold in late 2004 to David Williamson and is now based in Mtwapa Creek just north of Mombasa. KAMARA II - 42-ft Bill Edwards built by Robert Newell in Gordon's Bay, South Africa. She was launched in late November 2001 and joined our fleet in April 2002. She is an amazing sea boat designed for the very rough conditions off Cape Town.

Her twin Caterpillar 350 hp motors give her a top speed of 23 knots and this together with her large fuel capacity of 2,800 lt. give her a range of 1,000+ miles or 10-15 days fishing depending on the speed. She has a wide beam, a huge comfortable cockpit with plenty of shade and high gunnels for added crew and customer peace of mind. Kamara II has a large saloon with teak dinette, couch and a very practical galley that is very useful on safari. Below decks she has a v-berth up forward with separate toilet and shower cabins. For those of you who are very tall and always banging your head on boats you shouldn't need to worry about that on Kamara II. Her builder, Robert is 6 ft 6 in and didn't like banging his head !

KAMARA II experiences

Kamara II can easily sleep up to 4 persons and is ideal for extended fishing cruises and for tournaments anywhere in East Africa. She also has 33-ft Lee's outriggers, which give her an awesome spread. Dr. Simon Hemphill, a fisheries biologist by training, skippers her along with his very professional crew. Simon has been fishing since he was old enough to hold a fishing rod, took his first charter out at the age of 14 yr., and has been full time charter fishing in the Pemba Channel since July 1981. He has cruised the East African coast from Kiwayu in Northern Kenya to Mtwara in Southern Tanzania and beyond to Cape Town, South Africa. Simon received the Captain's Award from The Billfish Foundation for the most striped marlin tagged in the Indian Ocean 2002, 2003, 2006 and 2007. In 2006 he also received the same award for the most blue marlin tagged in the Indian Ocean.

KAMARA II performance

Biggest marlin - 586 lb blue marlin (+ one other similar sized blue tagged and released)
Most marlin in one day - 5
Biggest shark - 910½ lb tiger shark

Kamara II excels

Her first season saw her catch 3 times more marlin than any other boat on the Kenya coast and has continued this form by being the top marlin boat in 2003/4 and in 2004/5. Her very first billfish was the very rare shortbill spearfish, a new Kenya and All Africa record on 15-kg line caught by Dion Woodborne in August 2002.

Kamara II has caught 2.4 X more marlin than any other boat on the Kenya coast in her first three seasons.In March 2005 Daz Baynton tagged Kamara II's first blue marlin to complete the full set of all 6 billfish available off East Africa, a feat only accomplished by a few boats in the region that includes Simon's first boat Kamara. Prior to Kamara II's arrival in Shimoni Simon and Hamisi ran the very successful Kamara I with which they were the #1 marlin team in 2000/01 and 2001/02 and only one of two boats to have recorded more than 100 marlin in a season.

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