Meet the Blue Lightning Fleet

Blue Lightning III

Blue Lightning is a 55ft Conquest charter vessel powered by a V10 820 Doosan engine and was first launched in 1993 and cray fished along the coast for many of her early years (as First Light out of Fremantle, later renamed Crustacea 3 by Captain Tony Merrutio fishing between Jurien Bay and Bunbury).

At the end of the 2005 crayfish season Bill and Chad Mills brought her into the fleet renaming her Blue Lightning III. And that’s not the only change they have made to her from the cray fishing days. With 18 years experience in and knowledge of the charter industry between them, they soon went to work setting Blue Lightning up into a very comfortable and practical charter vessel which now operates all along the coast between Mandurah and Dampier.

Blue Lightning now has all the latest electronics including:

• C Plot computer GPS system
• 1100L Furuno Coloured Sounder / Auto Pilot
• VHF/HF / SAT Phone / Internet

Blue Lightning has airconditioned 8 comfortable bunks downstairs a CD player, DVD, VCR and 61cm Flatscreen TV to keep you entertained when not battling the big one. There are also 2 toilets and showers with hot water, 240V power and enough fridge and freezer space to keep all supplies and your catch cold.

In November 2007 was repowered by a V10 820 hp Doosan Diesel giving her a cruising speed of 17-18 knots and top speed of 22 knots. And in 2012 the genset was upgraded to 16kva to keep up with all the 240V supply needs.

We also have various tenders including an Ally centre consul with 30hp Suzuki 4 strokes and 2 Southern Pacific rigid inflatables with 15hp 2 stroke Yamaha outboards.