John we were we got turned around! I got on te next day and Andy was haveing trouble with the moter. It was clogged where in the cooliant system and would overheat. It took a couple of hours to fix but we would have ben stuck out on the high seas without power!

Now - say we got about 15 miles out and were in waves over 20 feet top to bottom, what would happen if we got stuck out there with a dead motor?

What was that boat, 45 long feet - maybe? Would we have turned to and rolled while BM was hauling up the cod of a lifetime?

Any takers?

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i fished commercially offshore for 12 years, was engineer on a 123 foot hydraulic nightmare for 7 of those years and have had enough near death experiences to probably write a book. when i took the captain site on a smaller boat (87 footer) there was one thing that i learned and that is to "make it work". i didn't give up fishing to get stranded offshore in some tiny little boat and become the next days headline. i would have made it home, may have had to limp, but i would have had my feet on the beach. i am glad that things worked out well for those guys when they had their problems the next day

BTW I was haveing trouble with my keyboard yesterday I really don't spell that bad. It would have been a hard fix out on the seas, the hoses were clogged with stuff that looked like coal! They used acid and a metal pail handle to clear it. Hey I would have done the same thing!

In heavy seas you should get a call out to let people know you are in trouble. My guess is (not having been there) that a tow would be in order. My guess is that with the number of people involved on a fishing party boat , the Coast Guard would be involved fast. But.....everybody should still be OK.

Sometimes I wonder if the Captains are showing good judgement going out when its really bad. They know its bad out there , they don't have to drag you halfway out to show you.

That's what OJ said! LOL!



Hey, OJ gonna get married again?

to which he replied, 'I might take a stab at it'.



er... never mind - carry on...

Hey DP

hehehe....

I though his famous line was "It could happen"...

Hey 10x10!

I've really enjoyed that striper book! Thanks again, it came in handy getting ready for this past weekend at IRI.

Dave :-)

Most of you are either too young, or weren't in RI at the time, but I'm sure Saltheart remembers a head boat named the "Comet" out of Point Jude that sank with the loss of all fares and crew. Mid to late 70s if I remember right.

Losing power in 20' seas is about as hairy as it gets.