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Perry's Pride... Let see, I believe that is owned by the same fleet owners who own's Lori B, Miss Fitz and a couple other boats. It was a gill-netter right? Are you sure you didn't do anything to deserve it? Were you out in the fog?
I'm not trying to pick a fight at all. Trust me, it could have been just a jerk move by one of the deck hands who was on watch but as someone who spent a couple years working the back of a gill-netter out of chatham, we had our share of yahoos cruising through the fog, not yielding to us when it was our right of way and generally putting our safty at risk by not boating responsibly. One incident I remember quite well was a 28' Whaler going about 30kts in pea soup fog headed straight for us in the fog and our captain (ex-coast guard) saw them on the radar and through some evasive manuvering was able to avoid an accedent by about 10'. They didn't even slow down. They just cruised by with open mouths and wide eyes right in the cut!!!
I'm not accusing you of anything but I know the boat and just don't see why they would risk fouling a $1,300 bronze prop just to cut your wire. Are you sure they knew they did it?? Were you right in the mouth of the cut? I know that it is VERY tricky for those boats to get in and out of there and if you had wire behind you right there they might not of had a choice? What tide was it.
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