Anyone want to take a stab at this?? - Striper Talk Striped Bass Fishing, Surfcasting, Boating

JohnR · 11-20-2001, 08:37 AM

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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?

redcrbbr · 11-20-2001, 09:31 AM

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

Canalratt1 · 11-20-2001, 11:47 AM

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!

Saltheart · 11-20-2001, 11:56 AM

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.

D Powell · 11-20-2001, 02:23 PM

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...

10x10 · 11-20-2001, 03:03 PM

Hey DP

JohnR · 11-20-2001, 03:50 PM

hehehe....

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

D Powell · 11-20-2001, 03:56 PM

Hey 10x10!

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

Dave :-)

Mike P · 11-21-2001, 12:20 PM

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.