hurray bass! and hurray coast guard!

[beachwalker]

how much did they charge ya ?


our tax dollars at work rescuing the happy's

[BrianS]

Originally Posted by beachwalker

how much did they charge ya ?


our tax dollars at work rescuing the happy's

and so let me toss you a single finger salute for your personal tax contribution then.

we called the coast guard after waiting 4 hours.... asked for a reccomendation, they told us they were coming to get us.

even when the fog DID seem to clear out in the open, they still told us to follow them.

we knew exactly where we were at all times.... we knew exactly where to go to get back... it was more a concern of not getting run down by the larger ships that were going back and forth well into the night crossing the bay.

but to answer that.. no charge for the escort... $34 to take a cab to the truck.

[beachwalker]

shove you're effort at a middle finger in your brain and check around to feel if there is any matter left there.

I don't believe I deserve a weak effort at a curse from someone who should be embarrassed about what happened and actually try and learn something from it.
I am happy you caught fish but appalled that you weren't prepared to be out.

Ships are one of Darwins way of culling the herd. You look as though you fit right in with the herd, too.

[BigFish]

Youch!

[BrianS]

why should i be embarassed as to what happened?

i guess i am missing that...

things happen
emergency services are there for a reason..

i used them... my tax dollars too... you pay for a service even indirectly.. you use it... we could of EASILY stayed the night.. and except for being cold and wet, anchored where we sat we were never in danger.

the one mistake made was that we didnt realize the fog was going to be as bad as it was... oh well, sheeot happens, so we reacted accordingly.

not using our brains would of been attempting to cross the bay on our own and ending up a statistic when they found the boat in the morning.

we were not the only boats out there, just the only one from what we saw to attempt to better our situation.

so I dont think we deserve your weak effort at an insult in your original post either....

[beachwalker]

my response comes from the fact that it HAS BEEN FOGGY FOR EVERY NIGHT FOR THE PAST WEEK EXCEPT ONE.

sorry to be such a poopie pants but out in the cape and islands we see this shiite all the time. plain sick of it basically. it's a wonder more people don't come home.

The coast guard is a lot like the fire department. Just because they are there doesn't mean we can use them anytime we feel like it. But that's just my opinion.

you had fun fishing, got lost in the fog and needed help getting home.

Get a chart, VHF, running lights, a fog horn and maybe a GPS (if you can handle it) and learn something please....

best of luck in all your future boating experiences.

out

[RIROCKHOUND]

I dont want to sound like an A-Hole commercial guy, but I have to take BW's side on this... watch the forecast carefully, plan accordingly and if weather deteriorates get Home....

Shiite does happen out there, and thats what the CG's are there for in the extreme. My bigger problem is that they actually came and got you; that ventures a guess that either
A. you were anchored in a navigation channel or traffic sep. scheme areas, or
B. they were feeling charitable (usually would tell you to call a commercial salver)

My problem is more in venturing out in an ill equiped boat and running into problems, which may or may not have been you guys... I run a variety of boats, mainly a 60ft commercial pax. vessel, along with a small r/v and several small fishing boats. My personal boat is a 13ft whaler, and I would never leave the dock w/o a compass, flares, fog horn, vhf and cell phone. On nights with Fog in the forescast I wont even leave my side of the bay, at worst I can pick my way along the shore and get home.

I spend weekends listening on the radio to people F'ing up and then expecting to get bailed out. The CG's rarly come out unless it is life threatening, otherwise the call a comm. salver (seatow etc) or the HM's. This incluedes the twice a year warriors in boats that break down, run out of fuel etc.. or the people who get lost in the fog, or run into the fish traps, or the people who run outside the bay then want to go home to warwick and oops it came up NW 20knots, etc. etc. etc..

The bottom line;
1. My Shiite stinks to, stuff happens, the best you can do is be prepared and plan more carefully
2. Dont be a statistic, but dont sit on your tail and hope to be bailed out you are really lucky the CG's didnt leave you to a commercial salver or to wait it out.
3. If you knew where you were at all times then with a chart, compass, depth sounder, fog horn, the proper running lights and a vhf (to monitor commercial traffic) you could have gotten home. Just go slow and steady and use your head out there.
4. This isnt meant to flame you BJS, I just spend too many days working hearing BS on the water.... including the guy complaining on Sun of a car ship disrupting his sail race... he misquoted the rules of the road and issued a 'warning' to watch out for the really big boat coming down the bay.. sorry but BW's right again, if you cant see a Friggin Carship coming down the bay on a clear day and plan a corrdingly, you deserve to get hit...

Besides I cant agree with BW too much; he's a yuppie from an island