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WowOh yes it gives me chills. I have been in 20ft seas on a ship with a blown gearbox on one drive. If we lost the second my story would have ended the same - at the bottom of Davey Jones Locker.
North Sea or Rounding The Horn in South America, both are Black cold death waiting to happen,Oh yes it gives me chills. I have been in 20ft seas on a ship with a blown gearbox on one drive. If we lost the second my story would have ended the same - at the bottom of Davey Jones Locker.
That was about as scared as I have been. The 90 foot boat The "Admiral" out of Santa Barbara CA and Virg's Fishing would have the the bow and the stern out of the water at the top of the swell and then would dive down into the trough and plow into the coming wave with a shock that was like being hit by a punching bag and 3 or more feet of water washed the entire deck. Then the ship would chug uphill with its one motor sounding like it could barely make it. Then as the screw would come out of the water as we topped the wave the engine would go eerily silent. I would think to myself shit it quit . It took 11 hours to get out of that rough water and travel about 80 miles.North Sea or Rounding The Horn in South America, both are Black cold death waiting to happen,
Damn! 11 friggin' hours! None of those boats look like they much of a draft.That was about as scared as I have been. The 90 foot boat The "Admiral" out of Santa Barbara CA and Virg's Fishing would have the the bow and the stern out of the water at the top of the swell and then would dive down into the trough and plow into the coming wave with a shock that was like being hit by a punching bag and 3 or more feet of water washed the entire deck. Then the ship would chug uphill with its one motor sounding like it could barely make it. Then as the screw would come out of the water as we topped the wave the engine would go eerily silent. I would think to myself shit it quit . It took 11 hours to get out of that rough water and travel about 80 miles.
I found and old picture of the vessel. I have fished from every one of these boats!
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