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Re: Puerto Rico offshore trip
[Re: DryFire]
#2922643
10/09/19 12:20 PM
10/09/19 12:20 PM
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Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 14,052 Chilton County
MarksOutdoors
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Nov 2015
Posts: 14,052
Chilton County
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If he's listed on ,Tripadvisor, i would be leaving a very negative review.
"The true soldier fights not because he hates what is in front of him, but because he loves what is behind him." -G. K. Chesterton
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Re: Puerto Rico offshore trip
[Re: hallb]
#2923135
10/09/19 10:04 PM
10/09/19 10:04 PM
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Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 11,635 Longwood, FL
jlbuc10
Booner
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Booner
Joined: Nov 2010
Posts: 11,635
Longwood, FL
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Engine trouble happens to everyone. Happened to us on a very expensive charter on a high end Freeman out of Venice, LA, but it happened before we even made it to the fishing grounds and basically we lost our deposit of a few hundred bucks and not the whole cost. At least you did catch a few! I’ve lost one motor on a private 36’ yellowfin and had to limp in about 40 miles. Luckily we had already put about 300lbs of tuna in the boat, and we had trips.
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Re: Puerto Rico offshore trip
[Re: DryFire]
#2923412
10/10/19 11:35 AM
10/10/19 11:35 AM
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Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,170 Your blindspot
Uokman2014
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6 point
Joined: Aug 2014
Posts: 1,170
Your blindspot
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Reminds me of a trip 25 years ago I was on a charter out of Venice, LA with a retired school teacher - turned "fisherman". Got stuck with this putz because the captain we chartered with was a no-show. Anyway, it was a flat-calm day in July and we were at the Midnight Lump in a 25' Make with twin 200's when one of the motors went tits-up. We were only able to make about 8 knots on the one engine. Okay then: 1 pm in the afternoon, good weather, plenty of gas, plenty of beer and we could just "high-speed" troll for wahoo as we limped back in - not what we had hope for, but that's life... "Point her north Captain, let's get going..." Well this idiot has other plans. Gets on the marine band emergency channel "Mayday, Mayday, Mayday!" I tell the "Captain" - "Dude, are you stupid or something? What the hell did you just do? You know this situation does NOT warrant a Mayday call! Your better hope your good engine blows up quick."
About 1 minute later, the Coast Guard answers and they have an interesting discussion... Another nearby boat comes over and picks me and my buddies off the boat to give us a ride in - said "Captain Putzs" is gonna have a long rest of the day and night ahead of him once the Coast Guard locates him - and they didn't want us to be inconvenienced by the proceedings. (Pretty darned nice gesture on their part if you ask me!). Anyway, turns out "Captain Putz" ended up getting a hefty fine and lost his Captains license for a year over that call.
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