I gave the approximate coordinates to Micah on Wednesday. It may have completely sunk by now. The seas were a little rough today.
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I gave the insurance the coordinates of the vessel on Thursday and they said they would call sea tow and see what they wanted to do. Rather or not they did idk. The coordinates were the same as the ones you gave Micha I’m pretty sure or pretty close anyhow. With the video footage we have I doubt they can’t honor the claim. I’ve heard nothing about them saying they won’t so far. Insurance said it’s a 50/50 chance of them recovering the boat. Maybe they don’t won’t that bill too idk but I sure as hell wouldn’t won’t the bill of the next vessel hitting it over a tow bill but that’s over my head!
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HP, so glad you and your crew made it back safe and to me it looks like you handled the situation very calmly and did a great job
However just curious, after you have thought about what happened what would you have done differently either to prepare or after it happened
You input could save even more lives than your video has already done, I am sure LOT of folks have double checked their ditch bags and EPRIBS after seeing your video
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However just curious, after you have thought about what happened what would you have done differently
That is an excellent question, I’d be curious to know too. But the man got everybody home alive, so maybe he did it all right 
Capt. Larry Teuton
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Honestly the only things I would of done differently as far as preparing for what happened is better life jackets. With a water proof hand held vhf radio. Maybe even have another or the epirb already on the jife jacket with the vhf already attached also. When time is your life I rather have to grab one thing then remember 3 different important items. Any thing you can eliminate forgetting. If you noticed we forgot the flairs which is why I’m coming from under the boat. Also to get more life jackets to have more than just enough. That’s when I grabbed the go pro and the rod and reel along the way. Which is how everybody gets a chance to see some of what happened. Like I said before we just had a good crew that knew where everything was at. It’s highly important the capt/owner goes over where everything is located before heading out.
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Thanks man and again glad y’all are safe
That is great first hand info for all of us
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Those are some very good points HP.
I’ve always relied on SPOT, I’m gonna keep my SPOT but ordering a EPIRB also.
Having the Coasties come that quick and directly to you may make the difference in coming home or not.
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Thanks man and again glad y’all are safe
That is great first hand info for all of us
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Thanks again for posting the video and report of what happened. Because of this and other similar reports on here of vessels that went down I am already better prepared in case of something like this happening. Glad y’all all made it home safe. Great job captain! By the way, the boat was still there about seven miles off the harbor yesterday. Coast Guard is aware and posting hazard notices.
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It's highly important the capt/owner goes over where everything is located before heading out.
It dang sure is and I do it on every trip, even inshore. You might need that crew to get the captain home one day. Where it all is, and how to work it. Anchors, life jackets, fire extinguishers, flares, first aid kit, VHF, EPIRB, liferaft if equipped, tools, everything. It only takes 5 minutes, and has payed off in big ways.
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Coast Guard is aware and posting hazard notices.
I wonder why they don’t just sink it:question:
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Originally posted by Cracker Larryquote:
It's highly important the capt/owner goes over where everything is located before heading out.
It dang sure is and I do it on every trip, even inshore. You might need that crew to get the captain home one day. Where it all is, and how to work it. Anchors, life jackets, fire extinguishers, flares, first aid kit, VHF, EPIRB, liferaft if equipped, tools, everything. It only takes 5 minutes, and has payed off in big ways.
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Coast Guard is aware and posting hazard notices.
I wonder why they don’t just sink it:question:
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Owner is still responsible for his boat. CG doesn’t remove hazards. Army corps of engineers does 
. Consider the legal liability if the CG sank every hazard, and the owner meant to salvage it. Not in their best interest to do that.
Well, I’ve seen them do it a couple of times. A boat split down the middle like that isn’t worth the salvage cost.
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Not on my watch - I have seen it happen during drug interdiction cases involving international waters (>12nm). Not so much within territorial waters. Florida is a whole different animal with all the law enforcement / drug interdiction cases. We don’t get much of that here in SC.
HP glad that you all made home to sleep in your own beds !! It must have been some scary few hours that you were out there. It just sends shivers down my back thinking what you were going through.
I don’t know if it was asked or mentioned previously, but out of curiosity, how long were you floating before the CG got there. I wonder if they were on one of their routine patrols and picked up your beacon or did they take off from John’s Island? My wife now wants to get an EPIRB for us…even though we only fish inshore…! I don’t know, might be worth it!
Glad you and your crew are safe!
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Not on my watch ;) - I have seen it happen during drug interdiction cases involving international waters (>12nm).
Thinking back on it, both times I’ve seen it happen were well offshore, definitely in International waters. And both times were in Florida. It still seems to me to be the prudent thing to do, before it sinks somebody else in the dark.
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Originally posted by sea tonicHP glad that you all made home to sleep in your own beds !! It must have been some scary few hours that you were out there. It just sends shivers down my back thinking what you were going through.
I don’t know if it was asked or mentioned previously, but out of curiosity, how long were you floating before the CG got there. I wonder if they were on one of their routine patrols and picked up your beacon or did they take off from John’s Island? My wife now wants to get an EPIRB for us…even though we only fish inshore…! I don’t know, might be worth it!Glad you and your crew are safe!
Inshore or offshore, EPIRBs are priceless when it counts. Just make sure you register it so the CG knows who they’re looking for. The device sends position, name, phone number, address and boat description to the CG if registered properly.
Wouldn’t tow boat or sea tow specialize in recovery situations like this for a fee? How deep was the boat when it was last seen? It would be horrific to hit something like this while underway.
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We saw it Thursday about 10 miles from the entrance of the jetties.
Yea, last CG report I heard said seven miles off the jetties, they didn’t give more location than that. And yes for about $250 I will have a ResQlink before I go out again. I’m seeing the ACR for $249
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