That’s just disgusting.
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Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance, Inc.
843-795-1000 / 800-446-1862
quote:I thought you said plucking was much more sensual...
Originally posted by 23Sailfishquote:
Originally posted by gotchacoveredWhat can I say? I’m a sensitive guy
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Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance, Inc.
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Me too…which is why I’ve asked you over and over again to shave that beard!!! [:0]
2005 236 Sailfish
225 Yamaha 4-stroke
Fred W.
Romans 1:16
“I gotta thank God, cause He gave me the strength to fight hard.” -LL Cool J
BTW, guys, a friend of mine went out on the same heading as we did on a 48-foot sportfisher yesterday. He told me they took a serious beating too–most especially on the way out, as we did–and was surprised that we didn’t just call it quits and turn around. We burned fuel at almost a double rate because of the bad head sea and head wind on the way out. Based on the consumption rate on the ride in (and fuel flow data and averages from past trips), We would have burned approximately 50-55 gallons less if it hadn’t been for the mean sea on the way out. That’s pretty substantial for a couple of reasons. Not only is that (50 gallons) some considerable mulah at 4.x per gallon, but that’s also partly why people need to consider this kind of thing when predicting their fuel capacity. Paul mad a point of this in another thread. This is a good, recent, real-world example of that. I may post that under the Offshore Discussion forum. Of course, my vessel holds 400 gallons, and we had plenty to spare, so no worries for us.
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Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance, Inc.
843-795-1000 / 800-446-1862
What did you cruise out at?
2005 236 Sailfish
225 Yamaha 4-stroke
Had to slow it down a notch.
59.9 
Sea Gull
208 Grady White
200 Merc
“Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, he’ll sit on his boat and drink beer all day”
Nah, my body is starting to feel the age setting in. I can’t run like I used to. We honestly ran more like 20-35 on the way out yesterday, mostly in the mid to upper 20’s. We had a serious head wind and 3-5 foot head sea with no back sides to them and occasional 6’s. Once the sun came up, I was able to do a little better. I think the wave period was 4 seconds, per the data. We ran about 35 on the way home, with some periods running about 40. I was trying to save gas, and make up for what we wasted on the way out with the head sea. Fuel economy was almost double on the way in. I’ve honestly run this same boat at 45 in 6-9’s before (significantly higher seas than yesterday), but the direction, period, shape, etc weren’t conducive to that yesterday, even though the sea was smaller. Yesterday we had what I’ll call some “hard water”.
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Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance, Inc.
843-795-1000 / 800-446-1862
Lee
Do you ever run it on 2 out of 3 engines?
So much water, So little time
You mean while trolling? No. I don’t want to have 500 hours on two engines and 200 on the center. That could cause me to have to have twice as many 100-hour services, among other things; and with the increased load on the other two without the center, I don’t think it will be enough of a difference enough in economy to make it worth it. It sounds like a lot, but it ended up costing us $185 per man for everything (bait, ice, gas, etc). It would have been only $153 per man yesterday, if it had not been for the head sea. That’s really not bad for a full day of offshore fishing out to 400 feet on a 38-foot boat. Last trip, we went 230 miles and burned 260 gallons. This trip, approximately 185 miles but still, the same 260 gallons (because she drank so heavily chugging through the head sea on the way out). Notice the irony of how the numbers match up exactly in this, BTW–wierd.
P.S. Buying ice in bulk is a great way to save money with the gas prices so high, BTW.
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Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance, Inc.
843-795-1000 / 800-446-1862
Lee,
Thanks for taking us fishing yesterday. I really had a blast and I look forward to going again soon. To the rest of you…Dave, John, Tom and Tucker, it was nice meeting you fela’s and I look forward to doing it again. If you don’t mind, if you took pics, please email them to me at rufus31050@yahoo.com. Thanks
Nice catch, by the way…
Gotcha, you have mail!
Sea Gull
208 Grady White
200 Merc
“Give a man a fish, feed him for a day. Teach a man to fish, he’ll sit on his boat and drink beer all day”
I forgot to say, “thanks for the pics, Tucker”. Nice camera work.
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Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance, Inc.
843-795-1000 / 800-446-1862
Lee,
John my cuz John gave me a call this afternoon and said to tell you thanks again. He had a blast fishing and wants to do it again. He was talking about trying to do it again next month for his b-day, so please keep me posted on future trips…Rhett
This week is looking very nice every day (flat–2ft, wide swells). Call me if y’all want to hit it up. I’m going to try for mid to late week probably.
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Lee Strickland
Strickland Marine Insurance, Inc.
843-795-1000 / 800-446-1862