left wapoo at 7, 29deg. harbor was flat & calm. we followed a large boat out the jetties which was putting out a 6’ wake. we tried to slowley cross the wake to go around him when the boat pitched hard to port then hard back to starboard, throwing me hard against the console. when I gained my footing the capt. was gone. I looked back in our wake and there was a head bobbing in the waves, his hat still on! dans quick thinking, got to the wheel & brought the boat about. Two smaller boats were in our wake and grabbed him out quick. as we pulled up they were stripping out of their clothes to give him. We thank them for their seamanship and reacting so quick. a moment of not paying attention, and he would have been run over. we each came up with enough extra clothes to warm him up and he was ready to go on against our advice,(if you are going to be dumb, you have to be tough) I asked him what the bottom looked like, he said like the top, wet!
we were bleased today! we made it out to 140’ with the whole crew and it was fish on. we had double hookups all day. hundreds of rudder fish and pinks. the bee liners were huge and everywere. one spot we had to leave because the ars and scamps would not leave us alone. (the closeure is working already),lots of bsb’s. picked up around 2 and stopped in 70’. finished out on bsb’s, must have had over 100 in the last hr.
surface temp was a very cold 55deg. saw no bait on the surface but the bottom was alive every where we went. We had a great day with auggie dog and the aussie, won’t call the captains name but we are glad he is still with us! piece of advice, teach your crew how to crank the boat if the kill switch goes overboard with the driver. he would not have stayed on the surface long with all thoes clothes on, and we could not have got to him with the current riping out! My merc, you have to hold the kill switch button in, the yamaha you have to pull and hold the switch out. I have been on the water all my life and aint never seen no chit like that. the good lord was looking
Wow! Glad you everyone is okay and that you got on the fish. Yet another reason we should wear life jackets. I don’t but it is honestly pretty stupid not too. I have been talking about getting one of the inflatables for a while. Might be time to make that purchase.
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So glad everyone is OK. Thank god for a quick thinking crew.
I’ve worn an inflatable(h0m0 jacket-as some call it) for the last year. You don’t even know it’s on after the first few trips. I take it off when I get where we are going.
Wow, glad to hear everything turned out ok. Courtland, I’ve been telling myself for a ouple of years that I am going to buy one and wear it while running offshore and anytime I’m running in my boat alone. Guess I need to make good on that idea…
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Originally posted by Courtland I've worn an inflatable(h0m0 jacket-as some call it) for the last year. You don't even know it's on after the first few trips. I take it off when I get where we are going.
Ditto:
This time of year there are mostly fisherman on the water and most of us are good stewards of water. (can’t say the same for summertime). Glad those captain were paying attention and everyone is OK.
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WHOA! Glad that turned out alright. Sounds like you guys made the best of a nasty situation. 10-4 on the teach the crew to run w/o the lanyard. Never thought about that before.
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if you are in a smaller boat,trying to cross a large wake,motor as far up in his prop wash as possible,almost in his cockpit,then cross over.The wake next to the larger boat will be about the size of a ripple compared to the rest.
Done it hundreds of times,even on container ships.You get some looks every now and then,but its better than falling over.
glad he was ok and things worked out the way they did…could have been a real tragedy…
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Had the chit scared out of me one time coming back in, probably my 2nd or 3rd time out of Charleston by roughly the same thing. To me I was passing the titanic…Bow of boat ended up straight up in their 8-10’ swell and then crashing straight down. Ever since I either get way to the side of them or stay behind.
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Originally posted by Plan Cmy boat won’t even run without fried chicken and cold beer
Another good piece of info to share onboard with friends is which way to point the bow to find the way back. I have a small laminated cheat sheet with several compass courses to find the end of the rocks and I let all know roughly where we are. The back side has the keystrokes to display the first set of buoys outside the rocks on the chartplotter. Ignore the laughs at preparation.
Glad everyone is safe. Best idea is to slow down and avoid the situation.
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Originally posted by Bolbieif you are in a smaller boat,trying to cross a large wake,motor as far up in his prop wash as possible,almost in his cockpit,then cross over.The wake next to the larger boat will be about the size of a ripple compared to the rest.
Done it hundreds of times,even on container ships.You get some looks every now and then,but its better than falling over.
You could probably do the same thing by staying alot further back and you would avoid potentially riding up in his cockpit if he has to throttle back for some reason.