So if we pick our days… Thank the good Lord everyone made it back alive, especially the kids. Make sure you have all the safety equipment people! If you cant afford it, or know how to use it, DON’T go offshore!
REELIN N DEALIN II
The wife called when they did not return home on time. Stan must have been watching over them on their trip.
Alan Reece.
Thank God they’re all safe! Thanks for the update.
According to the paper they did a very short mayday call. around midnight the wife called to report them as not returned yet.
Please tell EVERYONE onboard to give as much info as possible on a mayday. General location and number of people. Although this mayday was short, it was enought to get the CG looking, but it is a very large ocean. With no location the mayday could have been in the rivers, harbor, ocean.
http://www.postandcourier.com/news/2010/sep/06/7-people-survive-offshore-ordeal/
Fishb8 (Fish Bait)
23 Sea Hunt “My Last Boat V”
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Originally posted by Pflueger ReelmanWhy do they have to be related to me? If I had a 38’ Fountain, I would for sure have every safety options known to man, X’s 2! If you can afford a $1300+ boat payment, then you can afford the $3000 or so to spend on safety equipment…I carried a lot of chit on me along with dry boxes slap full of flares, water, booster boxes, etc…I just didn’t have LR or EPIRB/SPOT
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Originally posted by Plan Cmy boat won’t even run without fried chicken and cold beer
NOT smart… Just sayin.
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In all my families years of offshore fishing we never had those things. We did however fish out of Pcola and generally were inside 20 miles, generally inside 10. I would venture to say over 75% who post in offshore section here DO NOT carry EPIRB/SPOT or a LR on board.
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Originally posted by Plan Cmy boat won’t even run without fried chicken and cold beer
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Originally posted by kut08quote:
Originally posted by Pflueger ReelmanWhy do they have to be related to me? If I had a 38’ Fountain, I would for sure have every safety options known to man, X’s 2! If you can afford a $1300+ boat payment, then you can afford the $3000 or so to spend on safety equipment…I carried a lot of chit on me along with dry boxes slap full of flares, water, booster boxes, etc…I just didn’t have LR or EPIRB/SPOT
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Originally posted by Plan Cmy boat won’t even run without fried chicken and cold beer
NOT smart… Just sayin.
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In all my families years of offshore fishing we never had those things. We did however fish out of Pcola and generally were inside 20 miles, generally inside 10. I would venture to say over 75% who post in offshore section here DO NOT carry EPIRB/SPOT or a LR on board.
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I agree with you. I will not leave offshore again without an EPIRB, SPOT AND a Tow Boat US membership! That’s for sure… Doesn’t look like I will be heading offshore anytime soon in my own boat so I have some time to rack up on safety gear. Got everything else!
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Originally posted by Plan Cmy boat won’t even run without fried chicken and cold beer
I think you really would be surprised how many actually don’t carry either.
oldschool
352 wellcraft
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55 Jarrett bay
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19 viper
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Originally posted by team old schoolI think you really would be surprised how many actually don’t carry either.
oldschool
352 wellcraft
trip E-Tecs
Sponsored by Spro and Gamakatsu
55 Jarrett bay
23 Hydrasport
19 viper
Just as I said. It’s not smart to go out without them but many people do.
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Originally posted by Plan Cmy boat won’t even run without fried chicken and cold beer
I was out on Saturday all day and heard the coast guard
come up asking for anybody in the area to report sighting of the boat . They were very vague on the area somplace off edisto beachout 20 to 30 mi?
does anybody know where they were actually found. Seems to me i couldn’t have been more than 10- 20 mi away at certain points in the day. I wasn’t trolling so really didn’t cover alot of ground tho.
The seas were not as calm as projected but it wasn’t terrible unless of course your in the water for 20 hrs.
thank god they are all OK a hard lesson learned on safety equip.
A functioning hand held VHF radio could have had them high and dry in my boat or somebody elses in less than an hr. At least they lived to learn the lesson.
Oh ya we caught some nice amberjack, limit of pinks and a good mess of sea bass.
“Destiny” 35ft
Contender and “Scintilla” 20ft Keywest, Manning SC
We’ve had a SPOT for 30+ years now!!!
Hats off to Petty Officer 2nd Class Ben Rosen and all CC involved in saving those folks. It is almost beyond belief that adults would put themselves or even children in such a position out there. VHF radios should be a requirement for offshore safety equipment.
Polar 23CC
I think Boating should be regulated more like driving. At the very least a boater saftey course before being able to drive one.
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I still don’t understand how they got a distress call in without a VHF. I think some details are missing here.
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Originally posted by Plan Cmy boat won’t even run without fried chicken and cold beer
You do not have to have a brain to own a boat only money
Bubba can we go Fishing?? Can I drive the boat
Glad they are OK first and foremost!!
Seems to me there should be some sort of severe punishment for the captain going that far out with kids and NO SAFETY equipment, in addition to the azz whoopin and chewing out he has already or will shortly receive from the childrens mother.
I am so happy everyone is okay but there is just NO EXCUSE for leaving the harbor without basic safety equipment!! Just my 2 cents.
Just for the record we always have 1 and most of the time 2 SPOTS, PLB, Hand full of Flares and a seperate flare gun, hand held VHF and handheld GPS in addition to the boat electronics.
Rog
“Double Trouble”
2001 Sea Fox 230
2001 Merc 200
I have a full ditch bag that has saftey gear in it. Flare Gun, Epirb, Handheld VHF, Hanheld GPS, Distress Flag, Water, Lights, ETC…
I take it with me on any boat I go offshore in espicaly my own.
Glad they made it safe. Hopefully they will reterive the boat or sink it.
Word on the creek is that the bote went down so fast, no more transmissions could be sent via VHF. Handheld VHF, Epirb deployment, OR SPOT messages to tell SOMEONE back home their general location and status would have made lots of difference. They had VHF and flares on board, but these were useless when they did not react quick enough to a developing situation that nobody was aware of before it was too late. They reacted good enough to get on PFD’s, however, and they stayed together. They did good and are very fortunate considering the circumstances. I think we all need to realize just what the circumstances are when we go out there each time. I hear lots of folks talking like they’re invincible offshore since they’ve got this bote or this equipment or this experience or that. Reelly???
History proves otherwise.
While everything’s the captain’s responsibility, it is not our responsibility to be fooled into thinking that even with the extra safety gear that undergoing the same situation would have turned out any differently. Your bote can go down faster than you can grab your ditch bag with all your precious lifelines- especially when you have no plan and the folks on board don’t even know what or where a ditch bag is (for example).
I can’t tell you how many botes I have gone out on that may have all the nice safety gear, but nobody tells anybody where anything is muchless what to actually do if problems arise. People think that during a time of panic and problem solving would be the best time for instruction. It doesn’t work that way, folks. It’s great to say how these folks were so silly and so lucky, but think about the true cause of their events. They could have “had” a manual epirb, a spot, and even a life raft and satellite phone- but to what avail if it wasn’t reached before the bote sank?
Hope this reminds everyone to always may-day your vessel name, description, # of souls on board and location when you are at the point where folks have on PFD’s and are ready to jump ship.
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AMEN Phin. Those people were very very Lucky. Hats off to the USCG for their work. I personally love to be out on the ocean and respect the power of the water but I’m not ashamed to admit to being scared schittless by it on certain occassions. I’m just glad everyone, especially those kids, made it home safely.
Mark
Mako 262 Twin Yammaha F200s
Yeah, but do you consider a dog to be a filthy animal? I wouldn’t go so far as to call a dog filthy but they’re definitely dirty. But, a dog’s got personality. Personality goes a long way.
“Life’s tough…It’s even tougher if you’re stupid” John Wayne
Looks like original press report was wrong, as the media is now saying that they had a VHF, and Flares. I do commend the Capt. for tying all the PFD’s together, and staying with the bote*. On the other hand, you should be able to tell that something is terribly wrong with the way your boat is handling before it sinks.I have been on a couple of sinking vessels, and it was easy to see that we were in trouble, before we hit the point of no return. Never hesitate to call a MAYDAY!!! let someone know you are in trouble. Teach even the youngest to call a MAYDAY, and instruct them on where to look to know your current position (all GPS models are different) A ditch plan, and ditch bag would have made this much easier to deal with. Strobes on the PFD’s are also an inexpensive safety feature, As I stated before…they were very lucky! This same scenario in Dec./ Jan…not good!
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