The Boat Fanatic Thread

[CoTex 1162]

On 8/18/2018 at 10:04 AM, G650 said:

 

Yeah, I'm just surprised something as obscure as this went through the interwebs so quick. I got this picture texted to me by the guy that took it.

 

The type 1s on the power boaters really sets it off.

 

As a non terrible person I advocate forcibly removing all J/105s from the gene pool obviously, but this is a little over the top even for me.

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the boat but I never caught the attraction to race them one-design.  If I lived in SF and double handed with a spouse, it might even be on my list but again, that’s a heavy sumbitch.   

Personally, I like the j/35 better.  More adjustments and better in the light.

A j/35 in about 30 knots with the 1.5 up and pole back is a cool experience. You’re not going to turn and you can’t stop.

 

Alas, now those days are gone.  Now everything is sprits and string drops.  It took real men to juggle the heavy pole and pull down a big kite.  

Are you old enough to have ever used a wire guy/afterguy?

[G650 14277]

52 minutes ago, CoTex said:

I don’t think there’s anything wrong with the boat but I never caught the attraction to race them one-design.  If I lived in SF and double handed with a spouse, it might even be on my list but again, that’s a heavy sumbitch.   

Personally, I like the j/35 better.  More adjustments and better in the light.

A j/35 in about 30 knots with the 1.5 up and pole back is a cool experience. You’re not going to turn and you can’t stop.

 

Alas, now those days are gone.  Now everything is sprits and string drops.  It took real men to juggle the heavy pole and pull down a big kite.  

Are you old enough to have ever used a wire guy/afterguy?

I sailed in the 80s on a Ron Holland IOR 41 that was a derivative of Imp. The boat actually did the 79' Fastnet as Lancer V, but that was before we brought it to the States.

 

I always crack up at the nostalgia for poles. Handling a 200 Sqm kite on a 40 foot boat is much more skilled and technical work than dealing with a pole and those handkerchief sized kites. 

 

The problem with the J105 isn't the boat per se, but the people it attracts.

[Bone3421 716]

Saw this speedster today in florida

[BearSchlong 8114]

My guess on the life jackets is they know they're fucked and getting a full body cavity search by the coast guard, police or whoever has jurisdiction there.
 
"Boys, I know the law says we just gotta have life jackets for enough souls onboard, but put those fuckers on.  I'm in enough shit as is.  Jim, you hold the whistle.  Bill, you grab the horn.  Frank, here's the flares.  Hank, you dump all the beer and whiskey overboard.  I'll hide the coke in the head.  Craig, you know what to do.  The usual.  Dump the five dead hookers overboard."

Allegedly

[BearSchlong 8114]

 
Alas, now those days are gone.  Now everything is sprits and string drops.  It took real men to juggle the heavy pole and pull down a big kite.  
Are you old enough to have ever used a wire guy/afterguy?

[G650 14277]

Wheres the whomper

[CoTex 1162]

6 hours ago, G650 said:

I sailed in the 80s on a Ron Holland IOR 41 that was a derivative of Imp. The boat actually did the 79' Fastnet as Lancer V, but that was before we brought it to the States.

 

I always crack up at the nostalgia for poles. Handling a 200 Sqm kite on a 40 foot boat is much more skilled and technical work than dealing with a pole and those handkerchief sized kites. 

 

The problem with the J105 isn't the boat per se, but the people it attracts.

Well, they didn’t feel like hankerchief sized kites when somebody fucked up.  You’ll have to get me a ride on that Farr 400 and show me how skilled and technical everything is.

[G650 14277]

10 hours ago, CoTex said:

Well, they didn’t feel like hankerchief sized kites when somebody fucked up.  You’ll have to get me a ride on that Farr 400 and show me how skilled and technical everything is.

Alas, the 400 is gone on to greener pastures. Next project is a Carkeek 40. If the timing ever works some day would love to have you come along.

 

You can be old guy yelling at the bowsprit clouds.

 

[G650 14277]

I warn you, this thread is a worm hole of insanity.

 

http://clubsearay.com/index.php?threads/boat-accident-chesapeake-bay.89307/

Edited August 20, 2018 by G650

[justhookit 4191]

Well, since we are doing it already, this was about a month ago during the run in on the final day of Lonestar Shootout in POC. The fishing boat that sank is based out of Port A. I know pretty much everyone who was on the boat including the captain. The story goes that they were on autopilot and whoever was on the bridge left and went downstairs to take a picture with the marlin they were bringing in to weigh. With all the lawsuits that are going to happen I doubt I’ll ever hear exactly what went wrong. Regardless, it’s unbelievably stupid that it happened and they are fortunate no one was seriously hurt or killed.

 

 

More coming

[justhookit 4191]

 

 

[justhookit 4191]

One more that shows a good view of the damage

[G650 14277]

I've found over the years the recreational power boat sector is easily one of the biggest havens for stupidity. I really cannot adequately describe how sharp the line is between commercial/sail/superyacht sectors and this shit. There are not enough superlatives in the English language.

[G650 14277]

4 hours ago, G650 said:

I warn you, this thread is a worm hole of insanity.

 

http://clubsearay.com/index.php?threads/boat-accident-chesapeake-bay.89307/

OP of this thread already deleted because he realized he may have fucked up

[Loco 3754]

lulz on that thread...  I let my six pack lapse, but even I remember enough to know just from that pic that the powerboat guy is boned.  He was a charter captain!   Ha GTFO

[Lat22 4017]

2 hours ago, justhookit said:

One more that shows a good view of the damage

That was a hard lick. 

[Handcruser 2805]

Wait what happened?

Well, since we are doing it already, this was about a month ago during the run in on the final day of Lonestar Shootout in POC. The fishing boat that sank is based out of Port A. I know pretty much everyone who was on the boat including the captain. The story goes that they were on autopilot and whoever was on the bridge left and went downstairs to take a picture with the marlin they were bringing in to weigh. With all the lawsuits that are going to happen I doubt I’ll ever hear exactly what went wrong. Regardless, it’s unbelievably stupid that it happened and they are fortunate no one was seriously hurt or killed.



 
 
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[Dewey 3292]

Looks like sporty ran into a shrimper in the damn Gulf.

[justhookit 4191]

Yes, at 30 knots in the middle of a sunny day. In an area where there were a lot of shrimpers. We could easily see 20 or so as we were running in about 25 miles off POC. Just no excuse for what happened.

[Loco 3754]

autopilot gonna autopilot

[Lat22 4017]

The guy on watch had one job. One job.

[Brew 3049]

31 minutes ago, Lat22 said:

The guy on watch had one job. One job.

Take pictures of the fish?

[Dewey 3292]

Play stupid games, win stupid prizes.

[fattyflattie 4638]

19 hours ago, justhookit said:

Yes, at 30 knots in the middle of a sunny day. In an area where there were a lot of shrimpers. We could easily see 20 or so as we were running in about 25 miles off POC. Just no excuse for what happened.

More dollars than sense.  Lucky no one was killed. 

[justhookit 4191]

Yeah but that boat and most like it are run by professional captains. 99% of them are responsible and much more than just competent. If the captain is not on the bridge someone else is supposed to be up there. Heck, on our boats we have someone up there 24/7 even if we are just drifting at night. At most there might be 2 or 3 minutes at night when whoever has night watch goes downstairs to wake up the next watch. If there is a shift change at night and we do happen to be running, the boat goes into idle.  But running at 30 knots with no one up there? Insane.

[G650 14277]

12 minutes ago, justhookit said:

Yeah but that boat and most like it are run by professional captains.

More than most, just about all are. This is a hell of a lot more boat than say a 32 Blackfin. Very, very few people can handle an 60'+ yacht competently.

 

12 minutes ago, justhookit said:

99% of them are responsible and much more than just competent.

I actually disagree here. 80% to 90% maybe are very good and competent, there is a substantial portion that are not though. In other sectors, it's definitely 99.9999%, but unfortunately not in the rec fishing category. But, as a group they are way ahead of the booze cruise and parasail fleets, which I would put at maybe 50% competent.

 

12 minutes ago, justhookit said:

Insane.

Truly insane.

[Sbbruin 21884]

I used to have my boat in a charter outfit. One rule the charter company had was that all autopilots had to be disabled so that charterers could not just point the boats and go. Forces some to always have a hand on the wheel.

[G650 14277]

1 minute ago, Sbbruin said:

I used to have my boat in a charter outfit.

Oof, living dangerously my friend.

[Loco 3754]

Every few months we get a boat up on Jetty rocks or hard on the beach because the crew set the autopilot and began screwing around.    Becoming complacent on the water is a great way to remove yourself from the gene pool

[G650 14277]

2 minutes ago, Loco said:

Every few months we get a boat up on Jetty rocks or hard on the beach because the crew set the autopilot and began screwing around.    Becoming complacent on the water is a great way to remove yourself from the gene pool

I can't seem to find the picture at the moment, but a guy I've known almost my whole life bricked up on a local jetty with his deadrise by literally screwing while under auto.

[Dewey 3292]

I always took the early morning wheel watch, 1-4 am, I might have been miserable from lack of sleep, but we were all alive. All it took was feeling a rogue wave, waking up, walk into the wheel house and no one is there. Guy on watch is asleep outside.

[Loco 3754]

ah offshore drilling...    I was 14 miles off Looe Key and the fishing was SLOW but it was a beautiful glass flat day...  Started fooling around with the wife a little bit, so I reeled the lines in tight to the boat and left it in idle to keep from tangling while taking care of bidness....   As we are entering the 4th quarter, all hell brakes loose and every fucking line goes off.  Big Bull on the left flatline, gaffers on the other 5.  Just a fucking mess, lines are crossing, fish and blood on the deck, buck naked... it took like an hour to get everything straight/untangled.  It was sunny and hot, the school must have come up under the boat for shade/structure ...  

[G650 14277]

So what you are saying is everyone came at once.

[Loco 3754]

5 minutes ago, G650 said:

So what you are saying is everyone came at once.

no...  if the fish had been smaller, or only 1 on, I would have just ignored it...and let the boat pull it around (aka trolling for Marlin)  but when that bull hit the flat line it was clear that the status quo had changed...  then outriggers start violently poping... come on, man!

I didn't reset the lines after though...  well not for a while.

[Sbbruin 21884]

49 minutes ago, G650 said:

Oof, living dangerously my friend.

I pulled it out 5 years ago when it got put up on the rocks and suffered $35K in damages (not including the $12K midnight tow).  Insurance covered everything and the boat came out of it better than it went in.  Insurance company did everything I asked.  Brief incomplete list: new- prop, prop shaft, dripless seal, rudder, rudder post, batteries (they got wet but otherwise were fine, but I said they had to get replaced), all new standing rigging (I argued the stress to the rigging from the boat going on its side strain it, and they said fine), massive fiberglass and gelcoat repairs and a number of other things.  But my insurance premium for a charter boat was 4 times more than a standard premium, so I got my money out of them.

[Texaus 377]

I pulled it outta your mom last night. No damages suffered.

[Dewey 3292]

I pulled it outta your mom last night. No damages suffered.

Except for her psyche

[troph 24905]

I pulled it outta your mom last night. No damages suffered.

Takes a while for syphilis to show

[686 3451]

We’re back baby! New prop, shaft, rudder, mounting hardware, etc.

Hope to get out this weekend.

[Goofyboy 3296]

What the hell did you hit??

[686 3451]

What the hell did you hit??

Solid limestone. This rock shelf is unmarked, I hadn’t been in this part of the lake before. I was 100+ yards off the shoreline, about where the red pin is:

[Goofyboy 3296]

Damn dude. That’s rough.

[686 3451]

Damn dude. That’s rough.

Yeah, it sucked, but I’ve been in worse boat wrecks. We were only going about 10 mph when we hit. Thank the Lord we weren’t taking on water fast or anything (rudder was sheared off at the hull), and I was able to steer us to that boat ramp you see in the photo using a wake board. Here’s a pic of the damage:

[Goofyboy 3296]

You did get lucky. Good buddy lost his Epic on the Trinity from the rudder hitting something. They made it to shore, but just barely. Boat was totaled.

[Loco 3754]

On 8/24/2018 at 10:24 PM, 686 said:

 

Yeah, it sucked, but I’ve been in worse boat wrecks. ...
 

 

Worst humble brag ever!

[686 3451]

20 minutes ago, Loco said:

Worst humble brag ever!

Definitely no brag. No injuries, not taking on water, still under power = just an inconvenience. The bad wreck I was in was in Belize in the mid-90's and for a second or two I thought we might be in serious trouble, one of our group was injured. 

[T-shirt Sip 2107]

On 8/24/2018 at 8:45 PM, 686 said:

 

Solid limestone. This rock shelf is unmarked, I hadn’t been in this part of the lake before. I was 100+ yards off the shoreline, about where the red pin is:

 

Yep, that’s Belton Lake. There’s a spot worse than that across the late at Temple Lake Park. Every year a few boat hit that thing. It probably sticks out about 150 yards from the bank. 

[G650 14277]

2 hours ago, 686 said:

Definitely no brag. No injuries, not taking on water, still under power = just an inconvenience. The bad wreck I was in was in Belize in the mid-90's and for a second or two I thought we might be in serious trouble, one of our group was injured. 

My professional opinion is to stop running into shit.

[686 3451]

My professional opinion is to stop running into shit.

I concur, doctor. The Belize incident happened right after they had passed a law saying all inshore boat drivers had to be native Belizian. The dude didn’t know one end of and outboard from the other and ran us into a dock at about 20 mph. (I was a passenger on a dive)

[G650 14277]

Yikes!