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100days-a-year · 07-13-2003, 06:02 PM

Set out on a recon to Bug land at 6am Sat.Got 15 miles out and Wah there goes the Yamahoppie engine alarm.Impeller has had a meltdown.Buddy boat tows me 1 mile to EF area and we dive,get gags,snapper and see several big bugs,nurse shark and a lion fish....cool.We tow/troll to NM area and dive get more snapper and gags as well as some doormat flounder.As we come up and try to start the buddy boat it is having strater fits and we can't get it started.We run my motor with livewell pump providing cooling water to charge batteries,still can't get started even hand pulling.Seatow to the rescue towed both boats 5 miles til the second towboat got on station.Vis at EF 50' WT 75 on bottom,NMvis 30' WT 71 on bottom.
Spending the day diving with 2 broke boats,killing fish $75
Repairing the boats this week to be redy for minisport $200
Being towed home by Seatow as a member....priceless

Yep-uhuh · 07-13-2003, 06:21 PM

Get this. We get to BB and didn't find the rite spot so off to amberjack hole Kim's ledge. Things happen in threes, right. Well here goes.

1. We are at the Mayport ramp and 1 diver's regs and Computer are still at the house.

2. Get out there to get BC on and check air pressure in first tank.

524 psi. Check second tank 1125psi.

End up with one dive a piece based on shortage of full tank!

3. Loran books jumps off the console hits the floor and scatters all the pages to the fore winds! Luckily my side kick caught them up before they got airborne and they are in plastic sleeves.

Last but not least it rains all the way to the jetties from the AH hole and sometimes so hard it hurt!

Still better than going to work!

inletsurf · 07-13-2003, 07:53 PM

Damn guys. Sounds like the last time I went diving.

1) Forgot to download all GPS numbers into GPS, didn't find out until going out of inlet mouth ready to set course.

2) Stuck with searching for new reefs. Found new reefs. No fish on reef, just 59 degrees and 5-8 ft whale snot vis.

3) Saw a pod of cobia following large stingray on way down on first dive. They started to spook, swimming quickly. Dash kick, took best shot I could. Spear stuck in cobe's head as lineshaft went taught. Cobia flinched, spear came out, little blood cloud, and they swam away.

4) Missed another cobia at the boat. Jig broke off into it's mouth.

5) Set screw on throttle cable came loose 12 mi from inlet. Did not know that it was only set screw, 3 ft + waves starting to kick up. Captain and I rigged up a string to control from engine to pilot console. Made it back eventually.

Its these days that make all the good ones great.

slipknot · 07-13-2003, 08:15 PM

100-days,glad to hear your finding fish that close in

A buddy boat is helpful,
A Seatow membership IS priceless!

07-14-2003, 05:05 AM

Damn, Tony! Y'all made the best out of a bad situation, for sure...you know, though; none of that shit would have happened if you had your good luck diver on board!

Your trip is proof that a SeaTow membership is the best $100 bucks a boater can spend. Using the livewell pump to cool your engine, that's serving as a battery charger to another engine with starter/battery woes, is a fing stroke of genius! McGyver ain't got shit on y'all!

100days-a-year · 07-16-2003, 02:32 PM

Just some more cracker ingenuity.Pump kit was 54$ at Atlantic Marine.Will spend this weekend putting it in ,new plugs,new lower unit lube,rewire bilge pumps and other fun stuff.All this dues payin' must mean I'm gonna slay de' lobsta.

07-16-2003, 08:35 PM

Roger THAT!


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07-13-2003, 06:02 PM	#1
100days-a-year Seafood Sifu Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Jax Fla Age: 49 Posts: 3,155	&/12 FUBAR are we seeing a pattern here? Set out on a recon to Bug land at 6am Sat.Got 15 miles out and Wah there goes the Yamahoppie engine alarm.Impeller has had a meltdown.Buddy boat tows me 1 mile to EF area and we dive,get gags,snapper and see several big bugs,nurse shark and a lion fish....cool.We tow/troll to NM area and dive get more snapper and gags as well as some doormat flounder.As we come up and try to start the buddy boat it is having strater fits and we can't get it started.We run my motor with livewell pump providing cooling water to charge batteries,still can't get started even hand pulling.Seatow to the rescue towed both boats 5 miles til the second towboat got on station.Vis at EF 50' WT 75 on bottom,NMvis 30' WT 71 on bottom. Spending the day diving with 2 broke boats,killing fish $75 Repairing the boats this week to be redy for minisport $200 Being towed home by Seatow as a member....priceless __________________ Tony If you keep your mind sufficiently open,people will throw a lot of rubbish into it--William A. Orton It is entirely appropriate to set up sensible boundaries around our own beliefs and values-The object of open-mindedness is not to let the wind whistle between my ears--Carol Hegarty

07-13-2003, 06:21 PM	#2
Yep-uhuh Registered User Join Date: Sep 2002 Location: JAX Age: 58 Posts: 124	Sunday's adventure Get this. We get to BB and didn't find the rite spot so off to amberjack hole Kim's ledge. Things happen in threes, right. Well here goes. 1. We are at the Mayport ramp and 1 diver's regs and Computer are still at the house. 2. Get out there to get BC on and check air pressure in first tank. 524 psi. Check second tank 1125psi. End up with one dive a piece based on shortage of full tank! 3. Loran books jumps off the console hits the floor and scatters all the pages to the fore winds! Luckily my side kick caught them up before they got airborne and they are in plastic sleeves. Last but not least it rains all the way to the jetties from the AH hole and sometimes so hard it hurt! Still better than going to work!

07-13-2003, 08:15 PM	#4
slipknot Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Jacksonville fl. Posts: 1,983	100-days,glad to hear your finding fish that close in A buddy boat is helpful, A Seatow membership IS priceless! Attached Images __________________ If you freeze to death and go to hell, it must feel good somewhere along the way.

07-16-2003, 02:32 PM	#6
100days-a-year Seafood Sifu Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Jax Fla Age: 49 Posts: 3,155	Just some more cracker ingenuity.Pump kit was 54$ at Atlantic Marine.Will spend this weekend putting it in ,new plugs,new lower unit lube,rewire bilge pumps and other fun stuff.All this dues payin' must mean I'm gonna slay de' lobsta. __________________ Tony If you keep your mind sufficiently open,people will throw a lot of rubbish into it--William A. Orton It is entirely appropriate to set up sensible boundaries around our own beliefs and values-The object of open-mindedness is not to let the wind whistle between my ears--Carol Hegarty

07-13-2003, 07:53 PM	#3
inletsurf Senior Member Join Date: Oct 2002 Location: Melboring, Florida Posts: 7,353	Damn guys. Sounds like the last time I went diving. 1) Forgot to download all GPS numbers into GPS, didn't find out until going out of inlet mouth ready to set course. 2) Stuck with searching for new reefs. Found new reefs. No fish on reef, just 59 degrees and 5-8 ft whale snot vis. 3) Saw a pod of cobia following large stingray on way down on first dive. They started to spook, swimming quickly. Dash kick, took best shot I could. Spear stuck in cobe's head as lineshaft went taught. Cobia flinched, spear came out, little blood cloud, and they swam away. 4) Missed another cobia at the boat. Jig broke off into it's mouth. 5) Set screw on throttle cable came loose 12 mi from inlet. Did not know that it was only set screw, 3 ft + waves starting to kick up. Captain and I rigged up a string to control from engine to pilot console. Made it back eventually. Its these days that make all the good ones great.

07-14-2003, 05:05 AM	#5
greyface Guest Posts: n/a	Damn, Tony! Y'all made the best out of a bad situation, for sure...you know, though; none of that shit would have happened if you had your good luck diver on board! Your trip is proof that a SeaTow membership is the best $100 bucks a boater can spend. Using the livewell pump to cool your engine, that's serving as a battery charger to another engine with starter/battery woes, is a fing stroke of genius! McGyver ain't got shit on y'all!

07-16-2003, 08:35 PM	#7
greyface Guest Posts: n/a	Roger THAT!

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