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Posted 12/29/2007 7:49:06 AM


Grouper

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31 degrees, that had to suck.

 

 --Big John

Sharks are naturally peaceful, they only bite when you touch their private parts.

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Posted 12/29/2007 1:25:29 PM


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I appreciate the replys fellers, really enjoyed readin'em

 

 --Big John

Sharks are naturally peaceful, they only bite when you touch their private parts.

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Posted 12/29/2007 6:09:17 PM
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HAD A STEARING CABLE BRAKE IN BAY TOOK HOURS TO RUN SMALL ROPE IN ITS PLACE AND WHEN I WAS DONE THE BOAT TURNED THE WRONG WAY WRAPPED THE CABLE ON BACK OF WHEEL WRONG WATCHING MY SON DRIVE THE BOAT ON THE TRAILER WAS THE BEST TIME I HAD THAT YEAR  HE WAS 14 AT THE TIME MAY HAVE BEEN THE FIRST TIME HE SAID SOME BAD WORDS  IT WAS ALSO VERY WINDY AND BOAT IS 16 FT ALU. SO IT BLOWS OFF AT THE LAST SECOND ANYWAY TIDE RUNS FAST IN THAT AREA TO SO HE HAD SOME REAL FUN THAT NIGHT.
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Posted 12/29/2007 11:47:29 PM


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Ok, worst one...

Diving trip on Gigabite (45 Hatteras I owned until May of last year), offshore Destin about 20 miles.

Routine deal.  Four of us on board, two-by-two on the diving.

First two guys go in, come back, no problem.

I suit up with the other guy.  I'd noticed that there was a line of storms right near the beach on the radar, but it wasn't thick and there was nothing on the WX about anything serious.... figured no big deal.

We splash and do our dive.  When I come up the guys on board say to me "uh, you better look at the weather."  Come to think of it, it DOES look a bit cloudy....

Ok, so I doff the tanks and trundle up the bridge ladder.  There is a wall cloud - a ROLLING ONE - heading straight for us!

Oh oh.  We get the anchor up; there's no way we're going around this thing; its from one end of the scope to the other, and oh, Gig will only do 25 kts and this thing is barreling down us at 30+ - no way to outrun it either - so we decide we've gotta head into it and make the nasty last for as little time as possible.

I tell everyone to get their ass below and put on a life jacket, and don one too.

Seas go from flat-and-nice to about 8-10' in a couple of minutes.  Its raining so hard I can't see the anchor pulpit, and the radar is useless - totally blacked out from the precip.  Several waves break on TOP of the foredeck (!)   Then the WX alert on the radio goes off - tornado warning!

They call the coordinates - basically right where we are.  That ain't good.  I can't see DICK, but I can hear it.  Its basically a crap shoot at this point, so its "steady as she goes and hope that bastard isn't right in front of us!"

Needless to say it missed but that's about as close as I want to get.... I don't mind 'nados but when you can't see the damn things it SUCKS.

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Posted 12/30/2007 3:38:36 AM


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nice one genesis.

 

 --Big John

Sharks are naturally peaceful, they only bite when you touch their private parts.

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