GL: Another rough Gulf crossing, captain missing.

[Luther]

This is a prefect argument for a lower helm. I have
both upper and lower helms and ONLY use the upper
while docking if need be. I would also support the
practice of "bucket & chuck it".

As for schedules, they are thrown in a trash can
before we depart.

L.C.



--- Seasalt007 at aol.com wrote:
> Since I know the boat in question (50'+ Hatteras or
> Bertram)  and have  
> crossed the gulf over 20 times, here is my best
> guess for what happened.
>  
> All night run of about 150 nautical miles. This time
> of year daylight is  
> getting limited so in order to get across in
> daylight you have to run very fast  
> or duck in to some places you don't want to go
> because of long winding 
> channels  or shallow water. So most go on an
> overnighter at about 10 kts. Leave Fl  
> panhandle late evening and arrive in Tampa or Tarpon
> Springs or Clearwater the  
> next morning.
>  
> Two man crew, I think. One on bridge of the sport
> fish and one sleeping.  
> Change every few hours. Guy on bridge goes down to
> cockpit to take an whiz. Wave  
> hits and he falls over. The other guy is asleep
> inside or on bridge. 
> And...it's  very dark out there.
>  
> I have been there and done that but didn't fall
> over. Lucky.
>  
> Doc
> 
> 
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