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localboy
Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 4664 City/Region: Lake Stevens via Honolulu
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: 'Au Kai (Ocean Traveler)
Photos: 'AU KAI
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 5:34 pm Post subject: Flotsam galore! |
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My son and his family were up for T-giving and the weather was nice on Friday, so we decided to take advantage of it. A day cruise around the South end of Whidbey w/ a stop near Double Bluff. We took a crab pot hoping to catch a Dungie or two. No luck.
As we left Everett and ran along the southern edge of the bay towards Mukilteo we found ourself surrounded by...logs...I mean hundreds of them, all of various sizes from 1-2' to +20' and some barely visible. It was a nightmare negotiating them like I was a rat in a maze. Hit something at slow speed; contacted under the port co-pilot seat and thumped the prop as it passed, causing a momentary drop in rpms. My son quickly looks back and says it appeared "small", about 1' by a few inches. Stopped, lifted the engine; no evident/visible damage.
After about 5-10 minutes of dodging and weaving it didn't improve so I altered course hard to starboard and ran towards Hat Island in hopes of escaping the field. It worked. Guess the winds were pushing all the crap towards the south. Seems to almost be in a line running parallel to the shoreline.
My granddaughter didn't care though. Her only request; "stop the boat from bouncing".
We gave the shore a wide berth on the return and only encountered a few logs bobbing in our path. The boat seems unscathed except for some obvious scratches/dings in the black gel-coat along the port half, running front to back a few feet long. _________________ "We can go over there...behind the 'little one'....."
Wife to her husband pointing @ us...from the bow of their 50-footer; Prideaux Haven 2013 |
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colobear
Joined: 23 Jan 2005 Posts: 2154 City/Region: Denver
State or Province: CO
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Photos: C-Cakes
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 7:57 pm Post subject: |
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Welcome to the Pacific Northwest!! What...boating bumper cars is not what you had in mind?? _________________ Patti and Barry
formerly C-Cakes, now
rving around N. America |
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Don and Brenda
Joined: 22 Feb 2009 Posts: 588 City/Region: Camano Island, Wa
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2011
C-Dory Model: R-27 Tug
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Posted: Sat Nov 28, 2009 8:48 pm Post subject: |
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That is certainly something one has to watch out for especially during the winter! I left Everett one day and just cleared the breakwater, logs were everywhere, one I did not see hit the motor, I lost rpm's, then the high temp alarm went off, I was able to drift back to the naval station and raised the motor. The prop and water intakes were covered in bark. The boat hook took care of the problem and I was on my way down to the hood canal. |
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DaveS
Joined: 01 Nov 2003 Posts: 3204 City/Region: Arlington
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2004
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sea Shift
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 1:25 am Post subject: |
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Several years ago during one of our floods, there were several hundred bright orange pumpkins floating in a line that had been washed down the Snohomish River from a pumpkin farm. Easy to see and I'd rather "bump" into them than a log. _________________ Dave S.
"Sea Shift"
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1TUBERIDER
Joined: 14 Mar 2006 Posts: 246 City/Region: Crescent City
State or Province: CA
C-Dory Year: 2006
C-Dory Model: 22 Angler
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 9:10 am Post subject: |
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Commercial fishermen were setting pots yesterday. In the beginning you really need to maintain a watch and slow down because between buoys and floating line its snarly.
We get the debris after storms. The stuff accumulated on the river banks gets it annual flush after high water. It can be anywhere. _________________ Sea ya |
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starcrafttom
Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Posts: 7896 City/Region: marysville
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1984
C-Dory Model: 27 Cruiser
Vessel Name: to be decided later
Photos: Susan E
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 2:20 pm Post subject: |
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just a reminder to you crabbers, area 8 is closed to winter crab. you have to go to area 9 or 10. dam cop out poaching!
the local everett sail boat race is called the log dodge. _________________ Thomas J Elliott
http://tomsfishinggear.blogspot.com/ |
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localboy
Joined: 30 Sep 2006 Posts: 4664 City/Region: Lake Stevens via Honolulu
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2007
C-Dory Model: 25 Cruiser
Vessel Name: 'Au Kai (Ocean Traveler)
Photos: 'AU KAI
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Posted: Sun Nov 29, 2009 10:32 pm Post subject: |
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starcrafttom wrote: | just a reminder to you crabbers, area 8 is closed to winter crab. you have to go to area 9 or 10. dam cop out poaching!
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I wasn't poaching. I laid my pot above (north of) the line indicated in the latest "rule book", Admiralty Inlet, area 9.
Quote: | Rules & Seasons
CRAB: Dungeness and Red Rock Crab, all fishing methods;
CLOSED in Area 9 south of a line from Foulweather Bluff to Olele Point (see map below). OPEN seven days a week through January 2, 2010 in Area 9 north of the Foulweather Bluff-Olele Point line. |
http://www.wdfw.wa.gov/fish/shelfish/crabreg/area09c.shtml
I don't "poach" or disobey laws. PERIOD.
Only got one very small red rock anyway. I asked my g-daughter "What should we do with him?" Her answer: "Put him in a pot and cook him!" She does love her crab.
We let him go back to his family. |
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starcrafttom
Joined: 07 Nov 2003 Posts: 7896 City/Region: marysville
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1984
C-Dory Model: 27 Cruiser
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Photos: Susan E
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:43 am Post subject: |
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Sorry i thought you were in area 8, 9 is wide open 7 days a week. you said whidby island and i was thinking camino.
Besides I was raised in the summer months by a poacher (grand father). there not all bad. |
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Matt Gurnsey Dealer
Joined: 11 Nov 2008 Posts: 1532 City/Region: Port Orchard
State or Province: WA
Photos: Kitsap Marina
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Posted: Mon Nov 30, 2009 1:07 pm Post subject: |
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localboy wrote: |
Only got one very small red rock anyway. I asked my g-daughter "What should we do with him?" Her answer: "Put him in a pot and cook him!" She does love her crab.
We let him go back to his family. |
That's right. Come back and get him when he's bigger.... _________________ Matt Gurnsey
Kitsap Marina
www.kitsapmarina.com
360-895-2193
(888) 293-7991 |
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