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homerjack
Joined: 12 Mar 2011 Posts: 186 City/Region: Homer
State or Province: AK
C-Dory Year: 1988
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: 49er
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South of Heaven
Joined: 15 Aug 2015 Posts: 1459 City/Region: Sharon
State or Province: MA
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 12:21 am Post subject: |
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Yeah, saw this earlier. Crazy story _________________ <><><> Jason <><><>
2005 Silverton 35 Motoryacht (Twin 385 Crusaders) (SOLD 6/20)
2000 Camano 31 Troll (Volvo TAMD41p) (SOLD 2/19)
2007 C Dory 25' Cruiser (200 hp Suzuki, sold 7/17)
2003 C Dory 19' Angler (80 hp Yamaha, sold 7/16)
1995 C Dory 16' Angler (40 hp Yamaha, sold 2/16) |
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homerjack
Joined: 12 Mar 2011 Posts: 186 City/Region: Homer
State or Province: AK
C-Dory Year: 1988
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: 49er
Photos: 49er
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hardee
Joined: 30 Oct 2006 Posts: 12632 City/Region: Sequim
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 2005
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Sleepy-C
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 2:54 am Post subject: |
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I saw that report too, and didn't think there was much surprising in it:
Fatigued crew, Overloaded with more and oversize traps, Several modifications to increase load carry capacity, Pushing into heavy weather, failure to comply with stability eval requirements. Sounds like a not so atypical crabber story, only this time they didn't fool mother nature.
Sad to see, but hopefully the USCG report and recommendations will help avert similar situations in the future.
Harvey
SleepyC
_________________ Though in our sleep we are not conscious of our activity or surroundings, we should not, in our wakefulness, be unconscious of our sleep. |
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dotnmarty
Joined: 03 Nov 2003 Posts: 4196 City/Region: Sammamish
State or Province: WA
C-Dory Year: 1993
C-Dory Model: 16 Angler
Vessel Name: LIZZIE II
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 11:45 am Post subject: |
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We had king crab last night to celebrate Dotty's 80th birthday. Here's Seattle's Fishermen's terminal memorial to those brave souls lost at sea.
_________________ MartyP
"...we're all in the same boat..." |
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B~C
Joined: 31 Oct 2003 Posts: 2861 City/Region: Bend
State or Province: OR
C-Dory Year: 1999
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: Blue~C
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Posted: Mon Mar 04, 2019 6:32 pm Post subject: |
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wow, that "no-return" article is powerful _________________ Ken
1999 22' boaterhome |
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homerjack
Joined: 12 Mar 2011 Posts: 186 City/Region: Homer
State or Province: AK
C-Dory Year: 1988
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: 49er
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 12:08 am Post subject: |
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Agree Ken. Thought it was an outstanding piece of reporting. Gave three dimensional life to all the principal characters as well as the details of the doomed voyage. Ever since Moby Dick some 50 years ago, I've been a sucker for a good man vs sea story. |
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Foggy
Joined: 01 Aug 2013 Posts: 1521 City/Region: Traverse City; Northern Lake Michigan
State or Province: MI
C-Dory Year: 2014
C-Dory Model: 26 Venture
Vessel Name: Boatless in Boating Paradise
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 8:32 am Post subject: |
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Stuff happens.
Maybe seamen are some of the bravest among us.
By chance, about this time some years back (actually 07 Mar 2010),
I was aboard the M/N Via Australis. We not only "rounded the Horn",
we walked on it where there was a large albatross memorial with a
moving inscription dedicated to those who have perished in the sea
not far away from that point:
"I am the albatross who
awaits you at the end of the world.
I am the forgotten soul of the dead seamen
who sailed across Cape Horn from all the
seas of the world.
But, they have not died in the fury of the waves,
today they fly on my wings, towards eternity, in
the last crevice of the antarctic winds."
---Sara Vial
https://www.bing.com/images/search?q=albatross+memorial%3b+cape+horn&qpvt=albatross+memoria%3b+Cape+Horn&FORM=IGRE
Aye. _________________ "I don't want any cake" - said no one ever.
If someone tells you they don't eat cake, unfriend them. You don't need that kind of negativity in your life. |
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homerjack
Joined: 12 Mar 2011 Posts: 186 City/Region: Homer
State or Province: AK
C-Dory Year: 1988
C-Dory Model: 22 Cruiser
Vessel Name: 49er
Photos: 49er
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Posted: Tue Mar 05, 2019 10:59 am Post subject: |
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Very nice. |
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