V ride

[garbubba]

Been in 5 to 7's in mine shrimpin'. The boat did fine, took some water over the bow, wouldn't have wanted to be in a center console. Biggest issue was staying on my feet, slipped once.

I've spent much of my life at sea, so I know my wave heights. Saw 40's once in Alaska!

[bgreene]

Read that during the " Perfect Storm " a bouy off well of Cape Cod recorded a 100' wave.

That was a rogue, and possibly somewhere around the vicinity of the eye .

Definitely not V weather.......

Andrea Gale, God rest their souls.

[inaforty]

Sister ship to the Andrea Gale....

F/V Hannah Boden off loading Swordfish in New Bedford

[Pipe_Dream]

Originally Posted by inaforty

Sister ship to the Andrea Gale....

F/V Hannah Boden off loading Swordfish in New Bedford

Wow, very cool...

[inaforty]

Originally Posted by Pipe_Dream

Wow, very cool...

We still have a few Sword boats that fish out of New Bedford.
The last one to buy provisions was a boat called Whitewater.
Long trip to the fishing grounds. Usually a 30 day trip. 5 days of steaming there and then 5 days back all to chase the swords on the break of the gulf stream.
Crazy!!

[phatdaddy]

Both the Hanna Bowden and the Andrea Gail were built here at a local shipyard. Eastern ship building.

[inaforty]

Phat,
That's cool!
Building cost are pretty high around here. I think lots of the fishing boats are built in Louisiana.
Fairhaven shipyard here built two Scalloper last year. Seems the build cost is getting close. The scallop fishery is big $$$ around here. New Bedford has held the #1 fish port (for $$$ per catch) for a number of years.