deadliest catch

[chico4554]

anyone watch the series premiere last night? They made it seem like the wizard sinks at some point when they did the little preview of the season in the beginning of the show. Oh boy...

 

[Ranger22]

I haven't, but I've watched this series religiously when it first aired. It's a pretty cool show.

 

[daniel3507]

i missed it but that is one of the coolest shows on tv. that new show with billy mays is on tonight

 

[Jon581]

i watched it,i love that show i even got my gf into it.

 

[skippy]

Guilty,I saw it and watch every episode.

 

[KELLY88]

Didn't see that one but have seen most of the other seasons. Great show. Those guys are truly badass. I couldn't do that job.

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

anyone watch the series premiere last night? They made it seem like the wizard sinks at some point when they did the little preview of the season in the beginning of the show. Oh boy...

I hope not, that is my favorite ship on the show. Plus they just put $400k in it over the summer.

It is by far the oldest ship on there, built in 1945 as a yard oiler for the US Navy and I think the last of her class in existance. (if not the last close to it)

They did show a mayday call for someone at the end of the show, but I didn't think the name sounded familier at all.

 

[wrecking-crew]

did that new captain guy blake sink? i seen the name Blake on the deadliest catch before the premeire one...and i dont see his ship

 

[85_Ranger4x4]

did that new captain guy blake sink? i seen the name Blake on the deadliest catch before the premeire one...and i dont see his ship

I think he made a bunch of people mad at him and got mad at a bunch of people. I don't remember what exactly happened, but I do remember thinking "I bet he won't be back on the show" and he wasn't.

 

[Chevelle Kid]

The Mayday call was from a small Cod fishing boat. The Wizard'd only mishap so far was the boat hit the captian in the head when he was diving under it...lol



Ben

 

[chico4554]

yea the one on tuesday showed that the Katmai was the boat that sunk. Sad story, 11 guys on the vessel, only 4 rescued. They were in 40 foot seas with 80 knot winds...on a life raft. Crazy! I guess the steering went out, not sure if they were taking on water before or after that.

 

[AllanD]

I hope not, that is my favorite ship on the show. Plus they just put $400k in it over the summer.

It is by far the oldest ship on there, built in 1945 as a yard oiler for the US Navy and I think the last of her class in existance. (if not the last close to it)

They did show a mayday call for someone at the end of the show, but I didn't think the name sounded familier at all.

Actually what happened is they were going from their dock over to the fuel dock but someone idiot in the engine room left a fuel valve CLOSED and those marine diesels don't run too well when the fuel pump is trying to make a vacuum against a closed fuel feed valve...

They got it opened and engine restarted.

That job is something I wouldn't want to try, but if I had to go out there it'd be on either the Northwestern or the Time Bandit
Those crews both liik like they have a sense of humor, most of the others look like their assholiness exceeds their humor.

I'll eat crab any time I can, because like Edgar Johansen says:
"Do you know how hard we work to catch these F***ers?"

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[85_Ranger4x4]

Actually what happened is they were going from their dock over to the fuel dock but someone idiot in the engine room left a fuel valve CLOSED and those marine diesels don't run too well when the fuel pump is trying to make a vacuum against a closed fuel feed valve...

They got it opened and engine restarted.

That job is something I wouldn't want to try, but if I had to go out there it'd be on either the Northwestern or the Time Bandit
Those crews both liik like they have a sense of humor, most of the others look like their assholiness exceeds their humor.

I'll eat crab any time I can, because like Edgar Johansen says:
"Do you know how hard we work to catch these F***ers?"

AD

It was two months ago during king crab that the fishing vessel sunk, this is a pretty old thread.

I like the Wizard the best of the boats, it just looks the part. Its big, it looks official, it is just all around neat. The Northwestern is sportier looking and it is neat that their dad had it built and they have extended it twice to keep it competitive. The rest of the boats don't really have much of a history, history of mechanical things intrigues me.

Personally if I was the captain of the Wizard, I would have tried the tarp thing (if at all) they did this week when the weather was calm rather than in the thick of it, now about everybody that was anybody is out of action.

I don't which boat I would rather be on, they can all be nice and they all have their moments where I would take off it wasn't such a swim back to port.

I did get a chuckle about the fuel valve turned off thing, that is a running joke with our old tractors, it seems whenever they give problems 99% of the time it is because we forgot to turn the gas on (my WD-45 gets really dramatic)

I wonder if it was a safety thing for water in the fuel that shut the fuel valve off on them though, right after they got it back to the dock they got that fixed. I don't know the layout of their fuel system, but they would have had to have ran it awhile to get it warmed up before they left the dock, and to get as far as they did it would have taken more fuel (I think) than what would have been in the lines and filters with the valve suposedly in the engine room. I imagine that Cat probably goes thru fuel pretty quick.