"Harry Krause" wrote in message
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The seas were 15-footers when they went out?
D'oh.


The guys that participate in this shark tournament are all nuts. Most of
the boats are bigger than my friend's but even still, drift fishing for
sharks in 15 foot seas is not my idea of fun. I did one of these a few
years ago on a bigger Hatteras. I am not really into fishing, so I did the
video taping for the catch and release judging. I spent the day up on the
tuna bridge (one level up above the flybridge) with one arm wrapped around a
rail and the other holding the camera. Seas were rough, and the boat was
rocking pretty good. Being so high, I'd be rocking 18-20 feet, back and
forth, all day.

At the end of the day the wind really picked up and we headed in, plowing
through 12 footers. It's was the second time in my life that I got sea
sick.

Oh ... remember the Yellowfin with the three, 275 hp Mercs that I posted a
picture of a month or so ago? Those nuts ran out 100 miles from Martha's
Vineyard and back in the heavy seas. Lost the windshield on the CC.

Eisboch