how do al those guys maintain balance on eachothers shoulders like that? bottom dudes must be super strong
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how do al those guys maintain balance on eachothers shoulders like that? bottom dudes must be super strong
My first trip was like that (early 00s), anchored up for 3 days with Indian Summer conditions, amazing viz on scuba/nitrox, max to about 80-90'. It was like scaling and exploring an underwater mountain forest, 3-4x per day and best scuba dives of my life. The rest were freedive spearo trips, one with walls of YT that would appear/disappear on the inside, tuna on the outside edge of the reef. Have been weather skunked at least 3 times and went to SC/SB and Tanner instead. Have been fish skunked more than fish scored (like, nobody on the boat or 1 person slaying it), but the baitfish have always been there and swimming into those huge balls and being inside it as the school morphs into different shapes is pretty dang rad.I've dove it 2 times, we were out on fishing trips on my buddy's commercial long-line boat and brought the dive gear.
Both times we scored on the weather, it was grease calm and the tides weren't too extreme.
By far one of the most magical dives I had ever done, just like a giant fish tank, almost like Monterey Bay aquarium.
on one dive I ended up down around 120' kneeling on the sand between these walls looking up, the vis was unreal. We were after lobster and there was plenty to be had.
Insane lifeOk here you go guys. Hope Scott Hulet won't be too pissed. This is the text of a near final edit of the story on Ealy. I can't find the actual SJ PDF. So here's a PDF of the Word doc. The dude was one of a kind. I'm seriously stoked to have known him.
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Thanks for sharing. Epic.Ok here you go guys. Hope Scott Hulet won't be too pissed. This is the text of a near final edit of the story on Ealy. I can't find the actual SJ PDF. So here's a PDF of the Word doc. The dude was one of a kind. I'm seriously stoked to have known him.
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I can't believe you just told a story about raping a frenchman in the middle of the Atlantic...I did my hard core sailing well over 30 years ago. We did not have sophisticated navigation systems. Now the NAV systems are so good that if you mess up--like sailing into Cortez Bank on a big swell- you are an idiot.
I may very well cruise when I retire, which is soon. It is a fabulous lifestyle for a person. The freedom is so mind changing. You feel like a completely different person. Sailboats are a bargain compared to power boats, if you know sailboats, and what to buy you can get a quality boat for a very reasonable price.
But long passages, I will never do again. I did three, one across the Atlantic to France, two down to South America. To, me long passages are boring AF. Staring at empty water really isn't that interesting, and way out in the ocean, the fishing is not good. You just sail. And deal with weather.
People get weird when they are in confined places. On the trip to France, we had a Frenchie on board. He wouldn't bathe and smelled like a goat that had rolled in dog sh!t. Two weeks into the passage, my buddy eventually got sick of it and tried to strangle him and throw him overboard because he wouldn't bathe. Seriously. I broke it up, and took a bucket of seawater ,Kirks Castille soap , a scrub brush, and scrubbed his ass down. Frenchie cried the whole time. We made it, and were great friends on land, once we got there.. Sheesh. I won't go into my trips to south america with women on board. We got there, and flew the chicas back.
My point is that the way to cruise is to island hop. Couple of days at sea, hit a port. Caribbean is the ticket. With the right companion. Long passages are for crazy people.
So long as you have a life raft and ditch bag with handheld VHF, flares, EPIRB and/or Garmin InReach (preferably both), some water, you'll be picked up in a day or two. Maybe a handheld 2 meter radio just for fun.yeah, probably. like...uber for boats or whatever.
I always build escape hatches in to my backpacking routes...plan for failures
with redundancies and fall back plans, but hitting a reef and sinking 100 miles
off the coast is next level crisis type sh!t
does the coast guard charge you for this type of stuff?So long as you have a life raft and ditch bag with handheld VHF, flares, EPIRB and/or Garmin InReach (preferably both), some water, you'll be picked up in a day or two. Maybe a handheld 2 meter radio just for fun.
I want a EPIRB for my efoiling adventures.So long as you have a life raft and ditch bag with handheld VHF, flares, EPIRB and/or Garmin InReach (preferably both), some water, you'll be picked up in a day or two. Maybe a handheld 2 meter radio just for fun.
Get a Garmin InReach, you can text for a ride home. Or call your lawyer from the brig.I want a EPIRB for my efoiling adventures.
Worst case scenario I will wash ashore on Camp Pendleton.
Would you get in trouble for that?
Would someone give you a ride home?
does the coast guard charge you for this type of stuff?
what about your boat...are you fined for wrecking?
honest questions; possibly idiotic
Why do you hate my chance to experience life vicariously so much.People get weird when they are in confined places. On the trip to France, we had a Frenchie on board. He wouldn't bathe and smelled like a goat that had rolled in dog sh!t. Two weeks into the passage, my buddy eventually got sick of it and tried to strangle him and throw him overboard because he wouldn't bathe. Seriously. I broke it up, and took a bucket of seawater ,Kirks Castille soap , a scrub brush, and scrubbed his ass down. Frenchie cried the whole time. We made it, and were great friends on land, once we got there.. Sheesh. I won't go into my trips to south america with women on board. We got there, and flew the chicas back.
The guy claiming he’s spent more time than anyone there at 40 nights is lame. I’ve done 20 easy, and I’m 100% sure my brother has done 40 nights out there. Although not by ourselves. All the dive boats basically used to go there at the start and end of the lobster season. Some of the old timers on the lobster trips easily have 40 nights on the hook out there. I got my first 10 lber out there. The wreck is easy picking for bugs. Too bad those trips are a thing of the past.
the diver that was on the buoy wasn’t swept away. They forgot his ass. I’ve dove with him.
A lot of fisherman are getting Florida style fast center consoles, fishing the banks and running home at 40 knots.
I'm imagining standing on that 3-6' deep rock until another boat passes by. You're only 100mi from land if you limit yourself to two dimensional thought.yeah, probably. like...uber for boats or whatever.
I always build escape hatches in to my backpacking routes...plan for failures
with redundancies and fall back plans, but hitting a reef and sinking 100 miles
off the coast is next level crisis type sh!t
was waiting for you to post buddy!The guy claiming he’s spent more time than anyone there at 40 nights is lame. I’ve done 20 easy, and I’m 100% sure my brother has done 40 nights out there. Although not by ourselves. All the dive boats basically used to go there at the start and end of the lobster season. Some of the old timers on the lobster trips easily have 40 nights on the hook out there. I got my first 10 lber out there. The wreck is easy picking for bugs. Too bad those trips are a thing of the past.
the diver that was on the buoy wasn’t swept away. They forgot his ass. I’ve dove with him.
A lot of fisherman are getting Florida style fast center consoles, fishing the banks and running home at 40 knots.
why do you hate rhetorical banter so much?