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10-24-2013, 07:30 PM
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64' Viking hits oil platform
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10-24-2013, 09:18 PM
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Sucks to lose the Viking
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10-24-2013, 11:25 PM
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Google Looks like the boat can be chartered (or used to) out of Sarasota. THT has a thread on it, one of the guys said his buddy bought the boat a few months ago and they were coming to louisiana to stay a while.
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10-24-2013, 11:55 PM
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He got that right. It sounds like it will be here awhile. Glad everyone is ok. I was on a platform one day a crew boat ran into it. They dropped me off and decide to leave wheelhouse to get cup of coffee. He thought he had taken it out of gear. Well one engine was still in gear. Boat just idled in a big circle and came right back to platform. This was a 140 crew boat. Luckily to major damage. LOL
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10-25-2013, 10:19 AM
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10-25-2013, 11:08 AM
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Auto pilot is a wonderful thing!!!!!! Unless it's auto pilot w/o collision avoidance system!!!
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10-25-2013, 04:36 PM
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Just so everyone knows.
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10-27-2013, 08:46 PM
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Via The Hull Truth:
This was my boat. We were fishing during some rough weather about 15 nm from SW pass. After catching some bait- nice size blue runners we ended up fishing around a very visible large couldn't miss it oil platform. It was about noon-clear skies and windy. We were about 1/4 mile from the rig when a nice tuna hit. That one got off, but another one skied on another bait shortly thereafter. This fish was a nice sized tuna. Battle lasted for about twenty minutes. Just as the leader appeared one last time the boat hit the rig. The captain got tunnel vision and underestimated the speed the wind/waves were pushing us towards the rig. He had his eyes on the cockpit. He wanted this fish. He backed away from the rig. Initially it appear that the damage was superficial on the bow rail and rub rail. I went inside and noticed water rushing onto the forward V berth bed. Capt called coast guard to notify of situation. High water alarms started to sound. Crew tried to keep the water at bay, but each large wave dumped hundreds of gallons into the boat. Capt instructed me to keep boat on plane while he turned the crash pumps on. Motors overheated and went into limited rpm mode after presumably evacuating all water from ER. Boat came off plane, and flooded with water from the bow damage. The water came in too fast and boat never recovered. we were screwed. Crew scrambled to get some personal belongings (wallets). Water was chest deep in what used to be the companionway. Only three out of five were successful. it wasn't safe to remain in the cabin. Capt deployed the life raft and we got in. Boat went down as you see in the picture in all of about 10 minutes. Fortunately the vessel "Blazing Sevens" was in the area and scoop us up with the assistance of a tender from a large tanker. The capt of "Blazing Sevens", his son, and crew were unbelievably helpful. I will never forget their assistance- offshore and onshore. I was hoping this incident didn't make on to this forum. Some of the comments are interesting. I actually posted in the Gulf Coast section the night before the accident asking where we could get some mullet. Got some good answers but unfortunately we won't be able to put them to use. There was no booze involved. The name has nothing to do with drinking/booze. We weren't cruising on autopilot. The captain wanted that fish in the boat, and lost track of the surroundings. My captain is in a tough position. He is a great guy- honest and hardworking. Very capable and having safely navigated this boat well over a thousand miles in the last two months. Tough.
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10-27-2013, 09:06 PM
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That sucks... Glad everyone was brought home safely..
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#15
10-28-2013, 06:47 AM
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Wow!! Would have never suspected that scenario.
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10-28-2013, 07:04 AM
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Quote:
Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk - now Free Last edited by MarshRat89; 10-28-2013 at 07:16 AM.
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10-28-2013, 07:12 AM
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What was the name of this boat?
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#18
10-28-2013, 07:15 AM
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Extra sauce
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#19
10-28-2013, 09:27 AM
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Ouch....
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#20
10-28-2013, 02:15 PM
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Damn that was one expensive Tuna
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