went out today for a well deserved day off...gonna do a little sea bass fishing with a few of my buddies...off we go,we hit the first drop,100' of water and the fish are home and they're eating !!! we limited out at this spot,all nice fish,only had 3 doggies...gotta nice cod too !!
problems began with pulling the rock hook...no wind today,so,out comes the rock hook...we had a tough time retrieving the rock hook,the chain got fouled...we finally got it out.new problem,port engine is hot,alarm is going off,shut it down...give it a few mins,fire it up,no water ? somehow,we burned up a sea water impeller...not good !! spares are sitting on my bench,next to the trim tab hydraulic unit,i need to replace too...seems i'm like the shoemaker,i got time for everyone else's rig,except for my own...what to do ? a 31 bertram on one engine does circles,rudders do not extend lower than the keel...and a tow rope is not an option,it will be a very cold day in h e ll,when i need help from someone-trust me on this one...
i rig up the washdown pump to feed the motor some cooling water-the engines in this rig are volvo 43 series diesels...off we go,long run home at 10kts...
check out the pictures...funny stuff...


this is big mike,he volounteered to be the holder of the hose...