A Tale of Two FishBones and a Warning!

On another note the family run on FishBones did not come to pass today, was supposed to be 5-10 knots today, got all the way down to the Highlands and there is a mad dash getting off the water, apparently a front took a left turn and my 5-10's were 15-20. Guys were stacked waiting to get out.
@#$%#$@@!**%^##.

So took them all out for a nice early dinner on the waterfront instead.
Oh well, best laid plans you know:nut:
 
willy said:
Ken will be too busy my friend, I am going to do to him what Walter Mathau did to Jack Lemmon's car in Grumpy Old Men.
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Willy you just may have the cleanest boay there .... Mines still in storage and have not seen it since november.... and I dont know when I'll be getting it out of storage ...:head::head:
 
wow what was their hourly rate? should have brought it to me lol. But 1500 is cheaper than buying a replacement from sinking FB.
 
willy said:
On another note the family run on FishBones did not come to pass today, was supposed to be 5-10 knots today, got all the way down to the Highlands and there is a mad dash getting off the water, apparently a front took a left turn and my 5-10's were 15-20. Guys were stacked waiting to get out.
@#$%#$@@!**%^##.

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Holy crap you aint kidding....launched in Sayreville about noon yesterday....was getting wet while still in the river!....made it out to the mouth of the bay and wind was HOWLING....tucked in behind staten island around the Outer Bridge and it was not to bad...spent a few hours surrounded by slapping bunker all around the boat but no fish. Took a ride up to the Goethels Bridge for fun....At least we made it out but man I havent seen the wind blowing that hard in a while.
 
Yea when you see white caps in Atlantic Highlands harbor things are not good.
It was funny, I guess as the standard afternoon winds came on top of the front moving through people were bailing out quick and they were stacked up waiting to tie off and get their trucks.
Chinese fire drill.
I am just shocked at the marine weather forecast and the actual conditions, wow!
Not only did they have the winds WAY wrong but the direction also.
 
Boat is looking great. Can you share just what kinda hose you had? I got some HD vacuum hose that is semi-below the waterline as livewell drains..No leaks just curious as to where what and why..
 
Got no idea Ridge what brand it was, it was factory used reinforced marine grade hoses in various diameters and lengths from HydraSport.
The guys replaced it with a very good quality and pricey current manufactured hose.
I saw the names on the boxes but don't remember now.
 
The mechanis said they see it sometimes where the hoses just start deteriorating, these were actually delaminating where the dry rot was happening. You would actually see the mesh inside reinforcement kind of corroded looking sticking through the dry rotted areas.
He said it could of been a bad run of hose from the original manufacturer.
 
willy said:
The mechanis said they see it sometimes where the hoses just start deteriorating, these were actually delaminating where the dry rot was happening. You would actually see the mesh inside reinforcement kind of corroded looking sticking through the dry rotted areas.
He said it could of been a bad run of hose from the original manufacturer.
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Willy - that's a real nice boat you have. Compliments to you for doing it right - getting it done so you know it's all good now.
 
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