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Posted by on March 12, 2010, 5:07 pm
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On Fri, 12 Mar 2010 02:15:40 GMT, verysorry@nocando.com (Pinstripe
Sniper) wrote:
>What do you all think about the level of preventative maintenance on
>some of the fishing boats shown in the Deadliest Catch tv series?
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>Yes I know the conditions are tough but some of these failures - like
>burst hydraulic hoses - seem pretty preventable.
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>Given the money they say they make and the tight time windows, you'd
>figure they'd do more off season inspection and PM.
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>To be fair, I have *zero* Alaska fishing boat experience.
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>PsS
It's a TV show, broken stuff makes it more interesting.
I worked up there for over 13 years and those guys live and die by
their attention to details. By far most problems are due to greed,
not a lack of PM. Second would be employing inexperienced kids.
Average age of deckhands on catcher/processors is about 20.
And believe me, the money they make can be great, usually it's not,
but it's addicting once you've had a killer season and make a bundle.
Reminds me of the gold miners up in Circle Hot Springs, AK area. Most
of them barely made enough to keep going, but the lure of a new found
vein nearby always kept them going.
I've never been on a boat that didn't have an engineer, a damned good
one at that. They know those boats inside and out and do their level
best to keep them in A-1 shape. After all, their asses are onboard
too. If the owner starts skimping on PM, a good engineer grabs his
tools and goes elsewhere. A really good one can choose his boat.
The Bering Sea is a bitch that can take your life in three minutes or
less. She can get whipped into a frenzy at the blink of an eye and
ice your boat over faster than your crew can bust it off. It's just
another day at the office up there. The eriest thing you ever hear up
there is a captain giving his coordinates as his vessel is going down.
I've heard a few that had to have balls made out of 304 SS.
Newb
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>some of the fishing boats shown in the Deadliest Catch tv series?
>
>Yes I know the conditions are tough but some of these failures - like
>burst hydraulic hoses - seem pretty preventable.
>
>Given the money they say they make and the tight time windows, you'd
>figure they'd do more off season inspection and PM.
>
>To be fair, I have *zero* Alaska fishing boat experience.
>
>
>
>PsS