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A Tuna Tale
adrian961	#1  Posted on 07/27/08 - 4:19 PM
Member Posts: 14 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/12/08	This is quite the story. http://www.bloodydecks.com/forums/off...-hefe.html Edited by Joe Kriz on 07/27/08 - 4:49 PM
ioptfm	#2  Posted on 07/27/08 - 6:44 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 1533 Comments: 3 Joined: 10/28/06	That is the wildest story I've ever seen! I seen them on the discovery channel and cannot imagine being in that situation...............They were all extremely fortunate to get out of there with no damage Tom 1979 Sport 15'
HarleyFXDL	#3  Posted on 07/27/08 - 9:47 PM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 917 Comments: 30 Joined: 07/24/07	Sure makes for some good reading. The pictures really made the story.
Fishmore	#4  Posted on 08/26/08 - 7:21 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 270 Comments: 0 Joined: 11/20/07	Interesting story but it never should have happened. The Senor Hefe crew was not watching thier radar or they would have at least seen the Siener that was towing the pen. Heck, they could have run over another boat instead of a tuna pen. According to thier own account they were only about 200 meters from the Seiner when they hit the pen so they could have just as easy hit the Siener. A steel ship of that size puts a nice image on the radar. They should have seen it from miles away and struck a new course farther away from the other ship. Actually they admit that they never saw it. Now proper lighting is important but at night the radar watch is much more important. So who ever was on watch must have dozed or just was not paying attention. They were very lucky that things turned out the way they did.
Blue_Northern	#5  Posted on 08/27/08 - 6:33 AM
Member Personal Page Project Albums Posts: 532 Comments: 5 Joined: 09/04/07	I read this story some time back and can only say those are some lucky individuals! I wounder what the expense was for running into that pen? Seems the boat owner or captain would be held liable for the damages???? Rob 1973 Outrage/Lo-Pro Conversion
CES	#6  Posted on 08/27/08 - 8:43 AM
Member Personal Page Photo Albums Project Albums Posts: 2681 Comments: 7 Joined: 04/27/07	Wow, great story and documentation. Lucky guys. Cliff 1966 13' Sport with a 1993 40hp Yamaha 2 Smoker
Binkie	#7  Posted on 08/27/08 - 4:25 PM
Member Personal Page Posts: 2012 Comments: 0 Joined: 12/19/05	Brings to mind the expression "shooting fish in a barrel" rich
Vamanos	#8  Posted on 11/01/08 - 9:33 PM
Member Posts: 23 Comments: 0 Joined: 06/09/08	I have been at sea at night and came across these guys towing the pens @ 1 to 2 knots trrought the tuna grounds. They are not very well lighted if at all and there are no radar reflectors. the pens are well behind the seiners and the seiners look like the are just drifting. This is no excuse but they are in places where sportboats arive before greylight and shutdown and drift. Vamanos