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Get it, then recruit a young crew! ;-)
There should be lots of people who want to get out in time...
I have a a couple of loose sons that might be interested. I want to get back to the taste of ahi and mahi-mahi fresh-caught.
You've been out there a lot?
I might get a tiny sailboat in the Med if things go real bad and I have to stay inside Schengen or close, lots of islands and deserted, coastal villages to hide in...
Or even an old, wooden fishing vessel, 9 out of 10 or more that would pass by, I'd get tagged as a local by default haha
I spent a year as a commercial fisherman on a long-line fishing boat off of Kona. It was tough at times and getting seaworthy was great fun for the others on the crew. After that was said and done, I really enjoyed the ocean.
Then you've got more experience offshore than me!
I've done coastal for the most part, apart for a couple of solo crossings... But I'm good at dealing with any shit that the ocean & weather throws at me, that I feel confident about...
Who knows exactly what will happen in the future, I'd be happy to take to the sea again, but would need some deck hands who get it!
One thing I enjoyed doing was handline fishing off of the stern. I caught what would have been a world’s record marlin in the sport fishing world, but had to attach a floater to the line because it had sounded so deep that we had run out of line. The thing was about 35’ long from the tip of the bill to the end of the tail. It was huge. We enjoyed big thick marlin stakes and marlin hamburgers for a long time. (Could not sell it due mercury accumulation.)
I see, sounds great!
Stopped fishing when I was a teenager, that came from this deep, Buddhist reflex that I could not ignore. But of course I'd be OK fishing to survive if I have to :-)
That’s interesting. I have a small 21’ trailerable that I have, until recently, taken to any round lake that looks like fun. I really wanted to get a 32’ Westsail and hit the ocean, again, but it can’t happen any more.