The Jig Strike
Hey Everyone. Been getting a lot of calls and messages already, so I wanted to post this.
At 1035 this morning, while motoring along out at Cortez Bank, we collided with something floating under the surface. The collision caused the portside of the bow to break away, and caused the Jig Strike to quickly take on water. I had enough time to grab the radio and put out a mayday call to the partner boats in the area, while the passengers were mustered to the stern and the crew passed out life jackets. I made the call to launch the liferaft, and in less than 5 minutes from the initial collision, I made the call to abandon ship. Only after making sure everyone was off the boat, and doing a last look around, I was last off the ship. Thankfully there were a number of boats in the area and we were picked up by the Legend, and brought back home.
I can't say what we hit, as I never saw it. The only thing I was concerned with after the accident was that we got everyone off and kept everyone safe.
After 15 years or so of working on the Jig Strike, never did I believe something like this would happen, but like life in general, we can never really predict what tomorrow will bring. All we can do now is keep moving forward and hope tomorrow is a better day.
Tight lines everyone.
Capt. Patrick, fv Jig Strike
At 1035 this morning, while motoring along out at Cortez Bank, we collided with something floating under the surface. The collision caused the portside of the bow to break away, and caused the Jig Strike to quickly take on water. I had enough time to grab the radio and put out a mayday call to the partner boats in the area, while the passengers were mustered to the stern and the crew passed out life jackets. I made the call to launch the liferaft, and in less than 5 minutes from the initial collision, I made the call to abandon ship. Only after making sure everyone was off the boat, and doing a last look around, I was last off the ship. Thankfully there were a number of boats in the area and we were picked up by the Legend, and brought back home.
I can't say what we hit, as I never saw it. The only thing I was concerned with after the accident was that we got everyone off and kept everyone safe.
After 15 years or so of working on the Jig Strike, never did I believe something like this would happen, but like life in general, we can never really predict what tomorrow will bring. All we can do now is keep moving forward and hope tomorrow is a better day.
Tight lines everyone.
Capt. Patrick, fv Jig Strike
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