It's just NOT susposed to be this way on 12/06/14 in Florida!

[liverock]

Woke up this morning at 3am...for a couple of orders that had to make the early flights....got home from the airport and checked the weather....looked promising...hooked up the boat and made the 20 mile trek to the marina.

Was all fogged in, could not see 100 yards...the closer I got to the water the worse it got.

Got to the marina and launched the boat my GPS and my backup GPS would not acquire satellites as there was so much gunk in the atmosphere....

Headed out to the site...all of a sudden the fog lifted...GPS started working...and zoomed out to the aquaculture site,

Long story short....IT JUST AIN'T SUPPOSED TO BE LIKE THIS ON 12/6/14!

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Turned into a pseudo summer day flat as a lake...amazing!




Not even a ripple...but the current was hauling butt as the full moon caused a -6 tide today.

Heading back in was amazing also...

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Really nice live sand for the 300 gallon Package going to Denver next week...

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And so much rock I could only make 10 knots on the way in!



Amazing day diving...am loaded to the gills with rock/sand/critters for all those tanks Santa is bringing!

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Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com

 

[acabgd]

The best...

 

[Jiinx]

Wow, good stuff, Richard

 

[rone_kevin66]

Nice hull

 

[liverock]

Nice hull

Yes she is...is called a Sea Lark, made in Islamorada Florida in 1977. It was produced as a full inboard, tunnel hull type configuration. Engine was midships and had a shaft and rudder like much bigger vessels.

A park ranger from the keys purchased it and converted her transom to a bracket outboard motor set up. The hull is bullet proof as they made them right back then. Really thick glass and like a tank.

I can put 1000 pounds of rock, 1000 pounds of sand and 1200 pounds of water on her and not sink like this one...

http://tbsaltwater.com/about/tbs6.html

That was a real bad day ...LOL.....and I found the sea lark the next day in the keys sitting in the rangers front yard. She had an 80 gallon fuel tank in the deck that was leaky, so I cut the deck out and removed the fuel tank.

I had a new one made that fit midships where the old inboard motor was originally. She holds 93 gallons. Was plenty of fuel to make a run from Tavernier creek in the Keys to Bimini, and really balanced the boat out.

She looks rough, but is tough!:bounce1:

Richard TBS
www.tbsaltwater.com :spin3::spin3::spin3:

 

[d2mini]

Man, what a day! Looks awesome.