Today was somewhat chaotic. The engine room crew got both auxiliary engines and generators into the boat. Electricians are starting to put conduit in place. Gearbox was hooked up to center main engine by 5:30 pm Monday.
 

Painters along with crew sanded all Strontium areas and a total of 8 men applied filler to hull the entire day.

Big D started masking for varnish work in the bridge. In between other jobs he will sand and varnish bridge with 3 coats.

Aaron and Eddie had the nastiest job of all the day squeezing between exhausts lying on their bellies scraping and cleaning metal. I will
guarantee you that by the time they got home it would take at least on hour in the shower to get clean. The best thing about these two was they could still smile and kid around after a very tough day.

Hello Anglers,

Yesterday started out slow with no fish around in the early morning. Around 0800, we could see a large bird school with tuna and porpoise pushing a large bait ball around. After drifting for a few minutes we started hooking some heavy fish on fly lined sardines and a couple on rubber flyer's. The first few fish were in the 80-100 pound class and they just kept getting bigger all the way up to a 300 pounder that David Choate caught on a Braid Flyer on a helium balloon down wind. I wish everybody could have seen the boil it made....wow. Andy Marcum also caught his personal best, a 264 pounder. There were a few heartbreaks loosing big fish next to the boat. Didn't see much for the rest of the day until just before dark when got another school to stick. We hooked a dozen fish but were only able to land four of them. A big jag of brown sharks got on us and ate all the heavier tuna that soaked on the lines. Tomorrow we will stick to the same routine and try to capture some more trophies. The weather is really nice now and we will spend our last two days in this area. JUSTIN

 

Hello Anglers,

Yesterday was tough for us with the weather increasing and no real sign of big fish. What a difference a day makes! We were lucky enough to get on a school of straight big ones early in the morning just after it cracked gray. The school stuck with us for a while and we hooked eight heavies at the same time. We were able to land six of the eight; 191,204,218,266,288, and a 291. Big fish honors go to Big Al The Fisherman's Pal with a giant 291 pounder he hooked on the Yummee Flyer. After we left that drift we were able to scratch another 15 fish from 40-125 pounds. Hopefully this wind backs off a little and gives us a chance to get on another school tomorrow.

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Main engines: $274,000.00
Generators: $58,000.00
Installation and refurbish Engine room: $85,000.00
Haul out, painting & General repairs: $55,000.00

Total:$472,000.00

In addition to the re-power:
1. Painting the entire hull.
2. Painting outside bridge area.
3. Painting bottom.
4. Varnishing throughout boat.
5. Three new propellers.
6. New fuel system.
7. Renewing entire engine room CO2 system.
8. Installing a new Furuno state of the art meter.
9. Installing all new gauges & displays in bridge.
10. Replacing some Teak rail.
11. Repairs to ovens & burners in Galley.
12. Going through a long list of repairs and replacement of items in Staterooms & Heads.
13. Repairs in fish wells to make RSW tanks more efficient.
14. There is more & I will report as we progress.

I hope you enjoy the daily reports!


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Hello Anglers,

We arrived at Clarion Island in very nice weather. After checking in with the camp, we headed out off the island to the buffer zone which is 6-12 miles. Right off the bat we could see bird activity with a few breaking fish. The first fish that we hooked and landed was a 250 pound yft. caught by Curt Wiesenhutter. Thats a good sign! We were able to pick throughout the day and ended up with 18 tuna; three over 200 pounds and one that's right on the fence. Other big fish honors go to George Meigs and Marc Monforte who tag teamed a 240 pounder, and Larry Nelson with a 228 pounder. Not to mention we lost a couple cows right at the boat. We're going to stay the night here and hope for the same results tomorrow. Justin

Over the next 4 weeks we plan on keeping you posted on the progress of RP yearly maintenance.
The big news, this year is we are installing three new main engines and two new generators, plus a complete refurbishing of the engine room.

The engines are Cummins QSK19-M electronic with 600 hp each at 1800 rpm.
They are turbocharged/low temperature after cooled.
The new generator sets are John Deere 110kw units.

Approximate cost of this maintenance period, including the new engines:

Main engines: $274,000.00
Generators: $58,000.00
Installation and refurbish Engine room: $85,000.00
Haul out, painting & General repairs: $55,000.00

Total:$472,000.00

In addition to the re-power:
1. Painting the entire hull.
2. Painting outside bridge area.
3. Painting bottom.
4. Varnishing throughout boat.
5. Three new propellers.
6. New fuel system.
7. Renewing entire engine room CO2 system.
8. Installing a new Furuno state of the art meter.
9. Installing all new gauges & displays in bridge.
10. Replacing some Teak rail.
11. Repairs to ovens & burners in Galley.
12. Going through a long list of repairs and replacement of items in Staterooms & Heads.
13. Repairs in fish wells to make RSW tanks more efficient.
14. There is more & I will report as we progress.

I hope you enjoy the daily reports!

 
Some boats contribute nothing to SAC so please support SAC boats and help to protect your fishing future

Hello Anglers,

We woke up this morning to 20kts. of wind and no sign of tuna. After throwing down another 22 skin we left before lunch headed for Clarion Island to try for some trophy sized yellowfin tuna. Let's just hope this wind backs off a gives us a chance.... JUSTIN