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DONZI 01-15-2013 05:52 AM

Ship wreck men
 
Did ya catch that show ?

http://youtu.be/UeQdHbvELFo

pm203 01-15-2013 05:59 AM

It look staged.

lastcall02 01-15-2013 06:03 AM

Did you watch it? Looks bad azz!

Twin O/B Sonic 01-15-2013 06:04 AM

They were on Fox news yesterday.
 

Originally Posted by DONZI (Post 3848957)
Did ya catch that show ?

http://youtu.be/UeQdHbvELFo

I set the DVR to tape the series but haven't watched last nights pilot episode yet.
I know what they showed on Fox though looked kinda hokey. A father and two sons team. It showed them trying to raise a wreck that had been on the bottom in the Keys for three yrs. They had it full of air bags when the deck separated from the hull and went back down almost killing one of the sons.
The kicker was, the boat appeared to be 20' or under, and junk as anything in salt for 3 yrs would be.
We'll see but it looks to be hyped up made for TV drama.
I've seen probably 100 wrecks in the Keys and none of them worth raising.
Hope I'm wrong though. Could be a neat show ;)

lastcall02 01-15-2013 06:17 AM

It more then likely is staged, as with most reality shows, but it still could be interesting. The Duck Dynasty show is hilarious, but that show is definitely staged.

TPro587 01-15-2013 07:20 AM

Did you see the first boat they towed, the 43 foot Nortech

wannabe 01-15-2013 07:42 AM

I watched it and was interesting. They pulled up to a Bertram sportfisher that was totally aflame and thought they were going to put it out with a trash pump. I don't think a NYC Fire boat could have put that out. The Nortech was a 43 V with engines overheated.

Wannabe

Twin O/B Sonic 01-15-2013 07:49 AM

Just took a break and watched last nights episode. What a joke. 100% staged.
Not sure which is worse. The big block audio in place of the outboards or the crews arguing as soon as they get on their 17' whaler w/a camera man on board.

And yeah they towed in a gorgeous 43' Nortech because one motor over heated??

One crew raced out of Miami after hearing a radio report of a capsize and as soon as they see the upside down boat you can see the red neon paint on it indicating and abandoned vessel and you could see the rust stains on the bow hardware running up meaning the thing had been upside down for ever. It's also covered w/barnacles but they go into make sure there is no one on board?

They go to the Keys to raise one of the thousands of sunken, abandoned boats and pull out brand new air bags to do it while complaining about expenses. They also report getting $1K per boat to remove them. Hummhh......

One crew (in the Keys) uses an old house boat w/the cabin cut off and a single O/B on it while the other crews in Miami have rigid bottom inflatables just like the Coast Guard w/new, twin 4 stroke O/B's and waste their time towing in abandoned boats they will get zero for??. Right.

The scenery is OK though ;)

bcfountain 01-15-2013 08:01 AM

good show,,,,,too bad its staged.damm tv producers,,,,,,,,keep it real.oh,thats right.i forgot,real doesnt sell too well these days.:lolhit:


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