That looks rough! The gulf can get crazy. Even at my place off Tampa bay it gets really rough when the wind is blowing the wrong way.

Not always nice in the gulf. Lol
 

Not a great pic built up to 10s as I was heading in.

Apache's stay moored in slips with rougher water than that. :fear:

those look to be OSO 15-20 footers with the occasional 30

Keep a PFD handy, the GOM can get nasty sometimes.

The LOTO ain't nothing like the GOM when ur the HMFIC :boat:

Not long after this picture was taken I was running in to the dock. Dead into the seas. This 150ft boat usually runs 10 knots. The wind and seas kept me to 8 at best. One massive set came through and I didn't take spray on my windshield but a solid wall of blue water. Ripped my stainless lifering holder right of front of cabin. Lol

Good times.

Damn man be safe, how many crew are on there with you, what's the beam on that monsta

4 man total crew. 1 master 1 mate and 2 deckhands. 2 guys on each 12 hour watch. 36 ft beam.

U runnin Cats or Detroit's, side by side or stagger...............LOL

Rumor is its a staggered boat with #6 drives

Side by side cummins. K38s. Lol. Twin disc clutches. Won't know what wheels until it gets picked up in January.

I heard semi stagger and the bravo to arneson conversion.

Straight shaft. Rudder steer. Bow thruster. 2 gennys. 2 large heat pumps a/c units. 3 heads and a full galley to boot. 5 staterooms with 18 bunks. 2 radars. 3 GPS. Full plotter. Satellite Internet. 5000 gpm fire cannon. Single side band radio. Navtex receiver. Dynamic Positioning. 3 vhfs. Ais system. 2 gyrocompasses. Standard magnetic compass.

I'm sure I'm forgetting something but you get the idea. Lol

Well I started applying for offshore jobs last week. I have awesome timing I geuss.

Must have Apache stamped in that hull somewhere . :cool-smiley-011:

Sounds like a nice hot rod, 150' X 36', Yup she came from an Apache mold :santa:

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This look like a typical day for you Mike ?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=KriHvWu4wfQ

That's several days but yeah along those lines. That boat is at least 280ft though. It's an Edison chouest boat. They are the big boys of offshore. One of their boats has 29,000hp. Damn!!

Cool video tommy
sounds like a real cat killer mike 29000 hp! Lol:cool-smiley-027:

Some chitload of traffic there. That the same port you run out out of ?

Yup just got in. Port Fourchon. Busiest port in the United States and that's measured by tonnage of cargo moved yearly.

Who knew there was so much time spent going backwards in port. That was a cool video!

Yeah. The slips aren't very big and some of the larger stuff tends to back through a lot of the slips. We have stern controls. So you go to the back of the bridge and have a full set of engine controls designed for specifically handling at platform under crane for offloading and backloading the boat. Sometimes the slips are too tight where you can't physically spin the boat in a full circle also known as top around. So you have to back in just to get her to the dock right.

Mike, that would be cool to go out and try it......................once, maybe twice................. I don't think I could be out on the water that much, my Father was in the Navy for 12 years during WWII and the Korean war and he was on a ship for half of that time, he told us, it killed him to be away from home for 6-7 months at a time, now I know you're only gone for three weeks at a time, but was it hard to get used to.

It's 4 weeks a clip for me at the moment. Yes extremely hard and I'm still not used to it. Lol. I definitely miss a lot of good things like the key west races, holidays and lots of fun events. If I had small children to raise not sure I could personally do it. Most out here have kids and it works for them. It likely wouldn't work for me. I'd go back to turning wrenches in some form and home every night.

Now on the brighter side it does treat me very well financially. I absolutely love running boats and being on the water. So there is definitely a love/hate thing.

My license upgrade I'm working on will raise my pay enough that hopefully I will get on a 14-14 rotation. 2 weeks away from home is plenty and actually not hard at all. I think 14-14 is the perfect schedule.

Captain Mike explaining why he will never put on a Lifejacket when he has to wade out in the water to his boat after a good day at the Lani Kia

http://www.liveleak.com/view?i=a23_1415650550

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Now on the brighter side it does treat me very well financially. I absolutely love running boats and being on the water. So there is definitely a love/hate thing.

My license upgrade I'm working on will raise my pay enough that hopefully I will get on a 14-14

And get you that new 42 you want :party-smiley-048:

You'll know when you are in huge waves you shouldn't be in:

There will be a Donzi in front of you.

that might be the wrong measure, is it domestic tonnage? Port of South Louisiana is the nations busiest http://www.rita.dot.gov/bts/sites/ri...ble_01_57.html

Trade Statistics
Houston is a vibrant, growing, international city fueled by trade, which certainly shows in the Port of Houston Authority’s trade statistics. Use this page to learn more about the Port of Houston and its global connections. In-depth statistics are available near bottom of page.

Port of Houston Statistical Highlights

2013

1st ranked US port in foreign tonnage
7th ranked US container port by total TEUs in 2013
Largest Texas port with 46% of market share by tonnage and 95% market share in containers by total TEUS in 2013
Largest Gulf Coast container port, handling 66% of US Gulf Coast container traffic in 2013
2nd ranked US port in terms of cargo value waterborne (based on U.S. Dept. of Commerce, Bureau of Census)

Yeah. Seems I was misinformed. I remember when I heard it first a few years ago I didn't believe it and research showed it was. Things change. Lol or by a different metric.