Towed In
So to start it was to be 11 hour day, We met the Captain and the mate both fine young people, Neither of them were Mr. Johnson. We got underway in time, which had changed from the original time of 5 am to 6am because the launch location had changed. We got out to the fishing grounds and unfortunately it just was not a good fishing day. Unfortunately this is where it gets a little ugly, you could the tell it was an older boat which was fine it has significant signs of hard use or example the broken windshield wiper in the photo. I noted that some of the electrical equipment would randomly reset during the day. Once all the gear was up we started to run in around 2:30 or so for a planned 5pm return. About 9 miles out the engine quit. At which point the Crew did literally everything in there power to get us back underway including, Changing 2 different filters, priming the engine no less then five times, and doing some other work in the bilge under the fishing deck. The engine appeared to be in need of maintenance when the cover was removed to complete the work. So we kind of bounced around for a few hours arriving back to the dock at just after 9 pm. While being towed in I made contact with the owner of the boat and he informed me that the lost time I suffered was not his issue, that I would pay full price, and that I should have expected the boat to break and planned accordingly. In closing, We did fish, but the backlash from the owner after requesting a few minutes of his time to discuss the days end made this day a thumbs down for me. In my opinion, the owner should have called the sea tow folks as soon as the 1 or second attempt to fix the boat happened instead of leaving us out there to bob around for nearly 5 hours.
Sorry first off I worked for the Seatow company that towed you in for seven years and they knew what was going on within five minutes of it happening. Second off I have a police report where are you decided to call the police on us after you said you weren’t going to pay and I called them and had them waiting at the dock for us. I am still reviewing the footage from the cameras on the boat to determine if we are going to press charges on my Captain’s behalf or not the detective that contacted me said we should seeing as you tried to claim That we were holding you against your will. Not knowing that I had already called the police(, we generally take payment on the way in to the dock , and when asked to do so everyone else paid and you refused to so I had to make contact with the police. )  you booked a shared trip which I have actually requested Fishing Booker to take down and they still had available but I honored it and made the trip happen and took you guys fishing., none of our full day charter leave at 5 AM. It is an 11 hour trip 6 AM to 5 PM. oh and the boat is a 2003 about 30 years newer than 3/4 of the boats in our fleet. The owner was more than happy to meet you at the dock. Things only took a turn for the worst when you said you weren’t going to pay and got in the captain‘s face to the point where she was scared and felt the need to have another person at the dock waiting for her because she was scared you were going to get physical. Unfortunately somethings are out of our control and if you were in a boat long enough something is going to break. Furthermore the engine in that boat was put in in 2019. As for a windshield wiper LOL you’re funny please feel free to give the owner and Captain a call if you have any questions or concerns he did meet you at the dock and ask you when you got in if you had any questions and concerns and you said no and our mate cleaned your fish for free which we generally charge for and you were on your way. And furthermore you fished and entire day. The owner was willing to meet you at the dock to discuss a discount or something like that. But before we can get that far you stated you were not going to pay to my Captain and did not pay on the way in. Forcing me to call the police.extremely sorry that we added a couple hours to your trip and you missed a dinner during your vacation.. everybody got home safe we unharmed and it was a gorgeous day. Thanks
