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i've spend the last few days mulling this trip over in my mind. to describe this trip, things like, "some days you're the dog, some days you're the tree," or "another day in the barrell," or "the more i learn the more i realize how little i know" have all come to mind. i had to remind myself...

a good friend of mine has a boat with this exact configuration. he opted against a kicker, believing that the 4 stroke yamaha was reliable enough. if i had not gotten the 258, the 22 footer would have been my next choice. alan

a man's gotta know his limits. too many reels to fix, too little time. hell with it, i'm going fishing. i launched out of half moon bay with my neighbor, jeff, and a fellow grady owner, frank. crewmember #4 flaked, and his name shall not be mentioned. all systems running hot...

got the new flir navigator installed, had the dual yamaha 150-4's go through their first 100 hour service, threw on a coat of wax, did everything except the albacore dance. still no tuna off the northern california coast. ok, let's go for rockfish! and hey, let's take four guys that have...

glad i'm not.

guys, gas prices out here really suck! and to make matters worse, we've had a total collapse of the local salmon fishery. there are a ton of boats going up for sale. if you're looking for a good deal on a boat, the west coast is the place to be. here's an example ...

the middle schools around here put together some sort of deal with the Yosemite Institute to have week long camping trips for the 8th graders. it's one of the high points of the year. there are 15 chaperones, half parents and half teachers, for the 150 kids. most kids tell their parents that...

here's an easy and fairly cheap option. nightblaster makes a deck light i took the stainless steel fittings from an old rod holder, bolted the light to the rail over the bow pulpit, ran the wire back to the aux switch it works great! i also switched out the 400,000 candle beam for a 1...

found the video feed. it's story #2 of 2. http://abclocal.go.com/kgo/story?sectio ... id=6009548

call galen at (415) 331-3166. he's the guy that did the installation. it's some sort of black plastic material that they cut to size, then route the corners and polish. they glue a felt material to the back, put a big bolt through the middle and it becomes a swivel base. the dvd player...

yup, it's just a cutting board, only with two supports instead of one. and the props are stainless. wouldn't have it any other way. anyway, whew, what a morning! i started off with my feet on the dock, over the ramp, both hands on the truck and the door slammed on my left hand. jesus...

..... go! tomorrow i take a television film crew out on the water. these guys are working on a tv special on "emerging technologies" and are looking at thermal imaging cameras. they already did an interview with the president of flir, shot some footage with a law enforcement unit, and were...

well, alot of logs you can't see even during the daytime. um, that is until you're right on top of the. i can see the tops of the waves, all the birds and all of the crab pot bouys with no trouble. flir has a new model out with zoom and a red screen to help maintain your night vision. on...

the 258 is rigged with a furuno 1934 display and an open array 4kw radar. target discrimination is most excellent. no one sneaks up on me at 25 knots. the flir has a 50 mm lens. that's normal field of view, plus i can pan side to side and get more than a 180 degree field of view. hooked up...

i had one installed earlier this year. with the purchase of the camera, a separate overhead automotive DVD player and installation, the total came out to $10k. i only had two albacore runs this last season with the camera on. now, i'm going to make a new paragraph for this next sentence...

frank, the 258 is superior in every way. but honestly, i like the tournament 19 better. it's one tough little boat! alan

yup, still got this old boat. no heart and no motivation to sell it. the batteries in the tournament 19 are under the starboard rear seat.

it was a rare day. normally it looks like this .....

thursday, october 4th - time for the annual long range trip! the local grady white dealer sponsors this trip for us local boat owners. this my 10th year with this group. but this time i had a dozen reels to finish before hand, a couple of late shifts at the hospital immediately before and a...

i finally got some photos loaded up on the computer at work. the computer at home is toast. still gotta find time to fix it. in the mean time, here are a few photos to whet your whistle. there are still fish out there, so we've gotta just keep the faith. this trip was from last month. since...