Deadliest Catch - True or False

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So caught a episode of Deadliest catch last nite. May of been a old episode, not sure.

So Sig in Northwestern is coming into dock and loses all power. I mean everything. No lights, no engines, no radio, nothing. The scene turns to cameras on the dock and shows boat about 50 yard from the dock moving at about 5 mph. Oh no!

Now, we are all boaters. How realistic was this? I can't imagine a twin engine boat losing all power like that! Even if both my engines shut down, I would still be on the house battery for lights, windlass, etc.

What do you think? Drama played up?
 
And I suppose the Easter Bunny or Santa Claus saved them from having any damage!
 
That boat probably runs everything off 110 volts. Possibly. All controls too. Lose your generator and you're DIW big time
 
The did mention something about the generator over-heating and shutting down.
Wow, that seems pretty stupid. Not even any emergency lighting?
Still think it was played up.
 
No drama, that's the way it is. Vessels that size don't run with batteries. Everything comes off the generator, even the steering and the compressed air to start/control the engines. Lose the generator and you're in deep till you can get it (or another) started. Been there. You'll have engine control (but not steering) only till you run out of air. It gets really dark, too.

The emergency generator might be started by battery, and the radio would have a battery backup, but that's about it.
 
Yes - I saw that one, Edgar get's the backup generator running at the last minute and saved the day. Seemed a little staged that the boat lost all power, due to the generator shutting down (apparently it shut down on overheat).
 
I think they dramatize every event on the water or the complete tedium of what they are doing would kill the show. However i do remember the other captains giving Sig a hard time about his boat with the forward wheel house and the single engine. all the other ships are twins. He has one main and several generators.
 
On a previous episode Sig saig the Northwestern has 1 engine. He said it burns 1000 gallons of diesel every 24 hours when they are out. I don't doubt that it happened but I think they staged a replay for the show.
 
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Originally posted by CurrentSea

So caught a episode of Deadliest catch last nite. May of been a old episode, not sure.

So Sig in Northwestern is coming into dock and loses all power. I mean everything. No lights, no engines, no radio, nothing. The scene turns to cameras on the dock and shows boat about 50 yard from the dock moving at about 5 mph. Oh no!

Now, we are all boaters. How realistic was this? I can't imagine a twin engine boat losing all power like that! Even if both my engines shut down, I would still be on the house battery for lights, windlass, etc.

What do you think? Drama played up?

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Not sure what you are asking true or false to, but I believe it was indeed real.

At that size, everything runs off the genny, and not your "house" battery that us lowly rec guys have.

Oh, and the Northwestern is not a twin, she is a single screw (with no thrusters :) )
 
This is TV, it may all be fake and really being taped at that studio in Mexico where the Titanic move was shot. Actually, at least one VHF radio and the vessel's general alarm should be powered by an emergency power supply, which is a 12 volt battery (like a group 27) with a LaMarche Constavolt (or another ABS approved power supply/charger). The internal phone system will also be independently powered (ie: sound powered phone), you gotta be able to ring up the galley for coffee when the ship loses power. The internal emergency lighting is the classic battle lantern powered by two 6 volt dry cells mounted through out.
 
Woke up Capt Ron last minute. He slid that Vessel in like "No problem Mon"
 
I did not relaized northwestern was a single screw. Must be a tough boat to dock.
Also didn't realize those boats run all 110v.
Either way, I am sure the stories are embellished, but thanks for the info!
 
i find it hard to believe that the main engine itself shut down, but i would believe that the engine controls to the bridge could go down without the generator. this means that someone with a radio would have to dive into the engine room to engage the transmission/throttle controls manually. they'd have to launch the tender to act as tug to manuever the boat to the dock.
 
"Im suprised Sig hasnt put in a bow thruster yet...."

Toss the greehorn over and tell him to kick hard and fast.
 
I’m surprised no one commented on that greenhorn firing up the Honda 2000 backup generator that saved the day!
 
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I’m surprised no one commented on that greenhorn firing up the Honda 2000 backup generator that saved the day!

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only a greenhorn would fire up the Honda because everyone knows thay are unsafe on boats and kill everyone instantly from the CO output. :)
 
I was entering the channel on my Wellcraft 2600 on a very windy day when suddenly, I lost all power! I had to drift through all the sail boats and the yacht club and ultimately, a small boat towed me to my dock.
(He got a bottle of champagne later).
I now have a direct emergency switch to the windlass, to my lighting circuit, and my VHF.

Some Captains have told me to keep two extra anchors with one hundred feet of rope just for such emergencies!

TJ
 
Actually the greenhorn cobbled together a generator out of an old lawnmower that Sig was going to use as a fishing weight later in the episode.
 
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