Here is a cool story from my mate, DaMagoMan
Now that I'm at Mom's and have access to some of my old photo's
I can tell this one and show the pics
There we were,
hangin' in the wheelhouse after lunch,
listenin' to the Shrimpers on the VHF,
just killin' time before we went back to chippin' and paintin'.
When we heard a couple captains/Shrimpers talkin' about seein' stuff floatin' off Rebecca shoal.
Not two minutes later the Cheif came runnin' down the dock yellin' about Gettin' ready to Get UnderWay.
We were in Charlie Status,
we weren't suppose to have to go Anywhere
and the boat was pretty much a mess.
Took us about 15 minutes to get the loose stuff off the deck and on the dock.
Just enough time for the Snipes to get the engines runnin'.
Another 15 minutes and we were headed out the Nor-West channel for the shoal.
The Group sent their new Fast Boat, FiberGlass V-hull with the Vet(twin 450 Chevy type) engines as well as a couple of 42 foot UTB's.
We got on scene and found 50-60Lb. bales floatin' everywhere.
The shrimpers were too smart to mess with them once we were on the way and I never heard if any of them loaded any before we got there
But I'm sure one or two did
We recovered all total over 600 bales that day.
As well as a boat with 4 POBs(ppls On board)
turned out the operator was a Retired HitMan's son from Miami already under indicment for smugglin' 'Ludes up from Columbia.
Half the load
Oh yeah, I just couldn't resist
Another one of me standing guard on the prisoners ...
oh damn, I forgot to upload it.