Shipwreck Men

[brjones]

Anyone seen this show on Discovery? I just watched it for the first time this morning. They had this kid respond to a yacht dead in the water from an engine room fire. The kid jumps on the yacht where they tell him they just had a fire in the engine room. The kid says "these boats have halon systems that extinguish the fire" He then proceeds to open the ER door and go in. In a matter of seconds he stumbles out coughing and gagging. Now its a fairly new yacht so I am think that halon is not being used but rather CO2. Either way was I the only one watching him enter the engine room with out any breathing apparatus and thinking to my self "idiot"? Other than that the show is kind of cool

[Too bad steam is gone]

Lucky kid this time, good thing I'm to cheap to buy cable otherwise I'd probably watch it too.

[Sweat-n-Grease]

I didn't see it but the "kid" obviously had lousy fire fighting training, if he had any. Never open a door to a space containing fire without wearing the proper protection and taking due caution. He's lucky he didn't get hit with back draft.

[captrob]

I didn't see it but the "kid" obviously had lousy fire fighting training, if he had any. Never open a door to a space containing fire without wearing the proper protection and taking due caution. He's lucky he didn't get hit with back draft.

Yeah, but the hope of seeing that is the reason I'll probably watch it now.

[brjones]

I didn't see it but the "kid" obviously had lousy fire fighting training, if he had any. Never open a door to a space containing fire without wearing the proper protection and taking due caution. He's lucky he didn't get hit with back draft.

Yeah I am thinking he doesn't have any training. He said he wants to make sure the fire is out. Well you never open the door too soon as you may reignite the fire. Then what? Now you have to send men in there to put it out as you've exhausted your fixed system. So not only did he endanger himself but everyone on board.

[Clear Solution]

That shows such a crock of shit. A bunch of kids running around like maniacs trying to slit each others throats over a few bucks. It will surprise me if they finish the season without a serious injury.

It's as real as the "tugboat warrior" show... Soaps for the maritime workers.

[tradsailor]

...just like bearing gold, axe men, swamp whatever, whale wars,etc. if you're good (or even competent) at what you do, it makes for pretty boring film.

[brjones]

Maybe I have become dense from all the fumes I breathe but I have to admit I am entertained by swamp people. That and duck dynasty.

[rshrew]

Maybe I have become dense from all the fumes I breathe but I have to admit I am entertained by swamp people. That and duck dynasty.

I'm with you on duck dynasty that cracks me up!

[brjones]

Another show coming out is the Southie show about you Boston boys. I am sure we all know some one from that area. As small as Mass is, I dont think I have ever been on a ship that didn't have half the crew from Boston.

[MariaW]

Forgive my ignorance in all things salvage. Something I don't understand about this show, and of course they don't explain - how is towing a boat considered salvage? They had a few tows in there that cost thousands of dollars, and the first one there gets the job? Who made up those rules? If I call a specific company to tow my boat, I'm not going to accept some other guy coming along. Why were the tows so costly? I had to call for a tow once on a 26 ft boat, and it only would have cost a few hundred dollars. (I had SeaTow so didn't have to pay for it) In the first show of the series, they have a guy trying to put out a fire consuming a yacht. He says if he puts it out before it sinks, he'll get $20K. Why? The thing was completely destroyed. Who pays the $20K ?

Cleaning wrecks off the bottom of the Keys paid $1K per boat and they said the gov't pays that. Seems much more reasonable and much harder work for the money.

[cmakin]

I watched the first episode. That was enough. I thought it was going to be about Bisso, Titan, Resolve and Smit. Meh, what a load of crap. Typical of the crap shows that have become a cancer on TV these days. Swamp People? I watched the first season. I'm sorry, I work in southern Louisiana too much to enjoy that show.

[catherder]

Remember when TLC meant The Learning Channel?

I would love to dump TV but there would be a riot in the house.

[cmakin]

Remember when TLC meant The Learning Channel?

I would love to dump TV but there would be a riot in the house.

Yeah, I have stopped watching it then. It is a shame. Instead of having a multitude of choices with all of these channels, they are all becoming reality show networks. One of my passions away from the maritime world is auto racing. I am even a member of the media and have been a photographer of various events for about 6 years now. There were times when I could turn on SPEED channel and see myself shooting away at some events. Now, they are just airing reality shows about tow truck drivers and high end auto auctions. History? What in God's name is historic about a bunch of low lifes cutting down trees. Oh, wait. They don't even do that. They just try and kill each other yarding. Sheesh.

[Kennebec Captain]

What in God's name is historic about a bunch of low lifes cutting down trees........

In this house loggers are not considered to be low-life's. The opposite in fact. "If you ain't a logger you ain't shit" is the prevailing attitude in this neck of the woods. This neck being the Kennebec River valley. Probably the same next river over but of course I don't go there.


K.C.

[Sweat-n-Grease]

In this house loggers are not considered to be low-life's. The opposite in fact. "If you ain't a logger you ain't shit" is the prevailing attitude in this neck of the woods. This neck being the Kennebec River valley. Probably the same next river over but of course I don't go there.


K.C.

Most of my closest pals are Loggers and they definitely are not low life. Ask Tiny, a six foot six logging man, tops the scales at 300 and he ain't fat, brother. To be fair to cmakin, all the loggers I know dislike the show.

And K. C., I know what you mean. You won't catch me on the other side of the mountains.

[catherder]

Yeah, I have stopped watching it then. It is a shame. Instead of having a multitude of choices with all of these channels, they are all becoming reality show networks. One of my passions away from the maritime world is auto racing. I am even a member of the media and have been a photographer of various events for about 6 years now. There were times when I could turn on SPEED channel and see myself shooting away at some events. Now, they are just airing reality shows about tow truck drivers and high end auto auctions. History? What in God's name is historic about a bunch of low lifes cutting down trees. Oh, wait. They don't even do that. They just try and kill each other yarding. Sheesh.

Yeah, the auto auctions are popular with the other half but it gets old watching wealthy people buying expensive toys I'll never have.

On the "reality" shows- my understanding is that they are largely scripted and not "reality" much at all. Good thing too. I'm thinking Honey Boo Boo here.

I have a large and growing DVD collection for a reason.

[Tugs]

Well, That's two hours of my life that I will never get back. I just just done watching two episodes of this show. All that I can say is wow! When I lived in South West Florida I knew some guys that did work like this. Now they were not the most professional but they knew what they were doing.

These guys are a law suit in waiting. I really got a kick out when the gas started leaking out of one of the sunken boats that they were raising. The U.S.C.G. should have been all over them for that and still should as they have it all the evidence they need right on the show. I am sure that they reported the leak, Right!!!! How much would a spill like that cost one of us?

[cmakin]

In this house loggers are not considered to be low-life's. The opposite in fact. "If you ain't a logger you ain't shit" is the prevailing attitude in this neck of the woods. This neck being the Kennebec River valley. Probably the same next river over but of course I don't go there.


K.C.

Well, I have the impression that the good loggers have stayed away from the show. Seems that most of the ones depicted are just one breath away from their last hit of the flask. . . . or worse. . . . You know, I do find it ineresting that there aren't any of those northeastern loggers involved. It seems that most of the Mainiacs that I sailed with either owned skidders or did at one time, and most spent some of their spare time in the woods. To be fair, it came across as a blanket indictment of the logging profession,and that was not my intent. Had I not left early to go off to school, my summer before college was going to be spent in the woods with a logger out of the Placerville (CA) area. My short summer prevented it.

[Kennebec Captain]

Well, I have the impression that the good loggers have stayed away from the show. Seems that most of the ones depicted are just one breath away from their last hit of the flask. . . . or worse. . . . You know, I do find it ineresting that there aren't any of those northeastern loggers involved. It seems that most of the Mainiacs that I sailed with either owned skidders or did at one time, and most spent some of their spare time in the woods. To be fair, it came across as a blanket indictment of the logging profession,and that was not my intent. Had I not left early to go off to school, my summer before college was going to be spent in the woods with a logger out of the Placerville (CA) area. My short summer prevented it.

I caught a few episodes, they were b.s. I watched one about horse logging but it was awful. But there were some Maine loggers featured. I never saw a full episode but one show featured the Pelletier Brothers out of Millinocket Maine.

When my son was picking a school I told him he should either go to Maine Maritime and get his license or the University of Maine and study forestry. He asked me if working in the woods or going to sea were the only two things I knew about. I told him I was aware that there were other professions. He's at Maine Maritime. He said there were too many bugs in the woods.

K.C.