02-24-2006, 05:46 AM
Chaplaski had originally thought his net had snagged on the bottom, but something began pulling his 150-ton boat backward, causing it to shake violently. He released the brakes on the steel wire attached to the net and twin 1,000-pound doors that keep the net open. That prevented the boat from capsizing.
I would imagine that it would shake with the screw (propeller for you land lubbers) going forward and the boat going backward. I remember when the destroyer I was on was in rough seas and the ship would stop with the screw driving forward. Thought the thing would shake apart.
This man is so lucky that he had the sense of what to do in a emergency. Me I might just panic. Those subs just pop up anyplace they would like so it is understandable that he would be supprised when this incident took place.
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I would imagine that it would shake with the screw (propeller for you land lubbers) going forward and the boat going backward. I remember when the destroyer I was on was in rough seas and the ship would stop with the screw driving forward. Thought the thing would shake apart.
This man is so lucky that he had the sense of what to do in a emergency. Me I might just panic. Those subs just pop up anyplace they would like so it is understandable that he would be supprised when this incident took place.
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