CAPSIZE IN GULF OF ALASKA

Fuckin A.... As a guy who grew up on the water, former EMT and prior service Coast Guard this video hits home. It happens so fast. Makes my heart race. Good video, thanks for sharing. Sorry about the boat, glad your friends made it home.

Time to buy a sub yo .

I was in that storm.They should not have been there.The capt made a bad call.I Was about 4 hours behind this capsizing

people who complains about seafood price should watch this....or don't eat seafood at all!

The power skiff should have been in tow and the power block lowered to the rear deck in these conditions...IMHO. It even looks like the skiff started to move around to the port side of the boat just before it capsized (fished a purse seiner for 10 years).

I'm surprised the rescue vessel didn't stay on the windward side of the stricken boat to offer protection which is normal practice.

The reason they capsised was probably cause they had it's beams up so high into the air, that makes ships and boats unsteady but if they have two beams whit anchoors/heavy wheights at each side it would be much more stabile

I sure wish people would learn to edit for time.

I'm glad they were able to rescue the 3 fishermen.

With that much above the water I'd think i'd cut her mast loose and fit her for that option. Whats amazing is they even go out in these death traps.
I'd want a ballast keel under me and a mast with a sail reefed back.

the ocean gets some more revenge on the people who rape and plunder its resources .

These guys run these boats so top heavy it's hard to believe that more aren't lost. If you ever get a chance, take a look at one of these seiners when it's up on blocks, it'll make you wonder how they stay right side up at all.

Those folks who work in conditions like this have balls of steel...just scary...hats off to you

Crazy stuff. Have a friend who ran a skiff off Kodiak through the 70s and 80s. Has all sorts of crazy stories of living there all year round. Thanks for sharing and stay safe out there :-)

how many men can that size boat take

Just watching made me want to puke!

Our seiner was in the same storm, heading into Prince William Sound for the Herring season. Actually saw the video in Cordova on the Alaska Eagle when they got into town. The main reason it was floundering so bad was because the seine (net) was in the fishhold without the bin boards in, causing it to shift weight over to port. Also the skiff had shifted to port creating even more stability issues..

This looks like a flooded engine room. Engine loss in a gale will sink any sort of ship.

camera man and skipper of the year award...keep the bow into the waves and this shit won't happen,...however you can roll these rigs a hundred times without sinking....he need s the tender off the deck and the booms down, must be dead in the water or some engine problems to just sit there...but no excuse in having everything up screwing up making it top heavy..