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I got an email from an old friend today, call him John, regarding a problem he came across a few weeks ago at Big Southern on his boat.
He had invited a few guys from work to go offshore for some of their first times out of PA. One of his co-workers backed out at almost the last minute so they had room for one more on his boat. One of the other invitees, call him George, asked if he could bring along his brother-in-law to fill the spot and help with the costs.
John says no problem so the five of them planned on going out during the week on Tuesday and Wednesday.
They all met up Monday night in PA so John could show them the boat and get them accustomed to where everything was and go over the game plan for the next two days. John says that during Monday nights dinner, he made very specific mention that nothing other than some frosty brews would be allowed on board. No hard liquor and absolutely no drugs, period.
Tuesday morning they're getting ready to pull out of the Dolphin Docks and John mentions he wants to pick up a few more pounds of ice. He mentions to the other four guys to all go back to their respective vehicles and make sure they are locked and look to see if anything they need might have been left behind.
Tuesday afternoon they are drifting Southern and George's B-I-L pulls out a joint and those two partake. John is livid since 1. He's mentioned no drugs, 2. he lost a brother to drug abuse and is about as anti-drug as they come.
John tells George and his brother-in-law to toss it, and whatever else they've brought with them over the side and he'll let it slide. Both of them say no, they've paid for the trip with a portion of gas, bait, and supplies. John explains that it isn't negotiable. The b-i-l gets a little snippy with John about the situation and says if John will reimburse him the cash, he'll toss the joint, but not "the other party favors I brought along".
John ain't the biggest guy you'll come across, maybe 110 lbs soaking wet, but he doesn't intimidate easily. He decides to put a call into the Coast Guard, radio off, just to call the two jack holes into reality. Soon as he picks up the mike and starts faking the call the BIL rips the mike out of his hand and rips it off the radio tossing it over the side. A pretty big shouting match ensues. Cooler heads prevail and the BIL is calmed down and they start fishing again while John tries to figure out what to do.
John says he wanted to just head to the dock and get George and BIL off his boat but was worried about the fact that he now knew his boat had drugs on it and he would be knowingly bringing those drugs into port. He also thought about running home, getting in sight of another boat and having them call out the Homeland Security guys or Coasties while he waited but was worried about the situation getting real nasty on his boat. He also said he wanted to run inshore to get into cell phone range and try that to get the authorities out there as well.
Now what would be the proper course of action in this situation?
On the way to another spot, John ended up tossing the BIL's day bag and George's over the side and blamed it on the wind. Shortly after they headed in and came home Wednesday since they didn't have a radio.
Now John says George wants to go out again, minus the BIL, but John ain't having it.
He had invited a few guys from work to go offshore for some of their first times out of PA. One of his co-workers backed out at almost the last minute so they had room for one more on his boat. One of the other invitees, call him George, asked if he could bring along his brother-in-law to fill the spot and help with the costs.
John says no problem so the five of them planned on going out during the week on Tuesday and Wednesday.
They all met up Monday night in PA so John could show them the boat and get them accustomed to where everything was and go over the game plan for the next two days. John says that during Monday nights dinner, he made very specific mention that nothing other than some frosty brews would be allowed on board. No hard liquor and absolutely no drugs, period.
Tuesday morning they're getting ready to pull out of the Dolphin Docks and John mentions he wants to pick up a few more pounds of ice. He mentions to the other four guys to all go back to their respective vehicles and make sure they are locked and look to see if anything they need might have been left behind.
Tuesday afternoon they are drifting Southern and George's B-I-L pulls out a joint and those two partake. John is livid since 1. He's mentioned no drugs, 2. he lost a brother to drug abuse and is about as anti-drug as they come.
John tells George and his brother-in-law to toss it, and whatever else they've brought with them over the side and he'll let it slide. Both of them say no, they've paid for the trip with a portion of gas, bait, and supplies. John explains that it isn't negotiable. The b-i-l gets a little snippy with John about the situation and says if John will reimburse him the cash, he'll toss the joint, but not "the other party favors I brought along".
John ain't the biggest guy you'll come across, maybe 110 lbs soaking wet, but he doesn't intimidate easily. He decides to put a call into the Coast Guard, radio off, just to call the two jack holes into reality. Soon as he picks up the mike and starts faking the call the BIL rips the mike out of his hand and rips it off the radio tossing it over the side. A pretty big shouting match ensues. Cooler heads prevail and the BIL is calmed down and they start fishing again while John tries to figure out what to do.
John says he wanted to just head to the dock and get George and BIL off his boat but was worried about the fact that he now knew his boat had drugs on it and he would be knowingly bringing those drugs into port. He also thought about running home, getting in sight of another boat and having them call out the Homeland Security guys or Coasties while he waited but was worried about the situation getting real nasty on his boat. He also said he wanted to run inshore to get into cell phone range and try that to get the authorities out there as well.
Now what would be the proper course of action in this situation?
On the way to another spot, John ended up tossing the BIL's day bag and George's over the side and blamed it on the wind. Shortly after they headed in and came home Wednesday since they didn't have a radio.
Now John says George wants to go out again, minus the BIL, but John ain't having it.
