On the Water
Keep it Simple
BY CAPT. JOHN KING
AFISHINADOS CHARTERS
Owning a boat is a love
affair driven by functional-
ity and gadgets. We buy a
boat with a particular set of
'needs' in mind. I can re-
call my first boat purchase,
a 24' Stryker with a 150hp
outboard, built to fish with
a top-of-the line fish-find-
ing sonar, bait tank, rocket
launchers and rod holders.
The accommodations in-
cluded a cuddy cabin for
two sleeping bags, a glory bucket
and a barbeque. Perfectly simple.
The boat, appropriately named
"Ojala" which translates into "I
hope," was a dream come true.
We would load her up, then trailer
her to fill up the fuel tank, launch
her and make our run to the fish-
ing grounds. Then we would re-
turn to the launch ramp, pull and
wash the boat, trailer her back to
the house and put her away until
the next trip.
With Capt. John King
Although this all sounds pretty
simple, it became a chore. Traile-
ring a big boat with a small truck
is a white-knuckle experience. At
the end of the day I was exhaust-
ed. Then the kids
started to complain
and it became clear
that we needed a
bigger boat, one that
could accommodate
our little family on
weekend trips to the
islands and be left in
the water at a marina
when we returned.
John King We got a 40-footer
Columnist and named her 'K's
Hurrah'.
The step up from a trailerable
24-foot boat to a 40-foot home on
the water is a very big step. I now
had sleeping accommodations
for five in beds, which included a
master suite and crews quarters, a
galley with stove, fridge and mi-
crowave, walk-in head with show-
er, air-conditioning and reverse-
air heating and the all important
inverter to power the television.
Did I mention this boat also had
two motors and a generator?
Having a boat in a marina is
a lot easier than trailering a boat,
however, there are a lot more costs
such as marina slip fees, diver's fee
for keeping the bottom clean and
of course the obligatory mechan-
ics costs. Boats that have all the
comforts of home are not simple.
They are complicated pieces of
machinery and fiberglass with de-
signer fabrics and air conditioning
wrapped in a floating box.
We loved K's Hurrah, she was
a good boat however she was lim-
ited. She could not make the run
to Cabo San Lucas, which had
become important as a reachable
destination in the right boat.
This new destination added
another layer of complexity in the
form of water-makers, long dis-
tance communications systems,
safety enhancements including
life-rafts and of course high-end
electronics for navigation and fish
finding. Enter the Afishinado: A
fishing machine that can do it all.
Afishinado performed well as a
personal boat, surviving two hur-
ricanes and massive seas. Hav-
ing won numerous tournaments,
Afishinado had the pedigree of a
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Of course, that meant adding
redundant systems for holding bait,
more rods and reels and storage,
fish processing station and exotic
fish catching tools such as teasers
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Afishinado Pro
and mackerel tubes with pumps to
run them. Not simple. Having a
boat in Avalon is a bit like having
in keeping it simple.
Afishinado is currently in the
boat yard getting some much
needed love. She is being updated
and will get a new set of Tier III
Cummins 425hp diesels. In the
process I have been excavating all
of the gadgets and gear that have
grown to be a part of the boat. It
is an amazing array of stuff. Stuff
that I paid to buy and install. Stuff
am feeling lighter by the day as I
remove and reassess the require-
ments of this boat. I am looking
forward to a newer, faster, lighter
boat that is simple and easy to
maintain. We will see how long
that lasts.
Capt. John runs Afishinados
Charters and can be reached
at 888-613-7770 or john@tixci.
com.
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not always available and parts are tearing out and throwing away. 2014 =- What
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When something would break Afishinado. If I have a piece of do blood tests
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