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Posts: 215
Location: Greensboro, NC
Location: Greensboro, NC
Thu Mar 03, 2016 6:53 pm
So a couple weeks ago I finally purchased my first offshore boat after going a few times with a good friend of mine. Beyond excited to get it out and do some fishing. The boat is a 2006 Key West 268CC with twin Yamaha 150 4strokes. Anyone have any experience running or being on one? Any tips or tricks to know? I appreciate all the help.
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Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:18 pm
Find an open area and practice. See what the boat will do steering with just the wheel, just the motors and a combination of both.
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Location: Winterville/Pamlico Sound/Atlantic Ocean
Location: Winterville/Pamlico Sound/Atlantic Ocean
Thu Mar 03, 2016 7:41 pm
Beautiful rig! Congratulations! I'm a little bias to Key West 
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Thu Mar 03, 2016 8:29 pm
Congrats, she's a beauty. Enjoy and tight lines.
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Posts: 215
Location: Greensboro, NC
Location: Greensboro, NC
Thu Mar 03, 2016 9:03 pm
Thanks everyone. It's my first Key West and it did good on the sea trial so beyond ready to get out and get some blood on the decks. Going to run it as much as I can before the first trip to get used to it. Always heard you could steering with just the motors so want to practice using just the motors some.
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Location: Beaufort Inlet
Location: Beaufort Inlet
Thu Mar 03, 2016 10:52 pm
Nice boat. Congrats!
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Location: Walnut Cove
Location: Walnut Cove
Fri Mar 04, 2016 7:45 am
| wavescrash wrote: |
| Find an open area and practice. See what the boat will do steering with just the wheel, just the motors and a combination of both. |
Exactly what he said. Being in Greensboro you have easy access to several lakes that are great places for this practice since they're usually pretty much flat and there's no current to deal with so you get a great idea of exactly how the boat itself handles. Basically you can get acquainted with it one step at a time, boat first, then boat with big water rather than all of it at the same time.
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Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:04 am
Congrats!
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Location: Raleigh / Harkers Island
Location: Raleigh / Harkers Island
Fri Mar 04, 2016 8:46 am
| NCoutdoorsman90 wrote: |
| So a couple weeks ago I finally purchased my first offshore boat after going a few times with a good friend of mine. Beyond excited to get it out and do some fishing. The boat is a 2006 Key West 268CC with twin Yamaha 150 4strokes. Anyone have any experience running or being on one? Any tips or tricks to know? I appreciate all the help. |
Looks like we need a Key West fishing event. How about Harkers Island NC. I know a guy there
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Location: Greensboro, NC
Location: Greensboro, NC
Fri Mar 04, 2016 9:11 am
Thanks everyone. Normally fish out of southport, but the boat is trailered so pretty open. Been out of morehead and southport mainly.
Kicker, I see your in Walnut Cove, I live right outside of Stokesdale.
Kicker, I see your in Walnut Cove, I live right outside of Stokesdale.
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Location: Apex, NC
Location: Apex, NC
Fri Mar 04, 2016 10:01 am
beautiful boat!
I come down to Oak island a lot. If you ever need a fishing buddy let me know.
My boat has a dead engine right now. Hopefully after may I will be up and running.
My only input would be to always try and have a buddy boat to go out with, or fish the same area.
and sea tow !
its about $150 a year
I've had to be towed twice - not far at all - but would have been over $500 each time
money well spent.
I come down to Oak island a lot. If you ever need a fishing buddy let me know.
My boat has a dead engine right now. Hopefully after may I will be up and running.
My only input would be to always try and have a buddy boat to go out with, or fish the same area.
and sea tow !
its about $150 a year
I've had to be towed twice - not far at all - but would have been over $500 each time
money well spent.
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Location: Greensboro, NC
Location: Greensboro, NC
Fri Mar 04, 2016 12:59 pm
Yea I transferred my sea tow over from my old 21' boat so that's good to go. Will let u know if and when I can get down.
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Location: Rich Inlet
Location: Rich Inlet
Fri Mar 04, 2016 1:43 pm
Wow that's a nice first! I'm envious.
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Fri Mar 04, 2016 2:30 pm
we normally head out of southport also or the occasional trip to morehead so just let me know also about a buddy boat...
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Location: Creedmoor/Surf City
Location: Creedmoor/Surf City
Fri Mar 04, 2016 4:20 pm
Nice looking boat. I'm sure you will enjoy it.
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Location: Wilmington NC
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Fri Mar 04, 2016 6:11 pm
Best of luck.
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Location: Carolina Beach, NC
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Fri Mar 04, 2016 6:58 pm
Beautiful Now. Put some curtains on her and let her ride.
Good Luck with her!!!!!!
Good Luck with her!!!!!!
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Location: Cape Fear, NC
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Fri Mar 04, 2016 7:01 pm
The best advise I can give is to hire a local Captain to go with you on YOUR boat and show you how to do it. It will be the best $200 you will spend in the offshore fishing game.
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Location: Greensboro, NC
Location: Greensboro, NC
Fri Mar 04, 2016 7:12 pm
Thank you everyone for the kind words.
Midnight, she has full curtains and full wings just weren't on in the picture.
Capt. Dave, I plan on doing that come this summer. Any recommendations around the Oak Island/southport area on captains that will do that?
Midnight, she has full curtains and full wings just weren't on in the picture.
Capt. Dave, I plan on doing that come this summer. Any recommendations around the Oak Island/southport area on captains that will do that?
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Location: Oak Island
Location: Oak Island
Sun Mar 06, 2016 4:10 pm
NC, Capt Dave is right. You'll spend hundreds if not thousands in the first year......heading in the wrong direction.
My 2 cents......buy what you need first.......instead of saying I'll get this now and change later.............you will find that "later" comes pretty quick and what you thought you could get by with for now, just isn't working for you.
I just saved you a lot of money....lol!
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My 2 cents......buy what you need first.......instead of saying I'll get this now and change later.............you will find that "later" comes pretty quick and what you thought you could get by with for now, just isn't working for you.
I just saved you a lot of money....lol!
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Location: Greensboro, NC
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Sun Mar 06, 2016 7:33 pm
WarrenG, good advice and I'm going to try to get in touch with some captains to get then on the boat this summer for one of my trips.
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Location: Wilmington NC
Location: Wilmington NC
Sun Mar 06, 2016 8:21 pm
The Captain you want is Midnight Wind
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