Pulling shrimp pots from a sailboat is easy as pie and I do it regularly. What I do is use a snatch block that is attached to the end of the boom. I then use the traveler to hold the boom off the side of the boat. My wife drives up to the float which has a 3' tall mast with a flag on it which makes grabbing it from the cockpit very easy. She grabs the flag and clips the line into the snatch block and hands it to me and I haul it up. Did I mention that I am sitting in the dingy? I drive the needed 300' out to the side of the boat and the pot pops right to the surface. My wife turns the wheel to the side opposite to what I am pulling which causes the boat to stay beam to my direction of pull. It takes about 30-seconds to lift it 300' plus.
Advice: Don't launch or retrieve the pot from the bow. Do it from the stern. When launching, point the boat down wind. Put the engine in neutral and let the wind blow the boat down wind as you pay out the line from the stern. When retrieving the pot, approach the floats from upwind slowly. Put the engine in neutral and let the wind bring you alongside the float and pick up with a boathook from the side. Keep letting the wind push the boat downwind as you pull in the line from the stern. You guys seem like you are made of money, so, by all means, get an electric winch. You will need one sized appropriately for the pot line. Don't put so many turns around the winch. Too many turns, and you are asking for overrides. Alternatively, you can purchase a right angle battery drill and equip it with a Harken winch bit and use your regular winches to pull the line. Be sure and tether the drill so it doesn't go overboard. If the line is too small to engage the self trailers, have an assistant tail the line, old school. The line needs to lead to the winch correctly. Hang a snatch block from the stern rail at the appropriate location to achieve the correct lead. This will also help you avoid abrading your boat with the line as you pull it in. Another alternative would be to just double team pulling the line in by hand using gloves, of course, leading the line through the snatch block. I don't shrimp, but I use this technique on my 35 ft. sailboat to crab. It's just like shrimping but with a lot less line. Hope this helps.
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Pulling shrimp pots from a sailboat is easy as pie and I do it regularly. What I do is use a snatch block that is attached to the end of the boom. I then use the traveler to hold the boom off the side of the boat. My wife drives up to the float which has a 3' tall mast with a flag on it which makes grabbing it from the cockpit very easy. She grabs the flag and clips the line into the snatch block and hands it to me and I haul it up.
Did I mention that I am sitting in the dingy? I drive the needed 300' out to the side of the boat and the pot pops right to the surface. My wife turns the wheel to the side opposite to what I am pulling which causes the boat to stay beam to my direction of pull. It takes about 30-seconds to lift it 300' plus.
Great idea using the block at the end of the boom. Will have to try that! Thanks!
We shrimp by Hoodsport in about 250' of water. Pull the traps every 30 min so you can relocate if they are empty.
Thanks for the tip!
Great video. Where did you get the transom seat?
Thanks. Got them on sailboat owners.com. Best seat on the boat!
Assuming you meant the stern rail seats
@@SailingSVIndigo no, actually the seat on the transom. In the middle.
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Advice: Don't launch or retrieve the pot from the bow. Do it from the stern. When launching, point the boat down wind. Put the engine in neutral and let the wind blow the boat down wind as you pay out the line from the stern.
When retrieving the pot, approach the floats from upwind slowly. Put the engine in neutral and let the wind bring you alongside the float and pick up with a boathook from the side. Keep letting the wind push the boat downwind as you pull in the line from the stern.
You guys seem like you are made of money, so, by all means, get an electric winch. You will need one sized appropriately for the pot line. Don't put so many turns around the winch. Too many turns, and you are asking for overrides. Alternatively, you can purchase a right angle battery drill and equip it with a Harken winch bit and use your regular winches to pull the line. Be sure and tether the drill so it doesn't go overboard. If the line is too small to engage the self trailers, have an assistant tail the line, old school. The line needs to lead to the winch correctly. Hang a snatch block from the stern rail at the appropriate location to achieve the correct lead. This will also help you avoid abrading your boat with the line as you pull it in. Another alternative would be to just double team pulling the line in by hand using gloves, of course, leading the line through the snatch block.
I don't shrimp, but I use this technique on my 35 ft. sailboat to crab. It's just like shrimping but with a lot less line. Hope this helps.
@@captvdub330 thanks for the great advice! We did get a winch drill bit, it’s more in our budget. 👍🏻