OUT OF CONTROL: Wizard Loses Steering In Rough Seas: Crew Battles To Gain Control! | Deadliest Catch

690 mi southwest.
>> I get this in the water, boys >> on the western bear grounds.
>> We’re back out fishing.
And my brother got banged up down in the galley. Went over that giant wave.
I’m just trying to get through this. Got to get geared up for the OP season.
We got 100,000 lbs to catch when we’re done with this Western paradise slugfest.
And that’s that’s the boundary, right?
That’s the 166 line. It defines the eastern Badai district and the western Badai district. So you have to stay west of that.
See seas are starting to build.
Getting pushed around quite a bit here by the current and the wind. This is going to be a bit of a chore.
>> Pilot’s not working.
>> Okay, stand by, guys. We don’t have any steering.
Careful.
>> That motor’s as hot as can be. And I mean hot.
>> Both of them. You can’t touch it.
>> The motor’s hot.
>> Yeah. Yeah. I mean, we got we got some spare motors.
>> The electrical side. You do have a motor.
>> Yeah, I got a motor.
>> Well, now how long?
>> Take a couple hours without a doubt.
>> Could we take that giant pipe wrench down in the steering room and put it on the post and at least get me to where we’re have some sort of steering?
>> Let me go and look and see what I think we could do.
unable to manipulate the rudder post and the 4×3 ft steering room.
>> I can probably weld something on there, man. We probably could do it.
>> We’re going to steer it from here, >> right? While I try to put a new motor in down there. Joe Serpus locates the top of the steering post where an unknown fellow Marine engineer conveniently positioned it during the Wizards construction back in World War II. 6 in beneath the galley bench.
>> It’s like this ought to work, man.
There we go. All right. Put that around and then pull it tight.
Well, they’ve been welding. I can smell it.
There is the tiller handle.
Operate the tiller handle, OJ.
>> Okay. Send two guys outside and we’ll shove pots off of here.
>> Okay, >> let’s get some strong bodies on that.
>> Go ahead and jump.
>> Okay. So slowly pull it to port.
>> It’s like 3°.
>> These guys steering the boat with a steel makeshift tiller in the freaking galley. They’re going to get us through the next three or four hours for him to put the new motor on there.
No, that’s the wrong way. Go the other direction.
Damn it.
>> We’re going to have to do something here.
>> Yeah. Heads up. Watch the rail.
>> Hang on. Watch out.
Hang on. Hang on.
Hang on.
>> Okay. So, close enough to straight for me right now. Just hold on to that.
Down in the galley, the kids are steering the boat by hand.
Having a hell of a hard time.
Yeah. Freddy.
>> Okay. So, hold that right there.
>> Go back to the to the sink.
>> I’m actually pretty impressed with Joe to put that together.
So now it’s time to start looking at what exactly is going on with this electrical problem.
>> Just trying to do what needs to be done to get through this.
>> 150 mi north of Dutch Harbor.
>> Hold the tiller to Starboard. Just I don’t know, just a couple degrees.
She’s she’s doing all right. We’re going basically straight into the weather right now. Just hold on to that.
on the whistle. We’re >> putting along here and continue to steer the boat by hand.
Miraculously, pretty impressed myself.
We’re actually able to pull that off.
Joe’s looking at what exactly is going on with this electrical problem. While engineer Joe Serpus troubleshoots the steering problem, [music] Captain Monty approaches his final bear die hall with a juryrigged rudder.
>> We’re just trying to finish this thing off and quite frankly run out of time.
>> But with just days until canery shut down, the veteran captain sprints to tank his quota and retrieve his brother Keith from Dutch Harbor before starting the Opilio fishery.
Hello, Cap.
Connection was really bad there. I I don’t know if it was just vibration over a period of time. So, I’ve reworked the box. Seems good.
All right, let’s do a little test.
Okay.
Well, that’s a huge relief. And you know, the thing is is that taking that break, the gear got a bunch of soak.
Thanks, Jill.
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