A fisherman will be pulled to the bottom of the ocean if he is caught in the coiled rope when a crab pot is deployed.
plausible
With the help of Deadliest Catch captains
Johnathan Hillstrand and Scott “Junior” Campbell, Jamie and Adam set out
to test this myth. A scale model experiment showed that normal (spring)
coiling did not consistently pull someone off the boat, but over-under
coiling did. However, for the full-scale test, a regular coil was used
because it is more frequently used in real life. In the first series of
tests, with Buster standing away from the boat’s railing or leaning on
the railing, the rope consistently caught his leg but did not pull him
over. In a final test, with Buster looking over the railing, he went
overboard and was dragged along with the pot to the bottom of the bay.
This myth was deemed plausible because the rope would consistently grab
the fisherman’s leg but it would not consistently pull him overboard.
Working a 30-hour shift with 20-minute naps every six hours results in double the performance of not getting any sleep.
confirmed
On an anchored ship, the Build Team set up a
crab-fishing themed obstacle course to test their mental and physical
abilities. Kari and Tory both completed the course with perfect scores
when well-rested. Attempting the course after being awake 30 straight
hours resulted in dramatically low scores. When they added the brief
naps to their 30 hours of wakefulness, they both achieved more than
double their previous scores.
The 800 lbs (360 kg) crab pots used on Deadliest Catch are indestructible.
busted
The fishermen claimed that one of their pots
would survive a 3 lbs (1.4 kg) C-4 blast without any damage to its steel
structure. After a test with the C-4 in the middle of the pot, only the
webbing was damaged so they appeared to be correct. However, after the
Build Team strategically placed the explosives below the steel struts,
the pot was heavily damaged.
