The law professor had just been down to Mississippi on a fishing trip with Sweet and was returning the favor. Ogletree, who usually fished for striped bass and had just mounted a 53-pound fish, landed a 75-pound yellow-fin tuna that day.
Late in the afternoon, as Ogletree tried to reel in one more fish, the crew's good luck ran out.
Buddy Vanderhoop, the ship's captain, was unfamiliar with the boat and believed the battery could stand the large electrical usage.
But the battery died, leaving the crew stranded 45 miles south of Martha's Vineyard, with a dead engine and no radio, lights or bilge pump late in the afternoon. The crew was not worried, even as attempts to revive the engine failed.
The captain used his cell phone to call his brother to bring batteries to get them back to port, but ultimately, the brother suffered electronic problems of his own and had to be towed back to harbor by the Coast Guard.
With the crew not immediately realizing the difficulty, it seemed that the unfortunate delay even gave them a fish story to go along with the day. Ogletree tried to reel in a blue shark that probably weighed 350 pounds, but ultimately it got away, giving the crew their fish story for the day. However, rougher seas lay ahead.
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