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☆☆☆☆☆it couldn't have been worse
the Andrea Gail
he was standing on the Gloucester's backshore and + heard of a boat going missing
set up the story; feelings before death
he is a fisherman, big, tough, loves to drink; his girlfriend
they get a lot of money + then spend it
all the things they see, solitude, no pressure + getting respect
the bar became their home
he gets a funny feeling about the boat
buy $4,000 worth of grocery for the trip
Tune, Pierre, Sullivan, Moran, Murph, + Shatford
"fishing was their religion"
b/c they haooen to sit on one of the worse storm tracks in the world
working 20 hr days + sleeping weekin and weekout for 2 wks
falling over board, punctured by a hook/swordfish
when the moon is dark
"Jesus, we took a hell of a whole. We went way over on our side. I didn't think we'd make it back up."
he's way out, almost off the charts; they had a bad season so he wants to get more fish, its his last chance
increasing in tech. in the # of boats which means less fish
the change in technology is the culprit
more people are killed on fishing boats than any other in America
ice machine keeps breaking
-pulling your boat down
he was a good buisnessman but a bad fisherman at endangering ppl lives
he been out thru the dark of the moon
the apporach of the full moon + catches a lot of fish
there is a hurricane of Bermuda, the cold front of Canadian Sheild, and strom in the Greak Lake
captains dont think the boat will sink
hurricane grace
his boat is full of fish + he cant protect the ice machine
instutuion
electic power needed by the US for 3-4 days
made a sound she never heard before, a deep tonal vibration, no melody, church oragn played by a child
a shark clamped it jaws around his arm on deck and his friend had to beat it death
it was loaded w/ fish
a steep wave w/ a steep trophor white foaming crest
2 men tie safety to their waste and go on the whaleback deck w/ sheets of marie plywood + puts it up to cover the window + the inflatible tube for extra covering
EPIRB + if the boat goes down water senstive swich triggers a radio signal that gets replayed by the satillite to listening posts on shore
we dno't know what happened among te Andrea Gail but we do know what happened among the EM that went thru the same storm at the same time
he has lost all his communication
it would flip a ship end over end of air + was highed than the ship
the point of no return
they are dead
'100 year storm'; large scale destruction offshore shipping + coastal installations from Nova Scotia to Florida
3 indep. storms coverging together
she thinks it's to issue a "may bay" she doesn't think they'll make it; grimsence of reality
french: kenz m'dider - come help me
he decided to stay on the boat
to tell her the Andrea Gail is missing; Bobby is dead
Randall + Kosco
blue fuel barrels w/ AG on them
their loved ones could make their goodbyes and get on w/ their lives
cap of the Andrea Gail, determined, loyal
deckhand, in debt, dating Chris. drinked, fisherman stero
only femalre cap, cap of Hannah Boden, sister boat w/ Andrea Gail
owner of 2 boats, "Suicide Brown", risk taker, good buisnessman
found fuel barrels, cap of the Mary T
A. Johnson, found fuel barrels, comm. w/ Bily about conditions, cold waters to survive
japanese boat, shared the same experience w/ the Andrea Gail
Linda Greenlaw, exchange supplies, survied b/c they were for east
also called the "100 year storm"
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