Notes from the Fishing Grounds

I helped one of my processors offload king crab
tonight. He called today, and said we’ll offload from
10 pm to 2 am, and can you make it. I work a 10 hour
shift for my state job, and it ended at 9 pm, so I
said I’d be there.
I was the “enforcer”. My processor wanted [...]

Ranger Dug and I set off for the crab pot yesterday.
First, I had to dig out the driveway up to the skiff.
This is alongside my garage, so all the snow sluffs
off into the driveway there. Also, it’s where our
plow friend pushed the snow. I got enough shoveled
out, and then tried to run through [...]

I’ve been in class for the past 10 days in a 100 ton
Master and operator of uninspected vessel (OUPV) class
here in Juneau. The instructor is a former Coastie
and Marine Highway mate, and it’s run through the
University of Alaska, Southeast.
The class involves testing for exams regarding general
vessel deck questions, marine navigation, “rules of
the road”, and [...]