09-30-2003, 07:05 PM
[cool]DEAD MEN TELL NO TALES.
Hey, I have done some of that commercial stuff. It is true that you can make a lot of money in a short time, during the season, but it is definitely a job for someone young, strong and without close family ties.
When you are out on the water, you are working on a deadline for quotas and short seasons. You have to work 24/7 to get your share before the doors slam shut. That means pulling some 20 hour shifts...in cold, wet and dangerous conditions. But, you can't afford to let fatigue set in, because all it takes is one moment of carelessness and you are over the side and gone forever. And, it is not only the death thing. Almost everyone who has ever worked a boat has trashed hands and broken bones as souvenirs. More than a few commercial guys have fewer than the normal numbers of fingers, toes and other extremities.
NOT FOR ME NO MORE. I think I agree with FF. A pricey fish dinner at a nice restaurant is probably cheaper than the physical toll of getting the fixins. With lobsters, though, it is often possible to get them under quite civilized conditions. Rock on JR.
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Hey, I have done some of that commercial stuff. It is true that you can make a lot of money in a short time, during the season, but it is definitely a job for someone young, strong and without close family ties.
When you are out on the water, you are working on a deadline for quotas and short seasons. You have to work 24/7 to get your share before the doors slam shut. That means pulling some 20 hour shifts...in cold, wet and dangerous conditions. But, you can't afford to let fatigue set in, because all it takes is one moment of carelessness and you are over the side and gone forever. And, it is not only the death thing. Almost everyone who has ever worked a boat has trashed hands and broken bones as souvenirs. More than a few commercial guys have fewer than the normal numbers of fingers, toes and other extremities.
NOT FOR ME NO MORE. I think I agree with FF. A pricey fish dinner at a nice restaurant is probably cheaper than the physical toll of getting the fixins. With lobsters, though, it is often possible to get them under quite civilized conditions. Rock on JR.
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