On October 28, , the fishing boat had set out from Massachusetts for Newfoundland. But as it entered an area of intense weather that would later become kown as the Perfect Storm, it never returned.
The crew of six—Captain William Tyne, Robert Shatford, David Sullivan from Gloucester; Dale Murphy and Michael Moran from Bradenton Beach, FL; and Alfred Pierre from New York City—was lost at sea in the midt of 30 to 60 foot waves (some reports even say ft). After an extensive search effort that lasted nine days and included an Air National Guard helicopter running out of fuel and crashing off Long Island&#;s shore (resulting in one fatality), authorities called off the search due to the low probability of crew survival.
In August , after months of uncertainty and mourning, fishermen discovered human remains onshore near Provincetown, MA. DNA testing confirmed it was one of the Andrea Gail’s crew members—Robert Shatford—ending months of anguish for his family. In November , authorities found more remains from four additional crewmembers onshore in Maine. The last two bodies were never recovered.
The Andrea Gail tragedy is an example of life’s fragility and unpredictability at sea.
Widow, Friend Set Record Straight on Final Voyage of the Andrea Gail
MICHAEL McLEOD The Orlando Sentinel | The Ledger
The fishing village of Cortez curls along the northern shoreline of Sarasota Bay, its narrow streets and weathered bungalows huddled around the whitewashed concrete outline of the A.P. Bell Fish Co. the way other communities encircle clock towers and steeples.
Past the postage-stamp yards piled high with stone-crab traps and fishing buoys, across a washboard parking lot edged with mounds of shells, a score of commercial fishing boats clatter against the docks behind the staunch, two-story building.
Somewhere, a crew is applying a coat of fiberglass to the deck of a shrimp boat. Somewhere else, a bin filled with fish heads is broadcasting on the breeze. Front-loaders heft tubs of ladyfish, grouper and herring, then chug along the docks, across the wet concrete floor of the fish house, and disappear into the darkness past men wearing high rubber boots.
This is a working dock, not a scenic one. But to Jodi Tyne, it's a haven, one of the few places where all her chain-smoking brittleness and anger ebb away.
A fisherman who knew Billy Tyne comes
Grew Up… in Gloucester, Massachusetts. Billy grew up among the docks and wharfs of northeastern Massachusetts. He is a part of the landscape. One can tell by the reverential tone in which he speaks of his hometown: “You head out to South channel, past Rocky Neck, Ten pound island. Past Niles Pond, where I skated as a kid…”
Living… day to day. Times are tough for Billy, who is divorced with two daughters to care for. After a dry spell on his fishing boat, he’s desperate for a bit more cash.
Visiting… the Grand Banks and the Flemish Cap, just off the coast of Newfoundland. Billy has taken his fishing boat, the Andrea Gale, back out to sea for one more expedition in search of lucrative swordfish.
Profession… captain of the Andrea Gale. Billy was born to be a swordfish boat captain. In his words, “I’m doing what I was made to do – and I’ve got a feeling I’m going to do it even better this time.”
Interests… although he spends much of his on-land time at the fisherman’s bar, The Crow’s Nest, Billy is only truly himself when out at sea.
Challenge… making it back to shore alive. Billy and his crew scored a good catch up north, but upon their return they have been ca
The Perfect Storm: A True Story of Men Against the Sea
-- William Langewiesche, A Sea Story
On October 28, , the fishing vessel Andrea Gail and her crew of six men disappeared off the Grand Banks in a tremendous storm created byetc., etc. By now, everyone knows the story of this ill-fated little boat, her tiny crew, and the massive storm that swallowed them whole. The book was a bestseller the instant it came out. A blockbuster movie followed. The phrase "a perfect storm" is the most-overused shorthand phrase in our culture (for awhile I thought it might be overtaken by "Wall Street verses Main Street," but alas, the election is over, and storms without imperfection are back in vogue).
Once upon a time, though, before George Clooney grew a great beard and drove his boat up a mountain-sized CGI wave, A Perfect Storm was simply a
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