The mount has worked flawlessly so far and I can’t wait to make a ton more videos mounting the camera in creative places now that I don’t have to worry about the mount I use rusting up in salt water conditions.
I pair it with the refurbished $79 saltwaterproof Kodak Playsport Zx3 which can actually take video under water for the perfect solution for the dock and on our lobster boats. The Kodak Playsport also takes 720p 60 frames per second video which allows me to edit slow motion or speed up the video . That feature isn’t even an option on many $1,500 DSLR’s. Adam Bolonsky turned me on to that camera after I found out he shot our footage from Saturday’s Greasy Pole with it.
Here is some of the footage he captured with it-
I just remembered these so went searching and thought you might like them. These are from The Library of Congress, American Memory. http://memory.loc.gov/
If you do a search for "Gor Svenson" you’ll find about 7 web pages of oral history. I copied down some excerpts below to give you an idea of the stories from the WPA era, living in Glouceter and Rockport. It is a record of a series of interviews with a Swedish-born American who was for most of his adult years a quarry-worker in Gloucester (Bay View and Lanesville) and Rockport, Massachusetts and who is now (then) engaged in lobstering. (1938) How much has changed since then? Stories are flavorfully Cape Ann.
Goes along with today’s events, Lookin’ For the Sunny Side of the Stree – America’s 1930’s in Gloucester.
Enjoy,Jo-
Also provided a link to the photography archives containing 503 records such as the one below.
Medium: 1 negative : safety ; 4 x 5 inches or smaller.
Part of: Farm Security Administration – Office of War Information Photograph Collection (Library of Congress)
Reproduction Number: LC-USW3-031669-C (b&w film neg.)
Rights Advisory: No known restrictions. For information, see U.S. Farm Security Administration/Office of War Information Black & White Photographs(http://www.loc.gov/rr/print/res/071_fsab.html)
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While In Massachusetts To Officiate The New England Revolution vs LA Soccer Match CJ Morgante Goes Lobstering Out Of Gloucester For The Lobsterman Experience
Watch the match- CJ will be officiating between the New England Revolution and LA Saturday at 7:30PM
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Johnny Doc Herrick has lobster traps all ready to launch off the stern as lobster season is getting under way. If you notice the stern of the Dog and I is cut out level with the deck of the boat. Some guys like open sterns and others have closed sterns on which they build setting tables. The ones with setting tables like the Stanley Thomas slide the traps down the rail of the boat and set them off teh setting table. the ones with the cut out sterns set the traps off of teh deck of the boat.
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It was so cold that the plug which drains his lobster tank was frozen solid. He had to take a layer of lobsters out of the tank and then dip a five gallon bucket in to take out some water and then take more lobsters out followed by bailing out more water til the tank was empty. The extreme cold makes
A couple of days ago this fresh faced youngster came in the office looking for a job on a lobster boat.
Frank usually handles these requests because I hate to go to bat for an unknown and put them on a lobsterboat. Inevitably about 20% of these guys off the street work out. When they don’t work out I feel like I’m the asshole when said greenhead doesn’t show up to go lobstering and the skipper looks at you like it’s your fault because you recommended him.
Well Frank asked the greenhead if he had any previous lobstering experience and he told us that he had gone a couple times on an inshore lobsterman’s boat. Inshore lobstering aboard a boat that only hauls 100 or so traps a day is entirely unlike lobstering on one of the hard core lobstermen with big boats and serious drive. So he didn’t have a whole lot of experience but he looked clean cut and not a druggie and seemed like he had a desire to learn the trade.
So one of our best lobstermen and also one of the most hard core, Tuffy had been looking for a second backman to complement the ever reliable Nate. Tuffy goes HARD. It’s not a boat ride around the inner harbor and back to shore for Tuffy. He’s going deep and hard and through the winter in the worst of elements.
Tuffy
Well of all days to be initiated into the world of hard core lobstering, this poor unfortunate soul got indoctrinated today. In this weather, 25-45 mile per hour north west wind. Not fun. It was pouring rain this morning when they pulled up to get bait and when I saw the greenhead aboard all I could think about was how fucked this kid was going to be today (and not in the good way).
I mentioned to Frank that the “new kid” was on Tuffy’s boat and he rolled his eyes, knowing that the kid is in for a long day.
So fast forward to a few minutes ago. A few bolts of thunder sounded off and the rain was coming down in sheets so Frank decided to call Tuffy to see how they were doing out there. Tuffy said the greenhead had been puking all day long even while he was putting herring into the bait bags.
Tuffy also added “I like bringing new guys. It means I get to eat their lunch.”
I can just picture Tuffy laughing at the kid, saying “Hey kid, you gonna eat that?”
When the kid shakes his head no, weak and a faint color green he’ll rip the brown bag that the greenhead packed off the dash and tear into his peanut butter jelly sandwich. Laughing the whole time.
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This is a whale safe break away swivel used on lobster buoys. The swivel has a weak part (highlighted by the blue arrow in the picture below) designed to break away with 600 pounds of pressure.
In the unfortunate instance that a whale might get caught in a lobster pot line, it will break the swivel and swim free. This is another in many responsible steps the lobster industry has adopted (along with escape vents for small lobsters on the traps and biodegradable hog rings which break down and let the vents fall out in the case of lost gear).
The offshore fishery and Pacific coast use 1100 pound break away swivels but our inshore lobstermen use 600 pound ones.
Look for a video with Johnny “Doc” Herrick at 7AM in which we break down the parts of a lobster buoy and their costs.
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