My View of Life on the Dock
The boat had a little over a foot of snow aboard after the snow storm. There’s a whole set of precautions that commercial fishermen have to take to keep their boats going through the extreme cold temperatures. Frozen coolant lines, frozen lobster hoses, snow engines freezing up.
It’s always best to have a block heater which keeps the engine warm and the fuel from gelling up. We plug our truck in and it starts up (usually) pretty easily but without that block heater forgettabout it!
Video at 6pm
Every Christmastime Tony Gross, the skipper of the lobsterboat F/V Sandollar makes a ridiculous number of Swedish Coffee Bread loaves and gives them out to friends. I made the mistake and called it Nisu but because the recipe comes from an elder in Tony’s family he insists it be called Swedish Coffee Bread.
It’s delicious and best eaten within a day of cooking. I sure am glad I’m on the list of those who get one every year!
Tony Gross’ Swedish Coffee Bread, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Sean loves the camera doesn’t he? The Crew of the Degelyse never disappoints.
Video at 10AM
Sean Takes A Leap Of Faith, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Sean wanted to send a special welcome shout out to all the Schooners as they came into port yesterday. Who says our lobstermen aren’t a welcoming lot?
Sean Welcomes Schooner Racers, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Interview with Toby Burnham, Lobsterman at 8PM.
We’re gonna play matchmaker. Surely there is some wonderful woman out there looking for a hard working lobsterman, no?
Toby Burnham- Lobsterman, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Matt Ring Ready To Go Lobstering Aboard The Stanley Thomas, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Salmon Racks Aboard The Jupiter II, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Mark Ring Silhouette and Rainbow On The State Fish Pier, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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The Western Edge, Geno Mondello’s Lobster Boat, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Here’s Geno Mondello’s lobster boat The Western Edge. Video interview with Geno aboard the Western Edge at 8:00AM
The Western Edge, Geno Mondello’s Lobster Boat, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Jerry had a bunch added.
Fishermen Tattoo Series- Jerry McKay F/V Alice G, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Video at 8:00AM
Sean On The Degelyse, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Tuffy On The Degelyse Heads Out Lobstering
Pete Mondello, a lobsterman and a smoker for over forty years is mad as a hornet and he’s gonna do something about it.
The latest round of tax increases on cigarettes has him pissed off enough to quit he says. His rationale for quitting isn’t for health reasons, it isn’t because cigarettes stink or any of the other myriad of reasons smoking is a terrible decision.
He’s outraged that the government will give money to bail out Fortune 500 companies who are doling out million dollar bonuses while upping the taxes on his guilty pleasure (cigarettes). He doesn’t want a single dollar of his money to go to the greedy bastards, he’s hopping mad and it’s enough to get him to stop smoking.
Hey I’m not quite sure if the logic is all that perfect but if it gets any other smokers out there to quit I’m all for it.
Tuffy Talks About How He Fared Vs The Young College Kids At The Lani Kai Tough Man Competition
Tuffy Talks About How He Fared Vs The Young College Kids At The Lani Kai Tough Man Competition
Good Morning Gloucester 