My View of Life on the Dock
Cmdr. Edward Westfall, the commanding officer of Coast Guard Cutter Escanaba, discusses the towing of disabled Gloucester, Mass.-based lobster boat, Michael and Kristen, Friday, Dec. 18, 2009. The master of the 77-foot lobster boat called for help at about 3:30 p.m., Wednesday when the boat’s engines wouldn’t start more than 200 miles southeast of Nantucket, Mass. Coast Guard audio by Petty Officer 3rd Class Connie Terrell.
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If you use Twitter you would get United States Coast Guard New England Updates. Last night they tweeted this video-
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Here’s A picture of The Michael and Kristen which is the Gloucester offshore lobster boat which lost power 200 miles out.
Here the Michael and Kristen prepares to offload it’s catch. It’s an offshore lobster boat as opposed to the vast majority of our fleet which consists of inshore lobstermen.
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Offshore Lobster Boat The Michael And Kristen Prepares Top Offload, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Click the below link for the story from Richard Gaines at the Gloucester Daily Times-
Stranded 200 miles out at sea Coast Guard has lobster boat, five-man crew in tow
By Richard Gaines
Staff Writer
The 77-foot, Gloucester-based lobster boat, Michael & Kristen, which became disabled and was drifting in high seas about 200 miles southeast of Nantucket on Wednesday, was being towed home by a Coast Guard cutter last night, through wind gusts of some 40 mph.
There were five people aboard the boat, which is owned by the corporation, Fair Winds Inc., according to Coast Guard spokeswoman Lauren Jorgenson. The corporation is headed by Charlie Raymond of Beverly, and the ship captained by Ron Davis of Rochester, N.H.
The Michael and Kristen prepare to offload. It’s an offshore lobster boat as opposed to the vast majority of our fleet which consists of inshore lobstermen.
Offshore Lobster Boat The Michael And Kristen Prepares Top Offload, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 