Fish Processor Sinks; Five Crew Lost

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Well, it is not pleasant I can tell you. No happyness, no sadness, no nothing. What is even worse is, you have no cares either - nothing matters. Family, friends, nothing. You feel like a zombie, and you know whats wrong with you, but there is nothing you can do about it. You just stare off into space when not working.

It takes about 1.5 to 2 months to firmly set in, but you are not going to escape it. No fun. 72 hours on an offload once without sleeping before getting 6 hours rest and then back on the job. That was the worst. In that 6 hours, you have to brush your teeth, eat twice, and if you feel up to it, take a shower.

Hard work, but I made about 2x to 3x I could have made by working a normal job for the same amount of time. I wish I had the luxury of a larger boat too (150' or greater), but nope - only a small boat and I was a cork in the middle of the bearing sea. Did I forget to mention that we had record bad weather those years up there? Nice. Puked my guts out.

-S