2019:ANOTHER YEAR ON THE WATER… AND OFF IT

The grind, the glory, and the absurdity of giving a crap

Well, it’s done.  Finally.  Jan 2, the 36’ Contender just got wrapped and the 31 is stripped and on a trailer, ready to go north for some long overdue shop work.  The Maritime Skiff’s rear-end is bare, waiting for a new motor – it’s a miracle I got another year out of the one I just pulled off.  And I’ve got a huge worklist all around.  Plenty to keep me busy (and from going insane) until fishing starts up in April.    

By most accounts, 2019 was a good year, by every account, a grind.

From mid-April through mid-December, I was running trips pretty much EVERY day the weather allowed (save the days I had to be at fishery management meetings) and fixing something on the boats when it didn’t. 

Absolutely, that kind of busy is a good thing, but running a charter fishing business on this scale generally involves 10 to 12 hour days in the spring and fall, and 16 to 18 hour days in the summer/tuna-season months (yeah, you read that right, 18).   

Think this stuff easy?  A dream job?  It isn’t. 

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