Andrea Gail History

HAVE YOU RODE IN MY TAXI CAB IN PORTLAND MAINE ??

i promote the web site to people who ask me about fishing.

gave lots of Andrea Gail photos away to taxi patrons.

they gave the ultimate,

been to Gloucester  a few times this week of march 2009

pilot house   crows nest  Prattys  cape pond ice .

all the boats in Gloucester   are from Portland Maine today

original productions  looked at our web sight

they want to show  some of the Andrea Gail  photos on T V

show called SWORD like the sword fish  camera crews follow a few boats to  the Grand Banks Newfoundland.  Linda and a couple other boats.

the show  SWORD with Captain Linda Greenlaw is on standby or hold latest word. she drifted over the line ,and was arrested ,boat taken to Saint John Newfoundland

support your local fisherman,

portland  maine is  the dead fishermans  port, fish past ghost town Rockland was first to dry up

hand full of lobsterman left .,   government regulations have made the east coast  ghost fishermans towns, D M R is out of control,

small fishing boats   FISH  not lobster  , but not limited ,

should be encouraged  , not out lawed  . or regulated out of the industry.

embraced by government ,

Gloucester times FRONT PAGE

peter of the western venture   getting  unfair phony violations,

leave the  fisherman and industry alone  GOVERNMENT.

have you not done enough damage.  more  marine patrol  in Maine

than there are fisherman.  PROTECT SOME PHONY paid job .ride around free do we need more state waste on salary,over fishing is not a factor,its a lie

for a dead industry.   you gave every one a ticket twice

we got your  point . we all went  to Gloucester.

choke on your portland fish pier .

working waterfront  my  aching  ass  . who wants to pay for the cooler

million dollar complex to sell a couple fish sandwiches ,

Shame on some one ,.

dont blame the fisherman  that is  bull.

most are dead  ,

leave Linda alone , she drifted over the  line .

any one ever think a tanker might have dragged the gear.

make a big deal  out of nothing , BLANK  EDIT  another fisherman

swords finally did air on discovery. via original productions.they edited out all the good stuff on television. they did not want to be first to air the ANDREA GAIL PHOTO COLLECTION OF ALFRED PIERRE .by Baker,they did not want to pay an extra 200 thousand dollars for the film footage of Captain Greenlaw getting boarded and seized by Canada Coast Gaurd for fishing in Canadian waters  illegally,for what might let viewers see the basis for the OVER THE LINE FISHING that is common in the late 1970s more around 1977 the first year of the 200 mile first years sea territory declaration ,all though Canada and Maine are less than a short mile. or the gray or continualy over lap zone between Maine and Canada or down east Maine.

linda is a notorious sword fish killer
cant wait to hear what they call me  ,  she  is  an ANGEL quote moose her previous crew sword man yes moose from maine like the animal

linda if you get this message call me.  bob

over—    did  you   copy?

EDITOR wanted

went to Gloucester Tuesday December 16th 2008 .

one thing on my mind . photo the Lady Grace ,see if Moses was still in Gloucester.

captain Ron and i like to check on Gloucester. first stop at the Crows Nest . Terry was tending the bar.

Greg was sitting at the other end of the bar. we ordered two hats , two beers ,

any one seen Moses? someone said they just saw him at the fish pier aka state pier.

i knew he would stop at prattys  moses . at prattys Joyce was smoking a cigarette .

long time native Gloucester barmaid at the Crows Nest in the 1900s. beautiful Lady.

got a short chat about the Andrea Gail she cried for Bobby Shatford . and his girlfriend camping out on her couch after they perished .

she gave me a long hug. an old friendly face .

walked in to Prattys took a picture of Moses and the captain Ron.

bartender started yelling at me no cameras ha ha ahaha, he was a stiff old prick

just like every captain would yell at me over the years no f  EDIT camera .

swear one captain dropped my camera over the side as we were getting off the boat after

a trip of throwing over dead haddock over for three days straight. took some nice shots .

lost to the sea for ever . you can see the last flash go off as it descended to the depths.

thousand pound quota on haddock. amendment 13 , the fleet of new england wasted millions of pounds of beautiful fish.

a shameful sin on management regulations. lots of fisherman know how we feel fishing on Georges banks. edit Georges deserves a capital letter.
back to Prattys , piss me off. i replied you let the deadliest catch bring their cameras in.

i walked out disgusted. went took a couple pictures on the fish pier, no one taking fish out,.

captain Ron and Moses were out front looking for me when i came back through . we had a crew of 4 now .

headed to mitchs next to the old timers across from the lady grace berth. across from Saint Peters.

got what i came for . roll of film featuring the movie boat for the perfect storm .

thanks Sebastion Junger for opening Pandoras box. it may have been like all the others

unknown unamed. Fishing Vessel HIGH STAKES ,you never hear that boats name in association with the perfect storm. she was fishing on the Grand Banks in the October storm of 1991. a girl told me her boy friend was on the High Stakes.as were one of my old friends .Jim .glad she told me her story. ERIC  AKA  FOOTY , he was on watch in the wheelhouse of  High Stakes. we know the weather was extreme,to say the least,people wont come out of the house on land ,let alone be on the Grand Banks.the captain and crew were in their bunks. footy was on watch alone jogging or trying to keep the 70 foot steel boats bow into the oncoming wind and waves.Grand Banks home of rouge waves ,that and Georges banks,east coast has rouge wave areas. where the conditions are perfect to produce the surprise widow makers. rouge waves are known by many names.the hand of GOD,if you are on these areas in the Ocean.you are in GODS hands, heavy seas are made on the shoals of Georges. the grand Banks and any other sea mounts where deep vast  bottom meets the continental shelf. Eric is on watch when out of nowhere  he sees the large wall of water heading for the High Stakes. in a split second the sea crashes and breaks on the helpless crew. it pushes the 100 ton ship backwards and inundates the deck full of water. High Stakes has been pused back and down in to the heavy sea storm. just as the wave clears another giant wall of sea water is coming right at the boat , footy knows this is the biggest one he has seen. he yells hold on the crew is not sleeping but they do not see it coming. pow bang like a wave shot from a canon it hits with devastating forces steel breaks snaps and twists the water rushes through nearly every missing window in the wheelhouse. Eric has been blown out of the wheelhouse and finds himself on the back deck full of water and contents of the wheelhouse where he was on watch. he is still alive and kicking.he is shook up but not injured to bad,but he has nearly cut one of his toes off and is bleeding hard. the crew are on alert now.wheelhouse has been destroyed in an instant. no windows left no steering or control.it has been separated from the deck by a couple feet from its original position. its may day may day may day,everymariner’s worst nightmare,we are going down on the Grand Banks .every one on the High Stakes is still alive ,even the boat dog is still alive. the air waves are full of static electricity, and may day is every where. E P I R B s are going off,all coast gaurd stations are on most high alert.crews from other boats are aware of the high stakes distress signalbut there is little any one can do. only choice is take care of yourself.other boats want to help but can not due to sea conditions.  any attempt to make way to their position is futal .waves are at the point where steering is nearly impossible. the fleet has one option batton down ride the storm out,seas are pushing 100 foot boats backwards when they hit the bows. drifting is an option .but this can be fatal in an instant. the crew of the High Stakes are forced to Abandon ship to the life raft. it will be three days in the life raft on the Grand Banks before the crew and dog of the High Stakes will be rescued.Footy is ;losing a lot of blood in the raft .the water inside is blood red and covering the bottom part.the other crew members think  Footy might die from blood loss. its no picinic ride in a life raft in a storm.the raft is not stable and tends to be violently tossed about the monster seas. often men in life rafts are ytossed around so that men are thrown out in to the sea. exhausting being thrashed about,then trying to swim back to the raft and get back in. 3 days in the raft  GOD HELP US is the status.

the camera  is on the list of things that dont impress the captain .

get that EDIT camera out of my wheelhouse!   some crew are all for it .

for a smoke  ,or  a  watch.  do the dishes , prices i have paid for offshore pictures.

the halibut pictures on the Andrea Gail  in 1990 1991 winter . Linda Greenlaw was running the Hanah Boden.  they cost a few smokes . take the first watch home.

all  these pictures of the  perfect storm Andrea Gail on the web . the men in the photos were not the men who died on the boat .

only one man in the andrea gail photos  was lost .

Alfred Pierre