The Hungry Ocean: A Swordboat Captain’s Journey
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The term fisherwoman does not exactly roll trippingly off the tongue, and Linda Greenlaw, the world’s only female swordfish boat captain, isn’t flattered when people insist on calling her one. “I am a woman. I am a fisherman… I am not a fisherwoman, fisherlady, or fishergirl. If anything else, I am a thirty-seven-year-ancient tomboy. It’s a word I have never outgrown.” Greenlaw also happens to be one of the most successful fishermen in the Grand Banks commercial fleet, though until the publication of Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm, “nobody cared.” Greenlaw’s boat, the Hannah Boden, was the sister ship to the doomed Andrea Gail, which disappeared in the mother of all storms in 1991 and became the focus of Junger’s book. The Hungry Ocean, Greenlaw’s account of a monthlong swordfishing trip over 1,000 nautical miles out to sea, tells the tale of what happens when things go right–proving, in the process, that every successful voyage is a study in narrowly averted disaster.There is the weather, the constant danger of mechanical failure, the perils of controlling five sleep-, women-, and booze-deprived young fishermen in close quarters, not to mention the threat of a terrible fishing run: “If we don’t catch fish, we don’t get paid, period. In fleeting, there is no labor union.” Greenlaw’s straightforward, uncluttered prose underscores the qualities that make her a excellent captain, regardless of gender: fairness, physical and mental endurance, obsessive attention to detail. But, ultimately, Greenlaw proves that the like of fishing–in all of its grueling, isolating, suspenseful glory–is a matter of the heart and blood, not the mind. “I knew that the ocean had tales to tell me, all I needed to do was listen.” –Svenja SoldovieriAmazon.com Review
The term fisherwoman does not exactly roll trippingly off the tongue, and Linda Greenlaw, the world’s only female swordfish boat captain, isn’t flattered when people insist on calling her one. “I am a woman. I am a fisherman… I am not a fisherwoman, fisherlady, or fishergirl. If anything else, I am a thirty-seven-year-ancient tomboy. It’s a word I have never outgrown.” Greenlaw also happens to be one of the most successful fishermen in the Grand Banks commercial fleet, though until the publication of Sebastian Junger’s The Perfect Storm, “nobody cared.” Greenlaw’s boat, the Hannah Boden, was the sister ship to the doomed Andrea Gail, which disappeared in the mother of all storms in 1991 and became the focus of Junger’s book. The Hungry Ocean, Greenlaw’s account of a monthlong swordfishing trip over 1,000 nautical miles out to sea, tells the tale of what happens when things go right–proving, in the process, that every successful voyage is a study in narrowly averted disaster.
There is the weather, the constant danger of mechanical failure, the perils of controlling five sleep-, women-, and booze-deprived young fishermen in close quarters, not to mention the threat of a terrible fishing run: “If we don’t catch fish, we don’t get paid, period. In fleeting, there is no labor union.” Greenlaw’s straightforward, uncluttered prose underscores the qualities that make her a excellent captain, regardless of gender: fairness, physical and mental endurance, obsessive attention to detail. But, ultimately, Greenlaw proves that the like of fishing–in all of its grueling, isolating, suspenseful glory–is a matter of the heart and blood, not the mind. “I knew that the ocean had tales to tell me, all I needed to do was listen.” –Svenja Soldovieri
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We don’t want all you crazy people flocking to our towns, crazing our lives, and asking if you can “come out on our boats for a ride”. We fish for a living, Just because a Captain writes a excellent book, dosen’t mean you psycho’s ought to come running up here asking questions, just like you did after Junger’s book. Chill out. Let us do our jobs. You can just read the books. But until you step on the deck of a longliner for a month, and in most of our cases year after year, please don’t act like you know what it’s like…this isnt flyfishing. Stick to what you know people. We will stick to what we do.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
The literary values of the book are few or non-existent. The reader that could be interested will be probably a commercial fisherman. If you do not know why a tale of butchery, animal cruelty or brutal exploitation of a disappearing fauna gets published do not buy it or,if it is too late, do not read it.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
The only redeeming thing about this book is that it highlights everything that is incorrect with the commercial fishing industry. Greenlaw chronicles her vessels rape of the ocean, all the while slandering the government and environmentalists who want to protect the resources for the future. Anyone who knows anything about the actual state of the fishery will see right through her self-centered diatribe. She really brags about torturing a shark to death in some sort of pagan ritual to change her luck. Please take my advice and don’t let this sick idiot profit any more from her exploits. If you want to read a excellent book on fishing (and its impact on the environment) try Cod by Mark Kurlansky.
Reader’s Rating: 1 / 5
This is about catching swordfish with linda greenlaw the leader fantastic book for a newbie on the theme i judge this by far is her best book. Also has a small bit about her sister boat from the perfect storm another fantastic book (by sebastian junger).
Reader’s Rating: 5 / 5
I am not too familiar with commercial fishing. I was looking for an engaging book on the topic. What I got was a book that effortlessly captured the boredom and tedium of life at sea. Anyway, I learned some stuff (but it wasn’t fun).
Reader’s Rating: 2 / 5