My wife and I sat in the family room, watching a recent episode of Deadliest Catch. At this particular moment, the focus is on the Cornelia Marie the boat formerly run by Captain Phil Harris, who died several seasons ago. Since that time, the Cornelia Marie had been off-camera, without owner or without anyone to serve as her captain. Phil was survived by two sons, who were both taken in by the other captains in the fleet to teach them what it would take to run their father’s boat. As the seasons passed, the younger son decided he wasn’t cut out to run a crab boat, and left. The elder son, Josh crewed on the other boats, and then in a surprise this season, came back into the picture as the new “owner” of the Cornelia Marie. Josh was far from ready to run the operation, so he hired Captain Casey McManus to run the boat, and teach him what he’d need to know to take over the wheelhouse in the future. Throughout the season, we’ve watched Casey and Josh together in the wheelhouse, taking turns at running the boat. A week or two before this, the fishing hadn’t been so hot for the Cornelia. Time was running out on opie season, and in order to help hit their quota, Josh volunteered to join the rest of the crew on deck. Continue reading “All Hands on Deck”