Cape Ann Looking for the Perfect Storm

 

Sebastian Junger was a part time lumberjack with an injury when he headed to Gloucester Mass. for a bit of R&R. The pounding of the waves on the shore due to an off shore storm made him think about being on a fishing boat during a storm. He then was inspired by a local newspaper article about the fate of the boat Andrea Gail to write a 50 page account of the boat in that storm for Outside magazine. From that article a book offer and eventually a movie deal was given titled The Perfect Storm.

Though Hurricane Bill has caused the Mass coast to be under tropical storm warnings it looks pretty calm and Bill is heading out further to sea. Still the chance to just kick around a place is always one of my favorite things to do. After telling some local fishermen about being on a boat and bringing up a blue lobster at a small bar, my acceptance factor grew. With lobstermen only getting around $2.25 a pound the costs for operating have steeply risen. The fact that at many restaurants in the big cities a lobster can go for around $25 made me think of the Perfect Rip Off.