To The Bone

To The Bone

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To The Bone
To The Bone
Deck Life

Deck Life

On being comfortably uncomfortable working as a deckhand

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Hank Shaw
Sep 12, 2023
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Hank Shaw cleaning salmon in the rearview mirror of the boat.

The rumble of the starting engine, a basso clatter that shakes the whole boat, rattles me awake. It’s too early. Really it’s not, but I got too little sleep. Again. Time to work.

My commute aboard the F/V Heather Anne consists of unfolding my stiff and sore joints from the narrow berth in the bow into the cabin, wrapping myself in heavy, rubber Grundens…

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