It Was A Dark And Stormy Night

OK, not really, but it sounded like a catchy title.

Photo by Evan Brockett on Unsplash

The reality is, the Pacific Ocean just off the Oregon Coast, was as it usually is on an August night. A little breezy with a 4–6 foot swell running through. I was 28 years old and it was my first trip as Captain on board the Fishing Vessel Miss Marleen. She was an old fifty-five-foot wooden trawler that had good bones, but as…