Sunday, March 6, 2011

How Do You Capture A 6-Ton Killer Whale...

Rogues Blog #9:
... well, legally you don't. And that's a good thing! But in "Rogues" a conniving, "greed-is-good" billionaire (Mitchell Chandler) blackmails a feisty commercial fisherman (Zora Flame) to do just that. And what kind of vessel does it take? I found precisely the boat for the job at Platypus Marine in Port Angeles, a 45-minute drive west of Port Townsend. She's a 58' Delta seiner which boat guru - and columnist for "Peninsula Daily News" - David Sellars explained might be the toughest boat on the water. "Bullet proof" he called her. David has been extremely helpful in explaining to this landlubber the ins and outs of boating. That's him in the picture with Platypus's Dan O'Keefe during a tour they gave me of the facility. Impressive place! The middle pic is of the big seiner (rigged with seine nets, thus the name), and as you can see they are like icebergs: a lot more below surface than above. So Zora leases a seiner like the one below and the adventure begins. The other vessel pictured was once owned by a struggling entrepreneur named Aristotle Onassis. Zora/Zorba? Hmmm...
Dan O'Keefe and David Sellars


Northwind

58' Delta seiner

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