Wednesday, January 14, 2009

Seattle Goodbye

So we just found out that we will be flying out to Anchorage tomorrow night. Basically right after we finish our last day of training we'll go straight to the airport. It's pretty ridiculous but I guess that's the nature of the job.

I also found out that I'll be based out of Kodiak from the start which means I'll be working on smaller boats, likely pot-fishing for Pacific Cod. Most of my training class will be on giant trawler catcher processors fishing for Pollock but me and the other trainees from my contractor won't i guess. The quality of the smaller boats are generally not as nice as the bigger ones (it varies a lot of course) and they probably aren't as safe or seasickness friendly, but I'll get to be in a port a lot more and have 4-5 day trips instead of 2-3 month trips so I'm happy with it.

The schedule we are on is crazy though, I'll be in Anchorage by tomorrow night and Kodiak by Saturday. I could possibly be out on my first boat by Saturday night. It's incredibly stressful and exciting at the same time!

4 comments:

Anonymous said...

I don't think you're the lady killing sort enough to hurt a girl in port.

. said...

Nay, fair Ross, Kevin kills people of both genders. At will.

Paul's Wine Blog said...

The smaller boat sounds like a good deal, with the 4-5 day working and then time off. Take pictures of the boat and the crew.

Unknown said...

That's exciting. We wish you the best and hope you have a blast! Candle sucks.

Pat and Andrea.