| Aye, many's the time we sat around the ship's cabin in a freezin' winter storm wishin' we was home safe and warm with our families. But we have no choice: it's fish or fall behind the parade these days, and you can't always wait for better weather anymore. So you break the ice off the rail and keep on fishin' and devil take the storm, and you with it, if you'll quit before the hold is full. My grandaddy told me of times when the weather was worse and the ice was thicker, and maybe he was telling true. I know that he'd have sailed through anything if he could have had a Dickinson stove aboard the boat. After all, having a stove to thaw yer bones and get you warm and dry when the work takes a pause is about the only thing that allows a man to put up with such crazy business. It may be stretching things a bit to say that stepping off the deck in an icy gale to a cabin heated with a Dickinson is like cozying up to your fireplace; but it's nice to know you've got a place to get warm and dry until you do get back to the home fire. |
Boat Outfitting
