Everything You Didn’t Know About Andrea Gail, The Fishing Vessel Lost In ‘The Perfect Storm’
In the fall of 1991, a catastrophic storm swept the northeastern coast of the U.S., wreaking havoc along the coast of Massachusetts. The storm would strike the coast with no name, afterward only gaining the title of the ‘perfect storm’ and inspiring a movie of the same name. It made landfall suddenly with no one anticipating its hurricane-strength devastation, with those on land feeling its effects but those at sea having a first-hand account of the strength of its winds and rain. The Andrea Gail set out of Gloucester on what was meant to be a month-long fishing trip off the coast of Newfoundland, covering a total of 900 miles,,, What they didn’t know is that the storm heading up the coast would take the lives of 13 people and causing millions of dollars in damage from Florida all the way up to Nova Scotia. photos, >click to read< 10:20
It is a shame to lose love ones at sea .I knew the owner Captain Bob Brown ,and he unloaded his swordfish here at my dock in Gloucester back in the 80,s .He always took good care of his boats ,and do not belive the two reasons given as to why she sank >Bill Tyne was an inshore fisherman this was his first trip on an of shore boat .He could have gone into Nova Scotia and wait out the bad weather, I belive he was experienced that was to blame .My Dad taught me a long time ago to respect the sea .In any event my heart goes out to all the family’s Thank You Sam Parisi
The sea is a cruel mistress