Benefit planned for captain whose boat caught on fire

May 31, 2023 South Atlantic

A benefit for the captain who was injured in a boat fire leaving the Blessing of the Fleet parade in April is set for June 4. Larry Cobb was returning from the Blessing of the Fleet Parade on April 30 when a fire broke out on his shrimp trawler, The F/V Bridget. Unable to extinguish the flames, Cobb, who is 78 years old, was forced to abandon the ship, jumping from the boat into the pluff mud below. He suffered burns to his hands and face, and the ship was destroyed. The loss of The Bridget was upsetting, but the tight-knit fishing and shrimping community quickly rose to the occasion to support Cobb. >click to read< 09:28

benefit planned, Captain Larry Cobb, F/V Bridget, fire broke out, Grace Edwards, June 4 at 2 p.m., Muddy’s Dock Bar, Shem Creek Fisheries, shrimp trawler, shrimping community, South Carolina

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It took me a while to decide how to most accurately describe the situation that has been visited upon the New England fishing communities that are and since colonial times have been dependent on the groundfish fisheries.

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