Nautical Twilight: The Story of a Cape Cod Fishing Family

Nautical Twilight: The Story of a Cape Cod Fishing Family

Nautical Twilight is informative, an historic account and a love story. It is a glimpse into the unique world of a waterman's life while recalling the best and the worst of commercial fishing. This book is a tribute to the men and women who love to fish, recounting true-life adventures as the story describes situations, characters and answers questions such as: Where have all the fishing boats gone? What is Shack? What has federal intervention done to change this industry? This seafaring story follows one family who fishes Cape Cod Bay, the Middle Bank and Nantucket Sound, but it mirrors the thousands of other small boat owners who know the joy of a good catch and the pain of loosing friends at sea. In 1970 David builds a twenty-three foot dory and finds out it's not big enough. The 'Wildflower' is rescued, rebuilt and put to work fishing and scalloping. After ten years the family buys the F/V Richard & Arnold. There is humor, adventure and frustration as the wife of a fisherman captures a way of life, the family's independent nature, the tenacity and spirit that have given them the tools to survive in a time of red tape and regulation, log books and satellite tracking. This memoir gives the reader an opportunity to understand what has happened to the inshore fishing fleets of the Northeast. It is a celebration, a gift to the men and women who leave the land before sunrise and return after sunset
Book Reviews: "An excellent book for anyone who wonders where their local fish comes from and what it was like to fish when times were good." Mark Alan Lovewel l- Vineyard Gazette
"The book chronicles the changes in fishing from the freedom of the open sea to endless rules and regulation." Rich Eldred - The Cape Codder
"Dutra pens poignant fishing life memoir" Steve Kennedy- Commercial Fisheries News
"A small story in that it chronicles one family- is also an epic story like that of the settlers heading west counting on hopes and hard work to lead them to a better life. The story is like a heart warming movie filled will shared joy and tears." Sue Harrison - Provincetown Banner
Country USA
Manufacturer J. J. Dutra
Binding Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate 2014-03-12
Format Kindle eBook

Country	USA
Manufacturer	J. J. Dutra
Binding	Kindle Edition
ReleaseDate	2014-03-12
Format	Kindle eBook

Nautical Twilight: The Story of a Cape Cod Fishing Family

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