A curious tale is all

[Shayne]

Fisherman's last stand: No one could save the captain who refused to abandon his boat

'They left a good man to die': When the Coast Guard couldn't get Roger Stoddard off his boat, six men from Canso, N.S., went in search of his body

nationalpost.com

And its annoying me that i can't remember who it was big frankie (lifelong fisherman and stand in RNLI coxswain) dragged forcibly from the wheelhouse as the boat sank off my home shore . More common than most realize maybe ?

 

[Shayne]

1995
The Thanks of the Institution inscribed on Vellum was accorded to crew member Frank Horne in recognition of the courageous personal risks he took when he was transferred from the lifeboat Ruby Clery to the swamped fishing vessel Three Sisters and pulled three people to safety as the vessel suddenly rolled over and began to sink, 20 miles north west of Peel in moderate seas on 17 October 1994.

There we go , i worked a few trips on that boat to so you would think i'd remember