Since the boats are both moving so dramatically, the most stable shot for the camera person is one that is hand held. When shooting hand held, it’s best to shoot on a wide angle lens to lessen the shakiness of the shot. This is why the chase boats get so close to the fishing boats; because they can’t really zoom in.

Meanwhile, the F/V Cornelia Marie continues fishing for King Crab. Our season is short due to lower quotas, but is going well. We have made one delivery to St. Paul and will be finished soon.

On October 15, the Alaska King Crab fleet started the 2009 King Crab Season. Among these boats include those on the “Deadliest Catch”. Our boat, the F/V Cornelia Marie is on the ground fishing now. Unlike last year at this time, things are going well for our boat and crew (knock on wood). Last year we had many mechanical problems that delayed our King Crab start.

If fishing is good, we’ll have a couple trips out to sea before we reach our quota. Of course, there are always things to keep it interesting. This season we have an “Observer” on board.

Thanks to our friends at Dutch Harbor Dirt Blog for the pics.

Nikki from Pittsburg, PA

The Cornelia Marie online store is in desperate need of real life folks to show what the merchandise looks like.  We do have some great models now, including Jake Harris and fans of the show… but we need more!  If you want your image to appear in our online store, just visit http://drop.io/CorneliaMarie and easily upload your photo.  Don’t worry about the size or quality, we’ll take care of that.  If you have any trouble, just email the webmaster through the contact form on this website.  I can’t guarantee that it will go in the online store section, but I’ll definitely include it on the site in the gallery section.  Thanks to Nikki who sent in this great shot of her wearing our Indigo Blue hoodie.

This year the Captain and Crew of the F/V Cornelia Marie are searching for a new greenhorn.  Among the qualities needed will undoubtedly be a yearning for adventure, a good sense of humor, and the ability to think fast, work hard, and just refuse to admit defeat.

It’s possible a lucky person may get the coveted brass ring and a chance to prove themselves.  Along with the chance comes a promise to be worked beyond normal endurance levels in freezing weather.  Included, too, is the possibility of vomiting unmercifully as you enjoy the most amazing sunrise one has ever seen.

Who will be the winner of the opportunity of a lifetime?  Applications are being taken ”Cornelia Marie Style”  by Captain Phil Harris along with his sons Jake and Josh.  Only those with tenacity, a strong sense of adventure, and a strong body that will keep going past the point when the mind has already thrown in the towel need apply.

Saturday August 29, Captain Phil Harris, Jake, and Josh are conducting interviews at the Gold Coast Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas.

My friend Adam who runs the cdiver.net website - a online community for the world’s commercial divers - was telling me the dangerous working conditions of commercial divers.  Of course, in the most recent season of “Deadliest Catch” we saw this first hand when Captain Keith Colburn of the F/V Wizard took a shot to the head when trying to inspect his ship’s haul.  In this video above, the diver quickly looses part of his thumb on a dive job.  Yikes!  His boss on the radio calmy tells him not too worry about the blood because there aren’t any large fish around.  Lots of ways to get hurt!  Thanks to all the commercial divers around the world working on oil rigs, ships, underwater pipes, etc. - stay safe!
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Captain Phil Harris and Cornelia Marie Devlin, co-owners of the FV Cornelia Marie, appeared at the recent Fourth of July “Alaska Aviation Museum Salmon Bake & Fly By”. According to Emilie Saunders from the Museum, this year’s event was the most successful ever with over 700 in attendance.

This was Cornelia Marie’s first public appearance and she thoroughly enjoyed the experience. During the course of the weekend she and Captain Phil had dinner with raffle winners at Humpy’s, rode in the parade, and signed autographs. The pair both enjoyed flying in the museum’s Grumman Goose. There are only about 20-30 of this make and model still in operation.  (photos provided by Heidi DuFresne and the Alaska Aviation Museum)

You may have heard the gut-wrenching story about the sinking of the Seahawk in 1983 during Corey’s appearance on “After The Catch.” During the interview with us, Corey gave a detailed account of his terrifying ordeal at the age of 18.

“We overloaded the boat with too many crab pots. That was the first mistake we made… The steering ram must have broke inside the rudder room… I went out on deck…and by this time the whole boat was already on its side.” Hear the story from Corey himself in this videotaped  interview recorded in June at his home in Astoria, Oregon.

In the next installment, we’ll hear from both Freddy and Corey of the Cornelia Marie. They knew each other for years before working side by side on deck. You will hear more about why they love fishing on the Bering Sea, scary stories from the deck of the Cornelia Marie and more in the next video clip and blog…coming soon.

The biggest thing that sticks out in your mind when you think of Corey might be his harrowing story of being shipwrecked in 1983 on the unfortunate F/V Seahawk.  A few weeks ago, I interviewed Corey at his home town of Astoria, Oregon.  I got an inside look into the terrifying scenario that is every fisherman’s worst nightmare.

“The boat rolled over and was upside down within twenty minutes but it took about four hours to fully sink…We spent the whole night in the water and we could see the rescue choppers flying about us.  They didn’t think that we were in the debris…”

Listen to Corey tell the whole story of  how he helped save the lives of a few of his fellow crewmen by creating a makeshift raft out of debris and in the exclusive videotaped interview with Corey Eisenbarth.

Stay tuned to Corneliamarie.com to for the first installment of our exlusive interview with Corey Eisenbarth.  We will also bring you information about Freddy Maugatai, fellow Cornelia Marie deckhand and good friend of Corey.