SHIPS
Billy Tyne's boat
Andrea Gail
Lucky in love, but gets paid less than anybody else on the Andrea Gail
Bobby Shatford
nautical term for a boat capsizing end-over-end, where the bow buries into the water (often in a large wave or wake) and the stern lifts up, flipping the vessel completely upside down
pitch poling
"Home" to Bobby Shatford . . . and many other seagoing Gloucester residents
The Crow's Nest
Name for a swordfishing boat that is based on the method of fishing
Longliner
Hannah Boden
In addition to fishing, he's also the cook on the Andrea Gail
Murph (Dale Murphy)
alerts search and rescue services to a vessel in distress by transmitting a coded distress signal, including its location, via satellites, when activated (manually or automatically)
EPIRB (Emergency Position Indicating Radio Beacon)
Antarctic storms generate huge swells, half a mile between crests, that create the biggest waves in all of America at this spot
Hawaii
Name of the wing-like stabilizers the hang from outriggers on a swordfishing vessel
birds
32-foot recreational sailboat making its way to Bermuda
Satori
Out of all the men on the Andrea Gail, he loves fishing the most. After all, he "chose the boat" over his marriage.
Billy Tyne
Among his several near misses, he once was attacked by a mako shark! (In the book)
Dale "Murph" Murphy
Name of the spot where most of the swordfishing fleet spends their time
The Grand Banks
Name for an unpredictable, irregular wave (by definition, one that is twice the size of its surrounding waves)
rogue wave
Swordfish boat fairly close to Billy Tyne's boat, captained by Albert Johnston.
Mary T.
Last name of Bob, who owns the boat (and who has an "iffy" reputation around Gloucester)
Brown
Being sideways to the wind and waves (and therefore VERY vulnerable to getting tipped over).
broaching
Distant fishing grounds (for desperate people like Billy Tyne!)
The Flemish Cap
The call sent out when things are looking bad enough that you need a rescue
Mayday!
Japanese swordfish boat, twice the size of Billy Tyne's, with a Canadian observer onboard
Eishin Maru
His real name is Michael
Bugsy Moran
name of the part of the ship where the controls are and where the captain steers from
wheelhouse
Nearest body of land to where the Andrea Gail was last heard from
Sable Island
Kind of weather with enough energy to power the entire United States for four days
one thunderstorm