The caches in this series are named from a documentary/reality television series on a satellite/cable channel. It portrays the real life events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and C. opilio crab fishing seasons.
The show's name derives from the inherent high risk of injury or death the crews face due to the hazardous work environment and nature of the work itself. Something that shouldn’t happen when looking for these caches!
This cache series will features some of the various fishing boats from the deadliest catch.
F/V Northwestern
Northwestern was built in 1977 at Marco Shipyard in Seattle, WA. She was originally 108 feet in length overall. The vessel was built specifically for the King and Tanner crab fisheries of Alaska’s Bering Sea.
In 1981 there was a collapse of the King crab fishery so the boat stayed busy fishing Tanner crab. In the early-80's, Northwestern was one of the first boats to fish Opilio crab. The Opilio crab fishery turned out to be the “bread and butter” fishery for the entire crab fleet. Opilio fishing lead to over-capitalization of the fishery overall with several new boats being built at that time.
The important stuff:
The cache contains a log book only, so please bring a pen or a pencil.
To collect the bonus, don't forget the clues at each cache