Wind, Waves, and A Suicidal Boat
Personal Stories from the Most Dangerous Job in the World
By Chris White
94 Pages
$11.95 (plus shipping)
Chris White is no weekend warrior heading out for well-planned adventures in a comfortable vessel to do battle with the sea’s bounty. For twenty-five years he has worked the waters off Alaska boating in minimal craft and under horrendous conditions. His commitment was to run his own commercial fishing business, beginning his career with an old rented boat that was determined to rest in peace.
This slim volume of stories covers the more than two decades White has spent fishing the frigid Alaskan waters – the close calls, the bad decisions, the terrifying storms of the Bering Sea with fifty-foot waves and hundred-mile-per-hour winds, and the undying optimisim of a man who has found his purpose and his soul leaving behind the security of solid ground.
Adventurer, commercial fisherman, philosopher – and now a self-published author – Chris White is “determined not to linger on the safe side of life.” For White, “the authentic road of one’s highest purpose frequently requires a step into the unknown, a leap of faith.”
