Chapter 3 Summary

The Andrea Gail is ready to go to sea. Meanwhile, crewmembers are saying their last good-byes to friends and families. Billy Stratford and his girlfriend are using a friend's bedroom when they get a call from Sully that it is time for Billy to go. Alfred Pierre and his girlfriend come down from a room upstairs in the Crow's Nest. She has been crying.

Chris and Murph get a load of movies for the trip. Sully and Alfred are complaining to Bugsy that Sully has a bad premonition about this voyage. They have one last drink and file out the door. Bobby and Chris are talking in their car. Bobby says he does not want to go; Chris asks him why doesn't he just stay back? Finally, the entire crew is aboard and the Andrea Gail takes off.

The author now gives a...