June 3, 2010: Linda Greenlaw's Seaworthy

SHE CAME IT AS A FEMALE

SWORDFISH SKIPPER AND THE

BEST-SELLER.

SOON AFTER LINDA GREENLAW

LEFT FOR WRITING AND LONG

STERING.

BUT AFTER A DECADE-- LAST

SUMMER'S DISCOVERY CHANNEL

SERIES SWORDS, LIFE ON THE

LINE.

SEASON 2 WILL BE BACK IN

AUGUST.

HER NEW BOOK SEAWORTHY

CHRONICLES HER SHIPPING BACK

OUT TO THE TOUGH LIFE OF

SWORDFISHING AND LINDA

GREENLAW IS HERE.

LOVE THIS BOOK.

>> THANK YOU.

>> I MEAN I'M READING THE

BEGINNING OF IT.

AND IT SAYS YOU STARTED

THINKING ABOUT GOING BACK TO

SWORDFISHING BECAUSE THE

BILLS WERE PILE

APPROXIMATING UP ON YOUR

DESK.

WHAT ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT.

ARE YOU A BEST SELLING

AUTHOR.

>> I KNOW.

THAT'S NOT ALL WHAT IT IS

CRACKED UP TO BE.

I TELL YOU WHAT.

MY HEART STILL SAYS I'M A

FISHERMAN EVEN IF MY CHECK

BOOK SAYS I'M A WRITER.

>> Rooney: SO ONCE AGAIN ARE

YOU HERE ARE YOU GO, GOING

BACK OUT.

YOU HAVE THIS SMALL GROUP OF

GUYS.

THE INTENSITY OF WHAT ARE

YOU DOING, BUT I CAN'T GET

OVER JUST THE LIVING

SITUATION ITSELF.

YOU ADJUST TO THAT.

>> IT IS INTENSE.

AND I STARTED WHEN I WAS 19

YEARS OLD SO MAYBE I DIDN'T

KNOW ANY BETTER BACK THEN.

I WAS TOLD AT 19 ALL I

NEEDED WAS A STRONG BACK AND

A WEAK MIND AND THOSE TWO

THINGS SUITED THE JOB PRETTY

WELL FOR MANY YEARS.

>> Rooney: YOU WERE TALKING

ABOUT SLEEPING IN A SLEEPING

BAG, YOU CAN'T EVEN FLIP

OVER.

YOU THINK AT LEAST IF ARE

YOU OUT FISHING ALL DAY YOU

COULD HAVE A COMFORTABLE

NIGHT SLEEP BUT NO.

>> NOT ON THE SEAHAWK.

THAT IS ONE OF THE SMALLER.

AND WORST MAINTAINED BOATS

I'VE EVER BEEN ON.

IT WAS A MISTAKE TO TAKE IT

OFF THE DOCK BUT WE GOT

THROUGH IT.

>> Rooney: HOW DID THAT

HAPPEN?

I MEAN DID YOU GET ASSIGNED

TO THAT BOAT, WHAT WAS IT

SHALL DID -- HOW DOES THAT

WORK.

>> THE TEN YEARS THAT I WAS

NOT SWORDFISHING I HAD A FEW

OPPORTUNITIES TO GO AND THE

TIMING WAS JUST NEVER RIGHT.

I EITHER HAD 800 LOBSTER

TRAPS IN THE WATER THAT I

COULDN'T JUST DESERT OR WAS

IN THE MIDDLE OF A BOOK TOUR

AND COULDN'T CALL THE

PUBLICIST AND SAY HEY, I'M

OUT OF HERE AND GOING

FISHING.

SO I ALWAYS WANTED TO GET

BACK TO IT.

SO TWO YEARS AGO I GOT A

PHONE CALL FROM A FRIEND OF

MINE WHO MANAGES FOUR BOATS

ONE OF WHICH IS THE SEAHAWK

IT IS THE BOAT THAT I KNOW

FROM YEARS AGO WAS ALWAYS A

GREAT PRODUCING BOAT.

A GREAT BOAT.

BUT YOU KNOW FAST FORWARD

TEN YEARS, THINGS AREN'T THE

SAME.

>> Rooney: IT'S-- IT WAS

OLD.

HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS.

SCARY PROBLEMS.

>> WE HAD A LOT OF PROBLEMS

ON THE BOAT, YEAH.

MY CREW WORKED REALLY HARD

JUST TO KIND OF KEEP THINGS

TOGETHER.

AND IT WAS PRETTY MUCH A

NIGHTMARE FOR A TRIP.

I WAS TELLING SOMEBODY

EARLIER TODAY THAT IF THAT,

THE TRIP THAT I WROTE ABOUT

IN SEAWORTHY HAD BEEN MY

FIRST TRIP, THERE NEVER

WOULD HAVE BEEN A SECOND

ONE.

>> Rooney: OF COURSE YOU

OPEN UP THE BOOK TALKING

ABOUT BEING PUT IN JAIL IN

NEWFOUNDLAND.

YOU HAVE TO TELL THAT STORY,

WHAT HAPPENED.

>> I LOVE TO BLAME THAT ON

THE BOAT BUT UNFORTUNATELY

IT WAS ALL ME.

IT WAS ALL ME.

>> Rooney: YOU COULDN'T HAVE

CRIED YOUR WAY OUT OF THAT.

>> YOU KNOW, I WISH I COULD

HAVE.

I MADE THE MISTAKE OF

THINKING I WOULD JUST TELL

THE TRUTH AND THAT HAS

ALWAYS WORKED BEFORE.

NO.

>> Rooney: WHAT HAPPENED.

>> WELL, I MADE A VERY LEGAL

SET.

SET MY GEAR IN INTERNATIONAL

WATER AND KNOWING THAT IT

WAS GOING TO DRIFT AWAY FROM

THE CANADIAN LINE, THEIR 200

MILE LIMIT.

GOT UP THE NEXT MORNING,

GRABBED HOLD OF THE END AND

I WORK ON DECK WITH THE GUYS

ALL DAY.

AND LONG STORY SHORT, MY

GEAR HAD BEEN SEVERED BY A

SHIP AND TOWED ACROSS THE

200 MILE LIMIT.

I WASN'T AWARE OF IT BECAUSE

WE DON'T HAVE ELECTRONICS ON

DECK.

AND THE CANADIANS PATROL

THEIR LIMIT 200 MILE LIMIT

VERY STRINGENTLY AS THEY

SHOULD.

AND AIRPLANE FLEW OVER US

AND WE WERE LIKE OH, YEAH,

HI T IS CAN TAN PATROL PLANE,

NO BIG DEAL.

THEY BUZZED US LIKE THREE

TIMES AND I FINALLY THOUGHT,

YOU KNOW, MAYBE I BETTER GO

UP AND SEE WHAT'S UP.

MAYBE THEY ARE TRYING TO GET

ME ON THE RADIO.

AND I ENTERED THE BRIDGE OF

THE BOAT AND THE FIRST THING

I LOOKED AT WAS THE CHART

PLOTER NAVIGATIONAL CHART

AND I COULD SEE THAT I WAS

IN BIG TROUBLE.

FOUR MILES ON THE WRONG SIDE

OF THE LINE.

>> SO EVEN IF YOUR GEAR WAS

SEVERED, THAT DIDN'T MATTER.

>> IT DIDN'T MATTER.

INTENT HAS NOTHING TO DO

WITH IT.

I WAS ON THE WRONG SIDE OF

THE LINE, HAULING GEAR.

I HAD A DUE DILIGENCE

OFFENSE AFFORDED TO ME AND

IT IS A VERY HIGH STANDARD.

AND I SHOULD SAY NO ONE HAS

EVER BEEN ACQUITTED OF THOSE

CHARGES AND I WAS NOT TO BE

THE FIRST.

I WAS FOUND GUILTY AND IT

WAS A VERY EXPENSIVE LESSON.

>> Rooney: SO THEY FINED YOU

AND TRIED TO TAKE YOUR HAUL.

WHAT HAPPENED THERE.

>> YOU KNOW WHAT, AS IT

TURNED OUT, GENERALLY THEY

WOULD TAKE YOUR CATCH BUT IN

THE CASE OF SWORDFISH IN

NEWFOUNDLAND THERE IS NO

MARKET FOR IT WZ.

>> Rooney: WHY IS THAT.

>> THEY DON'T EAT IT THERE.

WHICH IS CRAZY.

>> Rooney: SO THEY

DIDN'T-- SO YOU GOT TO KEEP

THE FISH.

>> GOT TO KEEP THE FISH BUT

WE HAD VERY FEW, IF WAS THE

FIRST SET OF THE FISH SO IT

IS NOT LIKE WE HAD A

BOATLOAD OF FISH.

>> Rooney: SO AFTER THAT YOU

WENT BACK OUT.

ENDED UP GETTING A

SUCCESSFUL CATCH BUT --

>> WE ENDED UP PUTTING SOME

FISH ON THE BOAT.

IT WASN'T BANNER TRIP BY ANY

MEANS BUT IT WAS RESPECTABLE.

>> Rooney: ARE YOU GOING TO

KEEP DOING THIS NOW, DO YOU

THINK?

>> I AM SEASONALLY.

I WENT AGAIN LAST SEASON.

WE FILMED FOR SEE SON 2 OF

THE LIFE ON THE LINE AND I'M

GOING AGAIN AUGUST 1st.

I'M ACTUALLY LOOKING FORWARD

TO IT.

I'M GETTING MY OLD BOAT BACK

WHICH IS THE BOAT THAT I RAN

FOR SIX YEARS DURING THE

PERFECT STORM TIME.

SO IT IS A MUCH BIGGER, MUCH

BETTER BOAT.

>> Rooney: NOW YOU DON'T, I

MEAN, DOES THAT SEEM LIKE

ANCIENT HISTORY, PUT IN

CONTEXT THAT YOU WERE THE

LAST PEOPLE, THE LAST BOAT

REALLY TO SPEAK TO THE BOAT,

THE AN AGREE-- ANDREA GAIL.

>> I SUPPOSE IT IS ANCIENT

HISTORY BUT I STILL HEAR SO

MUCH ABOUT IT.

AND THE TRAVELS.

PEOPLE STILL KNOW THAT I AM

THE WOMAN WHO SURVIVED THE

PERFECT STORM SO IT SEEMS A

LITTLE PRESSURE TO ME.

I.

>> DO YOU THINK ABOUT IT ANY

MORE.

AND HAS THE TECHNOLOGY, THAT

WAS PRETTY GOOD TECHNOLOGY

BACK THEN TOO.

BUT HAS IT JUST IMPROVED TO

THE POINT WHERE THAT

COULDN'T HAPPEN?

>> NO, IT COULD ALWAYS

HAPPEN.

TECHNOLOGY I DON'T THINK WAS

REALLY A FACTOR.

YOU KNOW T WAS A VERY

STRANGE WEATHER SITUATION

WHERE THREE DIFFERENT LOW

PRESSURE SYSTEMS COLLIDED.

ONE OF THEM ACTUALLY BACKED

UP, WENT FROM EAST TO WEST

WHICH NEVER HAPPENS IN THIS

HEMISPHERE OR VERY RARELY

HAPPENS.

AND BILLY AND HIS CREW WERE

IN THE WRONG PLACE AT THE

WRONG TIME.

THEY DIDN'T HAVE ANY

WARNING.

>> DOES YOUR CREW KNOW WHEN

THEY SIGN ON WITH YOU THAT

THEY ARE LIKELY TO BE THE

SUBJECT OF A BOOK.

>> THEY DO NOW.

>> Rooney: NO, SERIOUSLY,

YOU MUST BE DOWN THERE IN

YOUR LITTLE BUDGETIE OR

WHATEVER TAKING COPIOUS

NOTES.

>> NO T I DON'T WRITE AT SEA

AT ALL.

I'M WAY TOO BUSY.

I KEEP A REAL-- .

>> Rooney: HOW DO YOU

REMEMBER ALL THAT STUFF.

>> I'VE GOT AN IRON TRAP OR

STEEL-TRAP OR WHATEVER THEY

SAY, YEAH.

I DO HAVE A GOOD MEMORY.

I ALWAYS, BEFORE I EVEN

STARTED WRITING BOOKS WHEN I

WAS FISHING I WOULD GO TO

SHORE AND TELL STORIES AND

PEOPLE SAY OH, YOU OUGHT TO

WRITE A BOOK.

THOSE ARE REALLY GOOD

STORIES.

I NEVER THOUGHT I WOULD BUT

HERE MI BOOK NUMBER 7.

>> Rooney: NOW WHAT IS IT

LIKE HAVING A FAT IN BOTH OF

THESE WORLDS.

YOU LOOK TAN AND FIT, LOOK

LIKE ARE YOU READY TO JUMP

BACK ON THE BOAT AND HERE

ARE YOU ON A BOOK TOUR, WHAT

IS THAT LIKE?

>> YOU CAN'T IMAGINE TWO

MORE DISSIMILAR WORLDS.

>> Rooney: I K AS A MATTER

OF FACT.

>> I MEAN IT IS JUST LIKE

NIGHT AND DAY WHICH KEEPS MY

LIFE VERY INTERESTING.

>> Rooney: DO YOU HAVE A

PREFERENCE?

OPINIONS YEAH, I WOULD

RATHER BE FISHING, FOR SURE.

EVEN A BAD TRIP.

>> Rooney: WHICH ONE IS THE

BETTER LIVELIHOOD.

>> DEFINITELY WRITING.

>> Rooney: IS THAT RIGHT.

>> YUP.

UNFORTUNATELY.

>> Rooney: WHAT WILL HAPPEN

WITH THE NEW FISHING

REGULATIONS.

ARE THE SMALL FISHERMAN

GOING TO GO OUT OF

BUSINESSANCE A LOT OF SMALL

FISHERMAN HAVE GONE OUT OF

BUSINESS, WHICH IS SAD.

ESPECIALLY IN MY SWORDFISHING

INDUSTRY THERE AREN'T A

WHOLE LOT OF BOATS LEFT.

BUT THE FISH REE'S IN GREAT

SHAPE.

THE ATLANTIC SWORDFISH DOCK

IS AT 100% MAXIMUM

SUSTAINABLE YIELD.

LAST FALL HI THE BIGGEST

AVERAGE FISH FOR THE SEASON

THAT I HAVE EVER HAD SINCE I

WAS 19 YEARS OLD.

171 MOUND AVERAGE FISH T WAS

JUST INCREDIBLE.

ALL GOOD SIGNS.

MANY OF THE FISH REES ARE,

HAVE TURNED A CORNER AND

THINGS ARE REALLY GETTING

GOOD AND PEOPLE ALWAYS HERE

GLOOM AND DOOM.

>> Rooney: WE ARE WORRIED

ABOUT IS THAT OIL SPILL WE

HOPE THAT DOESN'T --

>> WE'RE ALL WORRIED AND

SICK ABOUT THAT.

I'VE GONE FROM BEING WORRIED

AND SICK TO BEING REALLY

MAD.

I CAN'T EVEN IMAGINE WE ARE

STILL CALLING IT A SPILL,

REALLY, SPILL?

IT SOUNDS SO HARMLESS AND

INNOCENT.

>> Rooney: IT'S NOT.

LINDA GREENLAW.

SEAWORTHY, THANKS A LOT FOR

COMING.

>> THANK FOR HAVING ME.

>> Rooney: THAT IS IT FOR

"GREATER BOSTON."

A REMINDER TO TUNE INTO THE

NEW 89.7 FOR MY RADIO SHOW

FOLLOWED BY CALLIE CROSSLEY

AT ONE.

TOMORROW NIGHT IT'S BEAT THE

PRESS.

THE ROLE VIDEO PLAYED FOR

BOTH SIDES IN THE ISRAELI

SEA RAID PLUS A LOCAL

POLITICIAN, WHY AN URBAN

MYTH IS SO HARD TO DEBUNK.

TOMORROW AT 70 CLOCK.

NOW STAY TUNED TO A LIVE

EDITION OF BASIC BLACK.

I'M EMILY ROONEY.

GOOD NIGHT.