How does a college-educated English major end up becoming a sword boat captain?
LG: Before I started working on commercial boats, I never saw myself becoming a captain. Growing up, we always had boats, we always fished and we set traps for lobster. But becoming a captain and running a boat was something that girls just didn’t do. When I went to college, I wasn’t real sure what I wanted to do. I suppose I chose English because I like to read…I was 19 when I took my first job on a fishing boat to help pay for school and I quickly realized that I really loved it. DW: Were you taken seriously when you first sought a job on a fishing boat? LG: When I first signed on, I came aboard as a cook. Shortly after fishing began, another crewmember got hurt, so they needed me on deck. The injured guy took over cooking and I realized how much I loved the physical work and catching fish. DW: If you had tried to sign on as deck crew, would you have gotten the job? LG: In 1979, probably not, but not necessarily because I’m a woman. Back then there was a lot of money being made in co
