This First Person column is written by Maisie McNaughton, who is a deckhand on a lobster fishing boat in Aldouane, N.B. For more information about CBC’s First Person stories, please see the FAQ.
A sou’easter blew with force, stronger by the second, making the waves choppy and short. My mom, laughing as she tends to in these situations, said, “Ya gotta drive ‘er it like you stole ‘er!”
We were sailing at a good clip to keep her lobster boat steady and skip over the waves. A bit nervously, I laughed along with her, somewhat glad that we were cutting our fishing
