The season premiere of “Deadliest Catch” will be April 13, 2010. This will be the sixth season of the “Deadliest Catch” and the fifth season that the “Cornelia Marie” has been featured on the show. The television crew from Original Productions boards our boat during the fall for King Crab season and then in January to videotape the Opilio Season. They videotaped the King Crab season on board with Capt. Phil and the crew. In fact, the King Crab season included a “near collision” of the F/V Cornelia Marie and the chase boat.
Up to and through the passing of our skipper, the Discovery Channel cameras have been rolling. The cameras were present in the hospital with Capt. Phil and up to the end. The cameras then accompanied much of the activity in the weeks following, up to the private memorial for Capt. Phil on February 21st. We don’t know how Discovery will choose to edit the show. It’s true that Phil allowed the cameras into his hospital room after surgery. While still recovering from surgery, Phil was unable to talk so he wrote a note to keep shooting, because “we need a great finish to this story”. I actually thought one week after the stroke that he indeed was going to make a great recovery. As a boy coming of age on Alaska fishing boats, I always thought of skippers as rather indestructible.
According to the show producer Thom Beers, whether any of the hospital footage will air will be a decision made later with Phil’s family. I think that is the right decision and really the only appropriate way to go.
Most likely the cameras will be present at the beginning of the next King Crab opening in October to videotape Phil’s ashes being scattered into the Bering Sea. Whether the Discovery Channel wishes to follow the Cornelia Marie through the remainder of the King Crab season and the Opilio season will be up to them. Of course, the F/V Cornelia Marie is a fishing boat and needs to keep on working. Appearing on the TV show doesn’t pay the bills, only bringing crab aboard does that. We were fishing before the TV show and we’ll be fishing after the TV show.
Many have asked us if Jake and Josh will continue fishing. It’s too soon to tell. As part owners of the boat, they would always have that choice. Many have also asked if Josh or Jake will now take over as Captain. The job of skipper and deckhand are two different worlds. Many great deckhands never become skippers for very good reasons. Being a skipper is one the most stressful jobs in the world. Things will become more clear as the months go by and we get closer to King Crab in October.
The F/V Cornelia Marie will finish Opilio fishing in a few weeks. Our current skipper, Derrick Ray has done his best to finish off this tough season. As stated earlier, Derrick is an old family friend who started his career earlier on the precursor to the Cornelia Marie – the F/V Milky Way. The Milky Way was one of the boats owned by Ralph Collins who owned and built the F/V Cornelia Marie.
We are grateful to all the fans of the Cornelia Marie and Capt. Phil. Thank you for the many nice words left here and other places on the internet. I hope this blog entry answers some questions. Capt. Phil was one of a kind and is missed by everyone. I look forward to the new season with apprehension. It will be strange to see Phil brought back to life on videotape only to face what we all know happened. Yet, I also assume the camera captured new joyful and humorous moments too – so that will be good.
Captain Phil Harris suffered a stroke yesterday at St. Paul Island in Alaska. He was medivacked to Anchorage and is currently at a hospital receiving treatment.
I didn’t say anything earlier, so family can learn from us instead of through the internet. I know anybody who is reading this also cares about Phil, so we thought [...]
news from anacortesnow.com
FEBRUARY 2, 2010
Officials have ended the ground search for missing Anacortes resident Keith Anderson, whose truck was found in the southeast corner of Skagit County about 10 days ago, according to Anacortes Police Chief Bonnie Bowers.
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News Report from Anacortesnow.com
JANUARY 23, 2010
The truck owned by 62-year old retired high school counselor Keith Anderson, who has missing since January 6, was discovered overnight in a remote area of Skagit County, according to a statement Saturday morning by Anacortes Police Chief Bonnie Bowers.
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The winner of the “King Crab Christmas Feast” contest we held in December was nice enough to send us some photographs of their big family dinner. The winner was Ferris Sanders, a loyal watcher of “Deadliest Catch” and of course a supporter of the Cornelia Marie, Capt. Phil Harris and crew. Ferris shared the crab [...]
Seas 2/Epi 13:
“We cheated death one more time. I feel like a one legged man in an ass Kicking contest!”
Seas 3/Epi 2:
“This ain’t a hamburger stand out here, y’know? This is the real deal and people really die.”
Seas 3/Epi 5:
“You’re not a man ’til you’ve pulled a tooth out with a pair of pliers.”
Seas [...]
UPDATE:
As many as 200 people braved the cold and drizzle Wednesday night for a candlelight vigil at Causland Park for retired Anacortes High School counselor Keith Anderson, who has been missing for a week.
Reverend Terry Kyllo, of Celebration Lutheran Church, said, “We are here because of our love and concern about Keith.” He said, “We [...]
The following is a Discovery Channel transcript from a live internet chat with Capt. Phil and Josh on May 22, 2007
Discovery: Welcome to this week’s Deadliest Catch chat. Our guests tonight are Phil Harris, Captain of the Cornelia Maria, and his son Josh Harris. Jake Harris isn’t able to be with us tonight, as he’s [...]
We have a winner! I am happy to announce the winner of our “King Crab Christmas Feast”. We had a total of 220 entries but one winner. Her name is Ferris Sanders from Englewood, Colorado. I just got off the phone with her and she’s very happy. She watches Deadliest Catch with her niece and [...]
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According to our friend in Dutch Harbor and the Anchorage Daily News; “Winds as high as 125 mph toppled a 110-foot gantry crane at a shipping facility in Dutch Harbor.” Nobody was hurt, thank goodness. I guess there was rumors about the F/V Cornelia Marie sustaining damage, but as you can see in this photo [...]
Seas 2/Epi 13:
“We cheated death one more time. I feel like a one legged man in an ass Kicking contest!”
Seas 3/Epi 2:
“This ain’t a hamburger stand out here, y’know? This is the real deal and people really die.”
Seas 3/Epi 5:
“You’re not a man ’til you’ve pulled a tooth out with a pair of pliers.”
Seas [...]
The following is a Discovery Channel transcript from a live internet chat with Capt. Phil and Josh on May 22, 2007
Discovery: Welcome to this week’s Deadliest Catch chat. Our guests tonight are Phil Harris, Captain of the Cornelia Maria, and his son Josh Harris. Jake Harris isn’t able to be with us tonight, as he’s [...]
