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Andrea Gail began her final voyage departing from Gloucester Harbor on September 20, 1991, bound for the Grand Banks of Newfoundland off the coast of eastern Canada. After poor fishing, Captain Frank W. "Billy" Tyne Jr. headed east to the Flemish Cap , where he believed they would have better luck.
George Clooney as Frank William "Billy" Tyne, Jr., captain of Andrea Gail, a swordfishing boat. Billy is a divorced father of two daughters, who is determined to undertake one last fishing trip before the end of the season to make up for a recent string of poor catches.
The book follows the lives of the swordfishing crew of Andrea Gail and their family members before and during the 1991 Perfect Storm. Among the men boarding Andrea Gail were Billy Tyne, Alfred Pierre, David "Sully" Sullivan, Michael "Bugsy" Moran, Dale "Murph" Murphy, and Bobby Shatford, each bringing his own intelligence, physical strength ...
Greenlaw was the captain of the Hannah Boden in October 1991 when Andrea Gail sank in the Atlantic in the 1991 Perfect Storm.Greenlaw's efforts to warn the Andrea Gail about the impending storm were portrayed in Sebastian Junger's 1997 book The Perfect Storm and in the movie version, in which she was played by Mary Elizabeth Mastrantonio.
Setting out for the one last catch that will make up for a lackluster fishing season, Captain Billy Tyne (George Clooney) pushes his boat, the Andrea Gail, out to the waters of the Flemish Cap off Nova Scotia; based on actual events in 1991. Cape Ann is also the location of main character's home in the book Trouble.
Author of Hungry Ocean (captain of the Hannah Boden, sister ship to the Andrea Gail which went down in The Perfect Storm 1991) Erika Mailman: 1991 Author and journalist [38] Cecily von Ziegesar: 1992 Novelist, creator of Gossip Girl series Stephanie Doyon: 1993 Novelist, best known for The Greatest Man in Cedar Hole [39] Sarah Langan: 1996
For Andrea Gail this is 1.34 times the square root of LWL (1.34 × 8.246 = 11.05 knots). To achieve a 15 knots speed she would have to be driven at 1.82 (15 ÷ 8.246 = 1.82), which is extremely unlikely, if not virtually impossible for this type hull. See Hull speed. 98.159.72.189 20:30, 29 April 2016 (UTC) T. William Schmidt
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