ANCHORAGE, Alaska — Phil Harris, the fishing boat captain whose adventures off the Alaska coast were captured on the television show "Deadliest Catch", has died, the Discovery Channel said Tuesday night. He was 53.
The Associated Press: Discovery Channel: 'Deadliest Catch' captain dies (http://www.google.com/hostednews/ap/article/ALeqM5gWu2Q1VfGem6SQE1C0GqIlmFa4owD9DP5EOG0)
SmootSmack
02-10-2010, 08:54 AM
Wow. RIP. I thought he had recovered.
firstdown
02-10-2010, 09:34 AM
I watch that show every week when its on and will miss seeing him yelling at his sons.LOL
mlmdub130
02-10-2010, 10:13 AM
yeah i also thought he was recovering, it just goes to show you how hard a lifestyle like that can be someone, almost every single one of those guys is a chain smoker that downs a pot of coffee a day. i love that show and sucks he died rip captin phil
tryfuhl
02-11-2010, 09:05 AM
Between the vices and the work that's hell on a body. Not a big fan of the show but he seemed like a cool guy, which reigns above all.
mredskins
02-11-2010, 09:18 AM
As far as the physical work the captains don't do much but sit up there and chain smoke. Not a healthy lifestyle plus the stress. Love to know the average life expectancy of one of them.
I really think the lack of sleep must do a number on these guys. I really don't know how they do it sometimes. Of course the smoking is big too. I think a lot of these guys are big boozers too. They live hard and die hard.
tryfuhl
02-11-2010, 09:34 AM
As far as the physical work the captains don't do much but sit up there and chain smoke. Not a healthy lifestyle plus the stress. Love to know the average life expectancy of one of them.
I thought that he used to do the work before he became a captain? I might be wrong.
I thought that he used to do the work before he became a captain? I might be wrong.
Yeah he did. I think most captains work their way up through the ranks.
firstdown
02-11-2010, 10:40 AM
You just don't walk onto a boat and become a captain. You start from the very bottom and do every job on the boat before you ever get a chance to sit in the captains chair. It does help to get there maybe a little faster if your family owns the boat but they still work their way up. About the only job they don't have to work at is as the engineer/mechanic but by the time they become captains they know the boat pretty well. I believe I read he started working on boat at the age of 9 but it was not in the Bering Sea.