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In the summer of '69, Fred learned a lot about working wood - and more about people

Back when dollars were hard to come by, young Fred earned his way to prominence among crabbers.

Fred was inspired by his grandfather to work wood, take up crabbing, and become a man.

By the end of his second summer, Fred was in real money.

When hurricane Agnes struck, the crabs fled the onslought of flood water, and Fred and his partner Fred went after them.

Fred was a casualty in his early experience as a waterman.

Captain Fred follows the historic trail of oyster shells over the years.

Captain Fred apprciates the long timbers hewn into tongs.

Captain Fred recites one of his poems, and discloses the lingo watermen use.

Watermen become loggers, with chainsaws to cut through the ice.

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