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This Ferryboat Captain Battles Strong Currents, High Winds—and Ravenous Seagulls
Working Life is a monthly column in which Texans talk about their jobs. My love for the water began as a kid, growing up in Corpus Christi. My friends, brother, and I started hand building small boats to go out in the bays when I was twelve or thirteen, and we’d run to the nearest shore rigs off North Padre Island and fish for kingfish and snapper.I did commercial shrimping in my late teens, and from there I ran offshore fishing trips and did marine rescue and salvage operations, piloting crew and supply vessels. And I made private-vessel deliveries around the Gulf Coast. I’ve also worked as a deputy sheriff, an airfreight contractor, a FEMA disaster inspector, and in the oil-and-gas industry. But I’ve always…The post This Ferryboat Captain Battles Strong Currents, High Winds—and Ravenous Seagulls appeared first on Texas Monthly.