“The Sun Never Sets
on a DESCO Boat” was the motto of the world’s largest producer of fishing
trawlers, DESCO of St. Augustine, Florida.
In the 1970s DESCO was St. Augustine’s number one employer
and had prospective buyers eagerly waiting in line, cash in hand, to take
delivery.
In the photo the 78 foot wooden Calypso along with another DESCO trawler had just completed their passage
from St. Augustine to Tampa Bay traveling nearly 500 nautical miles; first down
the east coast of Florida to Key West and then north up the Gulf of Mexico to
Tampa. The passage took 72 hours, dock
to dock. Navigational equipment was basic on these vessels and consisted of a
compass and depth recorder…there was no autopilot so it was 100% hands on at
the helm.
Pictured on the Calypso
are Captain Lloyd Wainright and Jane Grimsrud. On the dock is the crew of the
other vessel, Captain Dick Janson and Captain George Tappin.
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