Death of the Jester....

[CorneliaMarieRocks]

AccountingDrone's post reminded of something I saw on Youtube..

generally, every summer, a Catchcon convention is held in Seattle so they guys can mingle with the fans & whatnot. The always have a Captain's Panel, where the captains from the featured boats are on stage & swapping stories, well, at Catchcon after Season 6 aired ( that was the year Capt. Phil passed)

ANYWAY, Jonathan Hillstrand, every chance that Phil is brought up, he tells the story of how when they went to the cemetery to bury part of Phil's ashes next to his mom's grave.

Phil's ashes were divided into 2 separate motorcycle tanks 'specially made, one tank was buried next to his mom's grave, the other tank they had aboard the Marie & before the fleet left Dutch, they staged all the boats next to Priest Rock, the tank containing his ashes were put into a crab pot & the pot launched.They went to the wrong cemetery, so they had this big procession of cars driving through the graveyard with no way to turn around

he's always said that was one of his favorite stories to tell

[AccountingDrone]

Rob wants his ashes to be dropped into an abyssal deep in a TDU can.

Behind the Officer Berthing is the TDU room. The trash disposal unit - or "TDU" for short - is nothing more than a tube with a watertight door on one end and a ball valve on the other end. A can is made out of sheet metal and then it is stuffed with trash. The can is then weighed to see if it reaches the minimum weight required to successfully sink and not bob up on the surface. If the can does not weigh enough, ten pound weights are added to the can. Once the can is full, it is then sealed. After sealing, it will be placed inside the TDU. Once the hatch is dogged shut tightly (hence the pressence of the torque wrench), the Chief Of The Watch upstairs in Control, will open the bottom ball valve, allowing the trash can to fall to the ocean bottom. So now you know how submarines "take out the trash." Gold Crew cook MS3 Boyle is preparing to load the TDU (photo courtesy of Scott Thon).