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FIVE MINUTES WITH “No one is going to take care of your vessel better than you are. Everything that we have is vested in this ...

... if we fail my kid’s kids will be broke.”

Josh Harris, Owner,

Cornelia Marie ‘Deadliest Catch’‘Deadliest Catch’

Photo Copyright Daniel Sheehan 2014

Protecting Cornelia Marie with Sherwin-Williams t goes without saying that commercial ? sh- is one of the youngest boats ? shing the treacherous

Josh Harris (left) and Casey Mc- ing boats take a beating, particularly the Bering Sea of Alaska. But just because the boat is boats working in the Alaska Bering Sea crab relatively new compared to its colleagues it – and

Manus, a pair of 31-year-olds business. The Deadliest Catch tells real-life particularly its coatings – routinely take a beating stories aboard ? shing vessels in the Bering from a combination of weather and heavy ? shing

I who respectively own and run

Sea during crab ? shing season, a cable television equipment slamming into it.

show that draws strong ratings for the Discovery the ? shing boat Cornelia Marie

Channel, at times drawing more than 3 million Picking Your Paint viewers according to Variety magazine. Fans of the According to Harris, in the wake of his father’s – made famous on the Discovery show likely know very well the story of the ? shing death the process to purchase the boat was tough boat Cornelia Marie and its colorful crew, led by ? nancially given the in? ated value of the boat due

Channel’s cable television show boat owner Josh Harris and captain Casey McMa- to the long-running success of Deadliest Catch. To

Deadliest Catch – discuss with nus. After Harris’ father Phil passed away in 2010 that end, he stressed time and again the crucial from complications following a stroke, Josh was nature of every ? nancial decision.

Maritime Reporter & Engineer- able to put together the deal to buy the ? shing boat “Sherwin-Williams has a great product, and for and build his own legacy with the vessel his father, every dollar that we spend on this boat, it has to ing News their decision to protect he and his brother Jake made famous. count,” said Harris. “We are literally pinching pen-

The road has not been short, cheap or easy. nies to make this happen.” the Cornelia Marie with Sher- “My dad passed away and left this huge hole in While Harris continued to stress the importance our life, and I started trying to ? gure out how to of every dollar spent, simultaneously he discusses win-Williams marine coatings.

get the boat … it costs a lot of money,” said Harris. the critical nature of a good paint job to the over- “Casey’s dad (and Phil Harris’ close friend) made a all health, welfare and longevity of a Bering Sea promise that he would do his best to help maintain ? shing vessel. “I’ve seen a lot of different coat- us.” ings, and for what we have gotten, the Sherwin-

Today Harris is the youngest boat owner, McMa- Williams product is remarkable. For ? shing pots to

By Greg Trauthwein nus is the youngest captain and the Cornelia Marie be able to hit this paint and not simply shatter the 10 Maritime Reporter & Engineering News • FEBRUARY 2015

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