Captaining a 117-year-old schooner, hand-framing wooden hulls, catching salmon from Alaska to Washington with two crews of sisters, leaving for college, returning home. Being out on the notoriously brutal Pacific Northwest waters takes grit and hard work. But the one thing these women could count on was their all-women crew.
Meet Ilsa, Amber, Emma, and Nellie: four badass women leading the next generation of fishing and boating in their community.
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