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Davin Nes, Page 4
 Jump to a Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | ConradLL: Are your girls old enough to watch the show? If so, what did they think? Davin Nes: My two oldest girls, Karin and Natalie, watch the show, and they love it. They're 7 and 5. AriCat: How many layers of clothing do you wear when working on deck? Davin Nes: What I wear on deck for king crab is a pair of sweat pants, a T shirt, a sweat shirt, and a jacket. For opilio, it's thermal underwear, a t shirt, a hooded shirt, sweat pants and my rain gear. It doesn't matter what you put on - you're going to be wet and cold. A lot of guys will sit there in their wet clothes and just keep working. But for me, when I change my socks and put on dry ones, I feel like a new man! Milligan: Who do you look up to? Do you have any role models or idols? Davin Nes: I look up to my dad. I don't know if he uses psychology on us, but nothing is ever hard, and the word "can't" isn't in his vocabulary. I just follow his example. There's never a job too tough for him. Fred: Did you really think crab fishing was as dangerous as it was going into it? Or did you think it was exaggerated? I think it's craziness! Davin Nes: You know what? They brought in all this IFQ crap, and said it would be so much safer for the guys. But we still have to go out there in crappy weather, it doesn't matter, in order to catch our quota to get our delivery dates for the cannery. And if you don't make your delivery dates, you're screwed because you have 10 boats in front of you and you could have a week or two before you can offload and the crab are dying in the tanks. It's all a big scam for the canneries to get all this quota. Searunner: Who handles first aid on board? Are you all trained to do it, or just one person? Davin Nes: Every crab boat has to have a certified first aid and CPR guy who's been through the 8 hour course. I've seen a lot of guys go overboard, and when that happens, everyone panics. Reba: How hard is it to keep a relationship being in such a dangerous job and being gone for so long? Davin Nes: It's very hard. I feel I'm very fortunate that I married Kristin, my wife. She handles it very well. That's what she's used to. But for a lot of relationships, it's hard. Very hard. Therod: What is the tallest rogue wave you have seen? Davin Nes: The tallest was an episode about bairdi called Black Sunday when 2 crab boats went down. Since 1990 I've not seen any waves bigger, and the biggest one I'd say was 35 feet. Polaris: Any rituals you do for breaking bad Ju-Ju on a season? Davin Nes: No, just don't believe in 'em! KylanBMX: Do you see the northern lights when out at sea? Davin Nes: Sometimes. We used to, when opilio fishing used to go into July and August when it was daylight all day. But we don't see it any more. Lilmommyofdcfans: When is a greenhorn not considered a greenhorn anymore, and why aren't they allowed to work the rail? Davin Nes: A greenhorn is not allowed to work the rail because he absolutely does NOT know what's going on. He's just a number out there, period. When he's allowed to work the rail is when he does his bait job with a passion and putting his heart into it. When the guys see he's working, and not complaining, that's when he gets moved up to another job. It's funny nowadays - I've had guys on the show, greenhorns, who say they're a five year guy so they think they can run circles around you. I say they're a one year guy, because that's the amount of time they've actually worked, and they still don't know what you're doing. Five seasons is about as much time as one full year, and I was a greenhorn for two full years. Dan: How do you keep yourself going for so many hours at a time?? Davin Nes: Just the fact that you've signed on for the job, and even though the guys get cranky, you just have to man up and do what you signed on to do. FirefighterGeek: When you come home, isn't it awkward having to re-fit into the family schedule again? They're continuing to do what they do, then suddenly you're there in the middle of it again, yes? Davin Nes: Oh yeah. When you come home after spending 3-4 months in Alaska, you are absolutely a social retard! I took my girls to school once after I just got home, and I didn't know their teacher's name, their room number, anything. It takes a while to get used to all that again. Rindy: Have you ever taken a cruise on vacation? Davin Nes: Never. But I would like to. My wife loves going out on boats. To watch people work is really relaxing! If I was on a cruise ship, I could watch the guys doing all the work with the lines etc. and that would be very relaxing for me! Discovery: Davin, thanks for being here tonight, and for answering so many questions from Deadliest Catch fans. Anything you'd like to add, before we have to close the chat? Davin Nes: I'm very thankful to have an opportunity to be on the show. What happened with Jeffrey - for someone to be killed that way and really not know what happened to him - to me, it really made me hate the place. I just about quit. But I think Jeffrey would want me to keep on going. Discovery: Got more questions for the captains? Call 877-442-2824, TOLL-FREE and leave a message! Your question could end up on this season's After the Catch program. http: //dsc.discovery.com/fansites/deadliestcatch/audio-messages/audio-messages.html/ Tune in for the next episode of Deadliest Catch, Tuesdays at 9 p.m. E/P. A production of LiveWorld, Inc. Copyright 2008. All rights reserved. |
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