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 Jump to a Page: 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | Discovery: Welcome to our weekly Deadliest Catch chat series. Tonight's guest is Johnathan Hillstrand, captain of the Time Bandit. When he's not at sea, this "leather-jacket-cowboy boot guy" is probably ridin' his Harley. Ask Johnathan about being a part of Season 4 of Deadliest Catch. Johnathan Hillstrand: Hi everybody! Thanks for being fans. I've met some really great people, and I love you all.  chip2004: Were you happy with the results of your prank on Capt. Phil Johnathan Hillstrand: Yes. It's hard to do a prank out there because we can't drive around forever, and Phil was the perfect one. It was a green truck - no engine, no transmission, no batteries, no axles. He was the first person I found and I wanted to find Phil, because he wanted that truck. It's hard to do a prank because it's a huge ocean; you don't have time to look for a boat. I found him, and knew where he was fishing. Lisa: I met you in Philly last week at the DC fan thingy, had a blast!! Were you this popular with the ladies before the show? Johnathan Hillstrand: <laughing> Ladies always love sailors and pirates. I don't know how long that's been going on, but hundreds of years. Ladies always love seamen! I've always loved ladies too. Turtlekins: John, I am currently reading your book and loving it! What made you and your brother decide that it was time to put it all down on paper? Johnathan Hillstrand: We wanted to show the people the real, uncut version. The show is candy-coated, and we wanted to lay it down behind the scenes. When you watch the show, you just see crab fishing. It takes us a week to get out there, and a week to get back. That's a whole story in itself. sissyann39: Do you ever get scared? Johnathan Hillstrand: Yes. When we have 80-100 knot winds, which we had two last year, you know how small you are in the universe. You're smaller than a speck of sand. The thing I'm most afraid of is a boat fire. If you can't put out the fire you have to get off the boat. If I'm in trouble on a 100 foot boat, the last thing I want to do is get in a little 10-foot rubber raft. phoenix rising: Hello Johnathan! What do you like doing when you have some off time? Johnathan Hillstrand: Hotel rooms, room service, ladies. I love horsepower. I have a Corvette with 540 horses, and a Fat Boy Harley with 296. I love jumping out of airplanes. I used to love diving. Anything that gives me a rush, and you forget about all of your worldly problems. Sort of like crab fishing. sissyann39: If you could do it all over again, would you do another job? Johnathan Hillstrand: <laughing> No. I would do the same thing again. I have no regrets. Lisa: Did you get hurt falling off the boat? Johnathan Hillstrand: Yes. I fell 13 or 14 feet and fell in the water sideways, like a sideways belly flop. I pulled every muscle in my arms, and I scraped about 8 feet. Just do a belly-flop of a high dive and you'll know how it felt. I've just started getting back to doing pushups, and it was in October I did that. Sandi: With all the great things that have come from your celebrity status, have there been any drawbacks? Johnathan Hillstrand: No. I have good times everywhere I go. I have a lot of great fans. Haven't really received a lot of money; we make more money crab fishing than we do off the show. And thank you for being a fan. We don't think of ourselves as celebrities though. Bandita Erin: What do you do on board during opies while Andy and Neal are captaining? Johnathan Hillstrand: I do whatever I want. I can go on deck, work with the guys, help Andy with the boat. I have no weight on my shoulders like Andy - he has all the stress. Oh, and I can read Hugh Hefner's novel. <laughing> storms brew: When you have down time, do you go to a lot of Harley events? Johnathan Hillstrand: No. I wish. I fish 8 months out of the year, and have 4 months off. So I'm usually traveling, promoting the show or the book, so I don't have that much fun time. Instigator Kate: Hey Captain Johnathan--I know Captain Andy has a horse farm, do you/did you ever ride? Johnathan Hillstrand: No, I don't ride horses. Superman died on a horse. I think my brother is crazy. ;-) linzer: I've gotta say, the Time Bandit is tops when it comes to pulling pranks. Do you think you'll ever be able to out do the pick-up truck? Johnathan Hillstrand: That was a laugh. I've got a thousand tricks up my sleeve. In fact, there isn't one day that goes by on the Time Bandit that someone doesn't get Punked. |
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