No doubt Joe is a great Captain. He is regarded as one of the best now and was regarded as one of the best when he was in Sheepshead bay, Brooklyn. I used to go out with him when I as a teenager for blue fish to 17 as we call it and the mud hole as a lot of others call it.
I think he really thought the weather was going to be good or he wouldn't have gone out...IMOP.
The trip was miserable
for most on the boat though. I enjoyed myself with the exception of the constant two step that needed to be applied to keep balance.