02363cam a22003853u 4500 76958 UtSlPG 20260610134800.0 m cr n 260607r20251923utu|||||o|||||||||||||| d UtSlPG en iso639-1 PS Haycox, Ernest, 1899-1950 Over the straits Salt Lake City, UT : Project Gutenberg, 2025 1 online resource : multiple file formats text txt rdacontent computer c rdamedia online resource cr rdacarrier Produced from the January 5, 1923 issue of Sea Stories Magazine. Release date is 2025-09-30 Roger Frank and Sue Clark "Over the straits by Ernest Haycox" is a sea‑adventure short story written in the early 20th century. It follows a small Alaskan cannery tender battling a violent storm to rush a cargo of perishable red salmon to the cannery, highlighting duty, risk, and quiet courage at sea. The crew of the Star leaves Ketchikan at dusk despite gale warnings because their hold is full of valuable Sockeyes that will soon spoil. Narrator Hal takes the wheel beside skipper Bob as engineer Al minds the engines, with Ed, Milt, Charlie, and the old cook bracing for the blow. In the straits they fight towering seas, a screaming wind, and the fear of a loose mast stay; the rolling threatens to throw the heavy seine table overboard, and Ed’s attempt to lash it fails in the blackness. The engine coughs, the Morey Light can’t be found, and exhaustion grinds them as they nurse the boat through a night of blind troughs and hammering spray. At dawn they limp into Cannery Inlet, scrape pilings, and dock, their understatement and weary jokes masking the grit that carried them across. (This is an automatically generated summary.) Originally published: New York, NY: Street & Smith Corporation, 1923 Short stories Sea stories Alaska -- Fiction Seafaring life -- Fiction Storms -- Fiction Produced from the January 5, 1923 issue of Sea Stories Magazine. https://archive.org/details/seastoriesv03n0519230105 https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/76958 117683 117683