...him anymore," she says. A deckhand sorted through a catch aboard...Gene's sisters served as deckhands. Gene, matter-of-factly...from lifting nets. When a deckhand offered to buy the boat...Gene says, "and your deckhand gives you 1,200 rpm and...

...1999 slayings. Stayner stood for the verdict, but showed no emotion as it was read. Deckhand acquitted of killing captain DIAMOND, La. (AP) -- A deckhand was acquitted Monday night of killing his captain on a storm-tossed shrimp boat two...

...seven days a week. It's a lifestyle that's not for everyone," Nekvasil said. Deckhands are the entry level position. Like most crew, deckhands work four hours on and eight off, washing the vessels, scraping and painting them, handling...

...a persistent chorus of coughs and hacks. At one point, three soot-covered firefighters, men who looked a lot like the deckhands I saw polishing railings earlier that day, ran through a hallway and passengers erupted in a round of applause. As we waited...