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after skiffys mom died skiffys dad never got up from the couch
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their boat called the mary rose which is named after his mom he gone under in the harbor
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skiffy is trying to figure out a way to raise the boat when their neighbor comes up with a good idea to raise their boat with barrels
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skiffy goes on the boat to find out what was wrong with the boat and gathers a list of things and then calls his mechanic to come over.
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he goes to Mr.Woodwell's house to ask for help but he can't help cause his age
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skiffy calls the mechanic to see how much it will cost and everything is fine exept the engine, it will cost $5,000
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skiffy is going lobstering to get money cause he does not have that much money to pay for the motor
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skiffy calls a mechanic to gather a list if things that needs to be fixed and the damage is the motor and it caust $5,000
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after about 2 weeks when skiffy has put his traps out he goes to look at them and all of his traps are cut.
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skiffy has a theory who is cutting his traps. so he goes out in the middle of the night to see who is cutting his traps and his theory was right TYLER CROFT is his traps
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skiffy sees tyler croft cutting his traps so he sneaks up on in his boat and catches him off gaurd.
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as soon as skiffy gets up on him he slips away in his boat and skiffy loses his chance of getting his lobster cutter
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skiffy is thinking of another way to go get enough money to buy a engine for the boat when he comes up with a perfect idea
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the wonderful marvelous idea that skiffy comes up with is to go catch a big bluefin tuna
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so skiffy decides to tell no one where hes going cause he knows they will tell him not to
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skiffy decides to steal Mr.Woodwell harpoon to go catch a bluefin tuna
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skiffy after stealing Mr.Woodwell's harpoon goes out of the shore 30 miles in a little 10 foot skiff
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skiffy is throwing chum out in the water after arriving at sea
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skiffy is throwing in the chum to attract the little mackerel so the big tuna will come
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skiffy is just sitting around when all the sudden he hears a big splash and there's a BIG BLUEFIN TUNA
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there's the tuna so skiffy quickly grabs the harpoon and try's to throw it but his arm aren't long enough and the tuna is to fast
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skiffy has been waiting for a fish for a long time and then all of a sudden his boat start's to rock skiffy gets up and HARPOONS THE TUNA
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skiffy sees a knot in the rope so he sticks his hand to try and untangle it and gets pulled overboard
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the tuna pulls him under the water and he passes out and he wakes up and hes floating on a buoy above water and hes see's his boat getting closer and closer
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skiffy climbs back up on his boat and thinks the fish got unhocked but no it's just the fish is about dead
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skiffy has one sandwich left and has to go 25 miles pulling a 950 pound tuna and he almost makes it but then all of a sudden a big boat comes and its his dad and so a couple days later they sell the fish to Mr. Nagahachi and he fixes around the house and the mary rose and of course by Mr.Woodwell gets his new harpoon
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skiffy is getting made fun of by tyler croft for his mom dying
