It takes three days each way, he fishes for 20 days while the hurricanes go by. Then he comes in,'' after almost a month at sea, with a full catch. He loads 10,000 gallons of fuel, a month's worth of groceries, and ice. And he turns around. The risks are very, very high in October.
Boats do it because they'll survive another year.
It forces people to take chances they might not ordinarily take. The fish are going to be caught.