Two years after his breakthrough role in Little Caesar (1930), Edward G. Robinson proves his versatility as the Portuguese tuna boat skipper with a bitter, resentful side.
Crusty, lonely fisherman Edward G. Robinson (in a “Portuguese” accent) falls in love with a young woman. That was his first mistake. Read the rest of this entry »
Edmund Gann, who owned a fleet of tuna-fishing boats and campaigned top Thoroughbreds throughout the world, died after a bout with cancer on Sunday, according to a spokesperson at his San Diego-area office.
Gann, who resided in Rancho Santa Fe near Del Mar racetrack, was 86. Read the rest of this entry »
Colombian navy spotted fifteen of the 18 crew of the ship Calypso
The Colombian navy rescued off the coast cities of Cartagena and Barranquilla (North) to 15 of the 18 people who formed the crew of a tuna boat that sank in the Venezuelan Caribbean Sea, officials said.
The members of the Navy continued to search for the missing, but the comrades who are already in mainland authorities indicated that there is little hope of life because it never got out of the tuna seiner. Read the rest of this entry »
03:39 AM TO 3:57 PM This Sunday was the last communication with the tuna boat Calypso, with Venezuelan flag, which sailed on Friday from Punto Fijo Carirubana sector in the state of Falcon.
The unit of the company Avencasa left for the Pacific Ocean at about 8:50 pm and his last contact was at 11 degrees, 05 minutes north latitude, 75 degrees, 39 minutes, 32 seconds West longitude. Since this is the only reference we have about the place in which they would their possible collapse. Read the rest of this entry »
By ADRIAN FLORIDO
The news spread quickly across Point Loma last week. On Sunday, the Cape Elizabeth, a 225-foot tuna fishing boat captained by one of the neighborhood’s own, caught fire and sank in western Pacific waters north of American Samoa.
Julio Guidi and his 21 crewmembers were rescued by a passing boat. By Tuesday evening, Guidi was on his way home. Read the rest of this entry »
About one month ago I received through the contact form a small note from Gene Burdyshaw, where he mentioned that he had transferred part of their videos from the 8 mm format to DVD and wanted to share with us (read Tunaseiners.com) these scenes. A difficult proposition to reject, so I wrote him and asked hime to send me the DVD, which very kindly did a few days ago.
