Capt Jack Molan

Captain Jack invites you to a wild and dangerous world on the Bering Sea in ten short stories. Hang on as captains battle ferocious winds and freezing spray in a hostile sea. Watch how Captain Jack directs his crew to protect their vessel as well as helps others in distress, his own human struggles laid bare. Not only will his stories enthrall you, Jack’s powerful examples of leadership will give you effective tools to use in your own life.

Captain Jack fished the remote Aleutian Islands for thirty-five years. Starting on the 123-foot Marco fishing boat Columbia as a greenhorn deckhand in the king crab boom era of the late ‘70s and early ‘80s, he rose to captain of the same vessel in 1987. Jack gives readers the insider’s view of the sometimes harrowing, yet satisfying, fisherman’s life in the northern seas on the Columbia, in brutal winters and foggy summers until 2013, and he describes maneuvering through the ice-covered Arctic waters on the research vessel Norseman II in 2014 and 2015. Over the last few summer seasons, Jack has also captained the “Deadliest Catch” vessels Aleutian Ballad and Cornelia Marie.

And family life? Captain Jack shows how separation from loved ones and reconnecting with “normal” on land can be a challenge. Anytime he could, he brought his family along. His wife, son, and both daughters have all worked on and around the Bering Sea.

Jack has recently left the sea captain’s life to be an author and public speaker—for now. Visit www.https://jackmolan.com, and check out his amazing photographs on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/JackMolanPhotography/.