RIP: Captain Phil Harris

[oneway]

RIP Captain Phil

 

Tonight the Discovery Channel will air a two-hour special dedicated to the life and times of Cornelia Marie Captain Phil Harris who died of a stroke earlier this year.

[TonyJoey]

 

[Captain Virgil Hilts]

I saw only a regular one hour show, followed by the "After the Catch" show with a tribute. And now they're advertising a 2 hour special for Phil next week.

[SFRT - Frenchy]

Don't know much about the guy, but seems like alcohol and nicotine was a major part of the daily diet. Your body is like an engine, you have to put good stuff in it for it and run it regularly for it to have a chance of lasting.

 

[007Rusty]

 

[68ZooM]

I saw only a regular one hour show, followed by the "After the Catch" show with a tribute. And now they're advertising a 2 hour special for Phil next week.

i seen the same thing all day they was advertising it as 2 hour tribute show tuesday (last night) so i wait and wait, just what virgil said

[fudgums]

After the catch last night was great, funny stories IMO.

[Dragon]

I heard over the weekend about his last show and all, thought he was just leaving the boat due to health issues, didn't know he passed.


 

[druski85]

Yea I remember an article several months ago during crab season about how he died during filming for this year's Deadliest Catch.  I was wondering how discovery was going to go about it.  It's a shame, because he is one of the few guys I liked on that show when I used to watch it.  

It's also a strange fate, being that had discovery never made deadliest catch, the only people who would have known of his passing would be crew, friends, and family.  Now, he will be mourned by thousands.  

[fudgums]

amazes me that he was only 53, the Hillstrand brothers are still under 50 I believe, so is Sig and edgar.
Phil Harris will defiantly be one man I wished I met in life.

[Rios]

Don't know much about the guy, but seems like alcohol and nicotine was a major part of the daily diet. Your body is like an engine, you have to put good stuff in it for it and run it regularly for it to have a chance of lasting.

 

Im sure if you had his job you'd fill your body with nicotine and alcohol

Regardless,
 

[68ZooM]

After the catch last night was great, funny stories IMO.

lol loved the "Maid" for his trailer lol man Phil sounded like the salt of the earth kinda person to me, he will be sorely missed  


And Discovery is doing a excellent job with handling his passing, the last scene with Phil was very touching, he loved his boys

[rpm]

I always liked Phil. It was painful to watch what his sons went thru, but you also saw them make a lot of good decisions at an important milestone in their lives. After The Catch was very good. It was like going to a wake for a old friend.

[greens]

I cannot remmenber if it was the cornellia marie or Maverick i went on, i fished with my daD in law about 8 or 9yrs back sold some herring to the boat. but neway while we were waiting in line a fellow herring skiff had too much herring on one side of their boat and when another boat came chuggin by the waves made the boat w too much fish on one side keel over n started filling with water instantly, everyone was in a state of shock a big ol boat swamping in fronta our eyes. the boat swamped the capt stayed w it until it was totally submerged lol was silly looking. but ina way it was dangerous. after they got evry1 on board the maverick or cornellia, onea the deckhands threw a anchor in water and used the crane n pulled the herring fishermans boat outta the water LOL, they towed that swamped boat home to nearest village n fixed it, next day the swamper was back at fishing fer herring LOL.

[RedTop]