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DEADLIEST CATCH FISHING VESSEL: Northwestern

Deadliest Catch season(s): Seasons 1 (April 2005), 2 (April 2006) and 3 (April 2007),4 (April 2008)

Type of crab: King Crab and Opilio Crab

Years at sea: The Northwestern was built in 1977 so she's been at sea 31 years
About the Boat: The Northwestern is a Marco, House Forward (Western Rigged), 125’ boat that has appeared in “America’s Deadliest Season” and “Deadliest Catch”.

When the Northwestern was first built, she was 108', but was lengthened twice--once in 1987 and again in 1991.They carry a pot load of 200, with a capacity to hold 251,000 lbs of crab in its tanks. It is a Norwegian family owned and operated boat. Three of the crew--Sig, Norman, and Edgar are brothers.

The Northwestern is kept out at sea for most of the year fishing not only for crab, but pot-cod and tendering salmon as well. 2008 marks the fifth consecutive year she'll be featured on the Discovery channel.

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Northwestern
 Captain: Sig Hansen


Crew Members:
Season 4) Norman Hansen, Edgar Hansen, Nick Mavar Jr., Matt Bradley, Jake Anderson

Season 3) Norman Hansen, Edgar Hansen, Nick Mavar Jr. Matt Bradley, Stan Hansen (King), Jake Anderson (Opie)

Season 2) Norman Hansen, Edgar Hansen, Nick Mavar Jr. Rick McLeod, Matt Bradley, Adam Evich

Season 1) Norman Hansen, Edgar Hansen, Nick Mavar Jr., Adam Evich, Brad Parker, Bradford Davis (King) Matt Bradley (Opie)

Deadliest Season) Norman Hansen, Edgar Hansen, Nick Mavar Jr. Rick McLeod, Brad Parker



Adjectives that describe this crew: Hardworking, driven, entertaining, focused, dedicated, family-oriented and superstitious as hell!! Capt. Sig reminds me so much of my dad, who was a sailor.
sig hansen

Name:Sig Hansen
Position: Captain
Years experience:28
Mini bio: Sig is a Norwegian skipper. He obsesses over every decision, is known for his independence and revels in the strategy and competition of fishing. He is extremely superstitious.
edgar hansen
Name: Edgar Hansen
Position: Deckboss/Engineer
Years experience:19
Mini bio: Edgar is a conscientious deckboss who is quick with an opinion or explanation. Edgar is a work hard-play hard guy. He’s married with three children.
norman hansen
Name: Norman Hansen
Position: Engineer/Deckhand
Years experience:26
Mini bio: Norman is the quiet brother. He rarely speaks and tends to keep out of camera view although he's known to be very handy with a camera.

Nick Mavar
Name: Nick Mavar Jr.
Position: Deckhand
Years experience:
Mini bio: Nick has been working as a deckhand on the Northwestern for several years. Nick has a wife and a small child back home.
Matt Bradley
Name: Matt Bradley
Position: Deckhand
Years experience:
Mini bio: Matt Bradley has been fishing with Sig and the Hansen brother for the past 11 years. Having grown up with the Hansens in Shoreline, Wash., he considers himself a close friend to all of them, but especially Edgar. And,in the words of his skipper,gets a little pushy at night.
jake anderson
Name: Jake Anderson
Position: Deckhand
Years experience:1.5

Mini bio: When Jake was 17 he spent 10 years fishing for salmon and cod in Bristol Bay. His dream was to fish for crab aboard the Northwestern. With an introduction from Nick's brother the crew agreed to give him a shot. Since then he has become a deckhand and hopes to see full share in the future.
Stan Hansen

Name: Stan Hansen
Position: Deckhand -Season 3/King
Years experience:
Mini bio:
Adam

Name: Adam Evich
Position: Deckhand
Years experience:
Mini Bio:
Rick McLeod

Name: Rick Mcleod
Position: Deckhand
Years experience:
Mini bio: A Seattle native who has fished on and off with the Hansen brothers for the past nine years. Other than NASCAR, Rick's true passion lies in his family; with two young girls and a third on the way, dreams of an early retirement and time spent at home are high on Rick's list of priorities.
Brad Parker

Name: Brad Parker
Position: Deckhand
Years experience:
Mini bio:
Bradford

Name: Bradford Davis
Position: Greenhorn - season1
Years experience: 1 King Season
Mini Bio:
Bradford Davis is a fishing enthusiast, to say the least. He has been fishing since he was very young and worked on commercial fishing boats for the past 2 summers prior to season1. After the show Bradford returned home to Long Beach.
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F/V Northwestern family
Sons of a Bering Sea Fisherman

Last pot: Opie 2005
Take a friend to work day

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Captain and Crew Catchy Quotes
Memorable Moments on Board
  • "Some guys — it's worse. They take their personal lives up here with them and they sit here and dwell on things. You can't do your job when you're still at home in your mind." -- Sig (About Nick Mavar)
  • "I might end up spankin' myself for no reason." (On deciding whether or not to fish opilio and face the weather or stick with cod fishing.) -- Sig
  • "Robots are good. Robots don't think. Robots are used to repetition. Robots don't complain. Robots are little zombies." -- Sig
  • "Nothing left but the crying" --Sig
  • "Fishing cod is like making license plates in prision, stamp-stamp-stamp" --Sig
  • "Try to get a five minute nap and they set you on fire" --Nick
  • "I am going to be feeling yesterday today" -- Edgar
  • "Were like mushrooms down here, kept in the dark and fed lots of BS" --Matt
  • I haven't changed my underwear since we left Seattle, --Matt
  • Psycho Sig's on a rampage again --Edgar
  • My name's Edgar Hansen, welcome to my hell. -Edgar
  • Sig hands over his own jacket to hard-working greenhorn Jake at the end of the season--Season 3

  • Greenhorn Bradford Davis gets duct-taped to the Northwestern deck while Sig and crew decide the fate of his wages--Season 1

  • Northwestern's homecoming to Seattle--any season

  • Deckload of crab--season 1
Jake and Matt get into a fight (season 4)

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Men of the F/V Northwestern

season 3
Matt, Edgar, Sig, Norman, Nick, Jake, and Mike Rowe (season 3)

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Northwestern life ring buoy
image courtesy of Norman Hansen
F/V Northwestern at night
"Grace" painting
Painting, "Grace" hangs in Northwestern galley

Northwestern crew, season 1
Northwestern crew, season 1, (Discovery image)
Northwestern crew, previous season
Northwestern crew, previous season, (Discovery image)

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sajsam "The Northwestern" (page: 1 2 3 4 5 ... last page) 214 Aug 23 2008, 11:45 PM EDT by xena432000
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Hi friends of the Deadliest Catch, especially the big fans of the Hansen Clan and the Northwestern. These are the flag bearers of the Bering Sea, in my opinion, although I just love all of the Captains and Crews. What they do for a living follows many centuries of men who go down to the sea. They are legendary in their own rights, but now we are able to see just how dangerous the job is and the perilous conditions, these men place themselves in. Please join me with your own opinions & feelings. So long; Sajsam
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afojc EDGAR ROCKS!!! 1 Jul 12 2008, 9:47 PM EDT by PharmacyGirl
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Nuf said!!
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fancyfish00 Big fan! 0 May 3 2008, 2:44 AM EDT by fancyfish00
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I am a big fan of the Northwestern! The crew is just awesome. YOU GUYS ROCK!!
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troy420 love to work for u sig hansen 4 Apr 18 2008, 2:11 PM EDT by HansenFan88
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for work SR
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troy420 love to work 1 Apr 17 2008, 11:10 AM EDT by amy_c
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if you give me a chance I will not let you down sir.
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