A captain for 47 years, he knew the inn's and out's of the sea.  No young wise-guy was going to tell him when it was safe to launch his vessel.  Frank was the kind of man that grew on you.  He was a determined man who never backed down from his beliefs, and for that he was always respected.  Sometimes stubborn in his ways, it did always seem that he was nearly always right about what he thought, and this time was going to be no exception.  He had a job to do, and no up and coming whatever was going to deter him from doing his job.
