Rise Of The Sea Lord

Dawson Fletcher, a fishing captain, went into partnership with Wallace Fletcher on an even split of what the boat brought in. He took the boat out through the storms himself, and in a year it cleared $5.68 million. Wallace gave him $30,000 of that, and Dawson's parents were humiliated on top of it. Dawson would not stay on those terms. With the $30,000, his family's backing, and a hand from a man named Roy, he bought a second-hand boat and went to sea on his own. He could read the currents, and trawling through typhoon season he made $300,000. Wallace hired people to copy what Dawson was doing. It failed and left him deep in debt. Dawson forgave him and took him back in as a partner to expand the fleet. He put money into more boats and started a fishing brand that sold across the country, and the people of his hometown began to do well out of it.