U is for Underdog

Well, U is for unable to get my own pictures.  I finally found a picture online of one Maine lobster boat that begins with U - Underdog!  I have to credit Sam Murfitt for the picture here.

I also have a video clip of showing Underdog getting rolled a bit in a lobster boat race in 2008.  The write up is here:

http://www.fishermensvoice.com/archives/0909foolishpleasureunderdog.html

The video is here:

http://www.fishermensvoice.com/archives/0909quicktimevideo.html

It all turns out well in the end, after a concussion and a broken arm, anyway.

Here is Underdog and two poems I wrote for it:

©Photo by Sam Murfitt

from
Utterly Underdog -


(just watch it!)

seriously 
Undersung -


(go howl it!)

woefully 
Underweened -


(award it!
)

horribly Underhyped -


(harp on it!
)

really Underrated -

(rethink it!
)

to
Wicked Wonderdog - 

(wonderfully wild waves!)
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Underdog's Race

 Underestimated weather
Unimaginable deep
Undulating waves
Unrelenting wind
Unprotected seas
Undetected danger
Underrated power
Underwater rescue
Unexpected ending

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Then I found the interview that mentions a second lobster boat name that began with a U.  I doubt is still around, but maybe. Quite a while ago there WAS a lobster boat called the USS Alabama.  I stumbled upon this interview of a lobsterman in Friendship, Maine.  I think he's in the family of the person we bought our house from in Friendship.
He named his lobster boat the USS Alabama, after the boat he was on in the service.
This interview is one of a few that were done as a school project.  I'm thinking of saving the pages in case the school decides to take them down.  There's some great information at the interview with Stan Simmons.

USS Alabama

Enlisted in battle
Rolling with swells
Racing wild winds
Where man never dwells

Cutting through waters
Carving its wake

Slicing through layers
A battle at stake.

Rolling and racing
Carving and cutting,
But on its return
It's just putt-putt-putt-putt-ing.
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The battleship USS Alabama may be seen on either of these two pages -
http://harmonyclubwaltz.blogspot.com/2007/01/his-birthday.html

http://goodmorninggloucester.wordpress.com/2013/01/27/the-iron-lady-and-us-battleships-from-fred-bodin/

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Ooooh, and I JUST found this other boat!  Uncles UFO!  Two U's!

I don't have a poem for it, because I JUST found it.  But here is a You Tube video of Uncle UFO racing Whistlin' Dixie in 2009.  This video is taken aboard the lobster boat Uncles UFO.  It's pretty cool to watch and not too long.

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