▁town ' s ▁sh ipping ▁news . ▁With ▁no ▁journal ism ▁experience , ▁Qu o yle ▁strugg les ▁to ▁produce ▁decent ▁articles , ▁inc urr ing ▁man aging ▁editor ▁T ert ▁Card ' s ▁constant ▁sc orn . ▁Re porter ▁Billy ▁Pre tty ▁tut ors ▁and ▁encourag es ▁Qu o yle . ▁When ▁Qu o yle ' s ▁article ▁about ▁a ▁million aire ' s ▁v int age ▁y acht ▁dock ed ▁in ▁town ▁is ▁popular ▁with ▁readers , ▁Jack ▁assign s ▁him ▁a ▁week ly ▁column ▁profil ing ▁an ▁interesting ▁boat ▁in ▁port . ▁Meanwhile , ▁Ag nis ▁res umes ▁her ▁former ▁occupation ▁as ▁a ▁boat ▁u ph ol ster er ▁to ▁help ▁support ▁the ▁family . ▁She ▁later ▁conf ides ▁to ▁Qu o yle ▁that ▁the ▁woman ▁she ▁loved ▁died ▁six ▁years ▁earlier ▁from ▁le uk emia . ▁▁ ▁R ather ▁than ▁running ▁his ▁newspaper ▁full ▁time , ▁Jack ▁Bug git ▁commer cially ▁fish es ▁to ▁prevent ▁his ▁adult ▁son , ▁Dennis , ▁who ▁nearly ▁died ▁at ▁sea , ▁from ▁obtain ing ▁his ▁own ▁commercial ▁license , ▁which ▁are ▁limited . ▁Jack ▁d row ns ▁while ▁se cur ing ▁his ▁boat ▁in ▁an ▁on coming ▁storm . ▁During ▁the ▁fun eral ▁w ake ▁at ▁the ▁Bug git ▁house , ▁shock ▁and ▁cha os ▁er u pts ▁when ▁Jack ▁mi rac ul ously ▁rev ives ▁from ▁a ▁com a - like ▁state ▁caused ▁by ▁hypoth erm ia . ▁Jack ▁gives ▁Dennis ▁his ▁fish ing ▁license , ▁bel ieving ▁the ▁gener ational ▁cur