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Into the Fog: The Unanswered Voyage of Darin Crocker and the North Wind
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Into the Fog: The Unanswered Voyage of Darin Crocker and the North Wind
Posted by admin on September 24, 2025, 22:26 270 0

A working harbor and two brothers

On September 6, 1990, 22-year-old Darin Wade Crocker and his 27-year-old brother, Kevin, motored out of New Harbor, Maine aboard the North Wind, a stern dragger, for a planned four-to-five-day fishing trip. It was a routine departure from a community built around the tides—nothing to suggest that this voyage would become one of Lincoln County’s enduring maritime mysteries.

The vessel and the plan

The North Wind was a commercial fishing boat designed to tow gear from the stern, a workhorse common to Maine’s coastal fleet. The Crocker brothers intended to fish offshore and return after several days; no trouble was expected, and there were no known mechanical issues publicly reported before they left. Their schedule placed them within easy radio contact windows during the first weekend at sea....Read More

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