charter management 2025-09-14T20:15:06Z
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Salt crusted my eyelids as 4:17am glowed on the dashboard. Outside the truck window, darkness swallowed the marina except for the frantic dance of my phone screen. Another charter cancellation pinged - the third this week. My thumb hovered over the contact, pulse thrumming against cracked glass. "Captain? We're sick..." Static-filled excuses bled into the predawn silence. Paper logs fluttered like wounded gulls across passenger seats, ink bleeding from coffee spills on yesterday's reservation sh
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The pre-dawn chill bit through my oilskin jacket as I stood on the rocking deck, coffee sloshing over my trembling hand. Six anxious faces would arrive in 45 minutes while gale-force winds shredded my carefully planned route sheets. That familiar acid-burn of panic started creeping up my throat - until my phone buzzed with that distinctive triple chime. FishingBooker's dedicated captain platform was alerting me about a sudden weather shift off Hatteras Point before I'd even checked radar. With s