Or it forced large trawlers to break through the ice and seek open waters away from the Sea of Okhotsk.
To extend Murphy's Law further, a larger trawler headed south far ahead of us also passed Charlie's boat and offered to help.
They dived overboard as the 13,000-ton Royal Pacific went down within 15 minutes of being hit by a large trawler.
Later in the war the Admiralty built 3 classes of larger trawlers as well as developing a new special class of Minesweeper.
The larger trawlers were moored in their places, their tire-browed sides rubbing aged timbers.
In this northern port on the English Channel, the fleet of large trawlers has fallen from 45 to 12 in two decades.
The fishing fleet that has been beached for weeks returned to the waters today, a couple dozen small boats and many large commercial trawlers.
There are good fishing banks in the vicinity of Fair Isle and on most days several large trawlers are to be seen there.
Medium and large trawlers usually have a stern ramp for hauling the trawl onto the deck.
In 2010, the shipyard agreed to build two large trawlers for Russian clients.