As told in the book and film, the Andrea Gail began her final voyage aboard the ship. The captain, Frank “Billy” Tyne, decided to head east in hopes of profitable late-season fishing; This History Channel documentary is about a monstrous Easter nor that formed late off the coast of Nova Scotia. The nor Easter had absorbed one. Conditions were perfect for a monster storm, a time bomb that would explode in the northern Atlantic Ocean, creating waves ten stories high. ~ Dubbed The Perfect Storm by National Weather Service NWS meteorologist Bob Case, this remarkable weather event claimed the lives of the crew of the Andrea Gail as the storm exploded toward the end of each day. Every day, forecasters from the NWS Ocean Prediction Center, formerly the Marine Prediction Center, About. It's Halloween 1991. Near Gloucester, Massachusetts, the six members of the Andrea Gail, a swordfishing boat, set sail for their last trip of the season. Unbeknownst to them, a storm of shocking brutality is slowly gathering strength. Before the National Weather Bureau has a chance to inform the crew of the impending danger, "The Perfect Storm" is a well-crafted example of a pure sensation film. These are ships shaken by a violent storm. Mass. who had the misfortune of finding himself in the middle of the monster when three major storm systems collided in the Atlantic. We learn about the economic pressures of the swordfishing industry, we meet,