Mount Pleasant Magazine 6.4

Captain Wayne Magwood has been

at the helm of “Winds of Fortune”

since 1986.

back memories of when shrimping was a lucrative busi-

ness for the hardy souls whose boats slept in the creek each

night and returned to the open water every morning.

That’s where “Winds of Fortune” is headed as the sun

rises, but not long after its nets are in the water, a cable

snaps, hurling one net into the sea and on its way to the

ocean floor.

“If it ain’t one thing, it’s two,” the captain said. “There’s

not going to be any shrimping today. There won’t be any

profit. Zero. But you got to laugh. If you don’t, you’ll cry.”

Instead of shrimping, “Winds of Fortune” circled the

area where the net, a $1,000 investment, went down. After

a few hours, Magwood chose to make his way back to

Shem Creek to re-rig the boat. He and his crew returned

on Sunday, hooked the net and marked its location. The

Photography by Brandon Clark