Chris Wiggins: Fred Vincent

Quotes 

• Fred Vincent : [motioning toward Dougall's tugboat]  There he comes. The most ornery skipper in the North Channel.

  Duvall : And maybe the best.

  Fred Vincent : Now don't you ever let him hear you say that.

  Duvall : His license up for renewal?

  Fred Vincent : Yeah, but I don't think I'll give it to him.

  Duvall : Why?

  Fred Vincent : Because he's just too hard to get along with, that's why.

• Fred Vincent : Well, Dougall, that should be about your speed - moving boxes from place to place.

  Dougall McGregor : Hear that, Billy? He's started already. Now listen, Vincent, we up here work for a living. It's you government guys that keep shuffling things around.

  Fred Vincent : How's business? You're still robbing the people blind, eh?

  Dougall McGregor : Oh, sure. I'm making so much money, me and this old boat, that soon I'm going to retire in the South Seas, on my own island.

  Fred Vincent : Well, you've learned what direction south is, Dougall? That's good - very good.