But for those who have worked on the waterfront, Roy is remembered for his storied commercial fishing legacy. Within three years of his first trip, Roy had earned his spot at the wheel as captain of the Larsens’ swordboat. Roy said that when he started fishing, they were setting seven miles of line to load the boat in about seven days. “Roy would say: ‘I don’t like this drag, I’m going to invent a new one,” recalled Donny Benefit, who fished as first mate with Roy on both swordboats and groundfish draggers for 15 years. Working on a grant through the Island’s shellfish group to create jobs for displaced fishermen, Roy and others experimented with different shellfish that could grow in shallow waters like Katama Bay.