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Freshly inserted cotton corking is easily visible between the Terron’s hull planks. It’s the first time the 95-year-old crabber and blackcod boat's planking — originally built wood-to-wood —needed to be corked. David Peterson photo.
After 95 years, a California crabber gets tightened up
Dana’s Boatshop is building this “left handed” Wayne Beal 36 lobster boat, so called because the hauling station is on the port side and the companionway on the starboard, which is almost unheard of. Dana's Boatshop photo.
Building a 'southpaw' lobster boat in Maine
The Uyak, a 68-foot crabber, shrimper and salmon tender was designed and built by Fred Wahl Marine Construction and was scheduled to be delivered in January. Fred Wahl Marine Construction photo.
New vessels for crab and salmon from Oregon shipyard
With a 14-foot beam the Second Wind is slimmer than other Down East boats – and more fuel efficient. Walter Barrows photo.
Stonington’s slimmed-down lobster boats
The 120-foot Sea Ern and the 130-foot Kari Marie are tied up at the Hansen Boat Co. dock to be worked on. Hansen Boat Co. photo.
Work speeds up at Washington shipyard
Wesmac Custom Boats 54-foot Kaye Williams is for the Bridgeport Regional Vocational Aquaculture School. It has the same walk-around wheelhouse design with a recessed deck that Wesmac is starting to put on tuna boats. Wesmac Custom Boats photo.
Maine builder feeds the ‘tuna fever’
The Reverence has a stern extension for extra traps and holds 18 crates below deck. Sargent's Custom Boats photo.
New lobster boat fulfills the need for speed
Velocity Marine and Fabrication's 32-foot through-picker will have a power roller at the bow and stern and a swiveling gill net drum in the center of the boat. Velocity Marine rendering.
Through-pickers preferred by more Bristol Bay fishermen
The Deliverance, a 58-foot steel pot-fishing boat out of Homer, Alaska, came in to be hauled at the Port of Toledo Shipyard in Toledo, Ore. Port of Toledo Shipyard photo.
Delivering a new Deliverance
After being completely rebuilt at Cape Codder Marine, the Happy Trails is ready to go back to lobstering. Cape Codder Marine photo.
New life for a Novi lobster boat on Cape Cod
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