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Michael Crowley

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Michael Crowley is the former Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.

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This 42' tuna boat at Samoset Boatworks has tuna storage with a below-deck 3'-square live well that will come up to the underside of the cockpit sole. Next to it will be be an insulated tuna coffin next to that another live well. Samoset Boatworks photo.

A pair of New England tuna boats

Dana’s Boatshop is building the Shelly Marie, a 42’ Wayne Beal lobster boat with pressure treated 2x4 deck framing that will be topped with fiberglassed plywood and 1/2-inch rubber decking.

A step up for Boothbay lobsterman

The raw steel shown on the 60-foot Excalibur is the new bulwarks that were added to improve water deflection. Fred Wahl Marine Construction photo.

A West Coast full house at Fred Wahl Marine

The 34’ tuna boat Lea Katherine is the 78th wooden boat being built at John’s Bay Boat in South Bristol, Maine, since Peter Kass opened the shop in 1983. A majority of the boats were fishing boats. Jon Johansen photo.

Last newbuilds at John’s Bay Boat, but the work carries on

Maritime Fabrication modified the Starship from a strictly Bristol Bay gillnetter for fishing Southeast Alaska salmon and halibut. with a new deck drum and stern roller making hauling and setting longline gear easier. Maritime Fabrication photo.

Conversion broadens horizons for an Alaska gillnetter

The 59’ longliner Evening Star was one of 140 boats that was hauled out and overhauled in 2024 at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op. Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op photo.

That’s a wrap for 2024 at Port Townsend

The tuna boat Blue Jacket’s repowering started with removing the 8-92 Detroit Diesel. Long Cove Marine Services photo.

Time to repower at Maine boatyard

Farrin’s Boatshop made several modifications to the Miss Quahog, a 45-foot lobster boat. Farrin's Boatshop photo.

Upgrading Miss Quahog

The 34-foot boat currently being built at Next Gen Fab will have a strong resemblance to the Arctic Blonde, which was launched in August 2023. Next Gen Fab photo.

Trailerable 34-footer will pack lots of fishing power

Lee Shore Boat’s newest addition to the Salish Seafoods fleet is the Seahawk, Salish Seafoods’ second 40’ x 14’ outboard powered aluminum scow for its oyster and clam operations. Lee Shore Boats photo.

A one-stop boatyard in Washington