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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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Bue Eyed Girl in the lead at the 2021 Maine Lobster Boat Races at Pemaquid. Jon Johansen photo

Lobster Boat Race winner takes home new engine

The Mary Lu left Fashion Blacksmith with a new stepped pilothouse that provides better visibility all the way around, especially toward the back deck. Fashion Blacksmith photo.

Better visibility for Texas step-pilothouse; boat carpenter clamps down worst leak he’s seen

The Millie, a Duffy 35 designed by Spencer Lincoln, is the first boat for Richard Duffy’s recently launched R&R Duffy Boats. R&R Duffy Boats.

A classic 35-foot Maine lobster boat design is back; new wooden lobster boat to be launched in fall

Blue Eyed Girl was a force to reckoned with at the Boothbay and Rockland races. Jon Johansen photo

Maine’s Lobster Capital hosts boat races this weekend

An HI500 Thrustmaster waterjet and a 500-hp Cummins will power this 20-foot seine skiff being built at Rozema Boat Works. Rozema Boat Works photo.

Wash. boatyard builds jet-powered seine skiff; covid-19 dragging down boatyard production

Maritime Fabrications is finishing off this 48-footer as a coastal crabber and Dungeness tender for Puget Sound. Maritime Fabrications photo.

Level-wind pivot named in honor of bay fisherman; gillnetters get repowered at Southeast Alaska boatyard

The Syringa, a 36 Calvin lobster boat, pulled into Dana’s Boatshop to have its deck covered with a new rubber mat. Dana’s Boatshop photo.

Maine yard sends tuna boats to Massachusetts; lobstermen are laying down rubber decks

Working deck of Rebecca Mary. Kevin Ralph/NTSB

Survival on a sinking squid boat: NTSB report

This Eaton Boat Shop 25 will be going to a tuna fisherman. Eaton’s Boat Shop & Fiberglassing photo.

Maine shop seems to have a winner in 25-footer; magic has its place on the lobster boat racing circuit

The 64-foot Prospector was the first boat in the Port of Toledo Shipyard’s new fabrication shop. Port of Toledo Shipyard photo.

Oregon shrimper gets shafted — for the better; family tradition keeps going at California boatyard