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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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The 34-foot, 53-year-old Dab Chick has gained five fish holds, a new fuel tank space (white hold) and a trolling cockpit at the transom. Coamings down the center of the deck will support a sliding drum on an I-beam. Veronica Staggs photo.

Alaska yard helps fishermen diversify

At the Harpswell races July 28, Black Diamond barely leads Lynn Marie in their first race of the day, Gasoline Class E, V8, Over 525 ci, 28 feet and over, Turbos/superchargers, Alcohol and Nitrous. Black Diamond won at 51.4 mph. Jon Johansen photo.

A long voyage to win at Harpswell

The winner of the first race, Work Boat Class A, for skiffs 16 feet and smaller was Jenily. Jon Johansen photo.

Equal opportunity at Friendship races

In the Jimmy Stevens Cup Fastest Boat Afloat race at Stonington, Foolish Pleasure leads My Turn and Witching Hour. Foolish Pleasure won with a speed in the low 50s. Jon Johansen photo.

Lobster boat racers throng Stonington

The Jean C., a 35-foot salmon troller built in Washington about fifty years ago, was brought down from Newport, Ore., to be hauled at Zerlang & Zerlang in mid-May 2024. Zerlang & Zerlang photo.

California yard busy with the wooden fleet

Size Matters took second place behind Obsession, which won at 43 mph. Next to Size Matters is the Natalie E, which won at the Rockland and the Bass Harbor races, but at Moosabec Reach Natalie E kind of “went kind of dead in the water," finishing in 8th pl

Big fleet for Moosabec Reach races

Alexsa Rose (left) and Kimberly Ann running a tight race at Bar Harbor in Diesel Class M(B): 40 feet and over , 501 to 750 hp. Kimberly Ann won and took third in the Diesel Free for All. Jon Johanson photo.

Lobster boat racers battle the rain at Bar Harbor

At Boothbay, La Belle Vitae (left) and Blue Eyed Girl were in a close race in Diesel Class K. Blue Eyed Girl managed to hold the lead shown here to finish first at 48.2 mph. Jon Johansen photo.

Maine Lobster Boat Racing arrives

The 37-year-old Alaska research vessel Tiglax underwent an extensive refit at the Snow & Co. shipyard in Seattle. Snow & Co. photo.

Full refit for Alaska research vessel

Stewart Workman, SW Boatworks owner, finally has a boat built at his boatyard — not someone else’s boatyard. It’s the Alice Francis, a Calvin 36 lobster boat with a 450-hp Cummins QSL9. Workman says it’s outfitted as “just a basic lobster boat.” SW Boatwo

A boatbuilder finally gets his own; Maine Lobster Boat racing lineup