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Farrin’s Boatshop is finishing off this 46-foot Muscle Ridge hull for a California fisherman. Jon Johansen photo.
California dreamers are drawn to a Maine boatshop
Quarters are tight in each of Taylored Boats two boatbuilding shops but even in the preliminary stages there’s a good sense there will be enough deck space for 200 lobster traps when Taiyored Boats finishes this 46-foot lobster boat. Taylored Boats photo.
Maine boat builder resists the rubber-deck trend
The 34’ x 11’ Cobra fishes multiple fisheries off Washington state’s Olympic Peninsula. Crozier Craft photo.
New boat does it all on waters off Washington’s Olympic Peninsula
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
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