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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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Rozema Boat Works’ 47-foot crab and prawn fishing boat is designed with a raised pilothouse on a planing hull. Rozema Boat Works image.

Rozema’s fast, new 47-foot design

At the Long Island races in Maine, Downeast Nightmare was the fastest boat at 48 mph, while sometimes going airborne to do it. Jon Johansen photo.

The 2022 lobster boat race season wraps up

The purse seiner St. Teresa was re-equipped with a new mast, boom and A-frame in just four weeks. Snow & Co. photo.

Scan software quickens purse seiner modification

At the Bass Habor races, the diesel record was broken when Maria’s Nightmare II (left) and Wild Wild West tied at 62 mph. A week later Maria’s Nightmare II broke it again hitting 68.3 mph. Jon Johansen photo.

Record-breaking Maine lobster boat race season in final stretch

The Kodiak crabber Odin's Eye left Giddings Boatworks May 31 with new sponsons and more crab pot capacity. Ty Rouse photo.

New sponsoning jobs at Giddings Boatworks

At Boothbay, Kimberly Ann (on the right), hitting 40.8 mph, barely beats Miss Madelyn in the Diesel Class M(B) race. Jon Johansen photo.

A cold start to Maine lobster boat race season

The Chuck Norris, a new Bristol Bay gillnetter, was designed to fish in extremely shallow water and stay there longer than other gillnetters. Shiloh Seymour photo.

New Bristol Bay gillnetter with shallow draft – and a side house

Three boats have kept work steady at Distinctive Finishes in Haines Alaska

Tailored Boats widened the Deja Vu, a Willis Beal 44, from 15’ 2” to 18’. Taylored Boats photo.

Taylored Boats builds on classic Willis Beal designs

Boricua Custom Boats launched the Cap’N Ben, a 43-year-old Young Brothers, in a like-new condition on April 4. Boricua Custom Boats photos.

Maine yard revives classic lobster boats