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After an encounter with a large rock, the 58-foot Defiance was hauled at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op to have part of her bottom rebuilt. Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op photo.
Abrupt stop sends seiner in for planking work; seine skiff meets the builder’s expectations
The 67-foot shrimp trawler Ole Betts Sea caught fire and burned in the Gulf of Mexico in March 2018. Trico Seafood photo
NTSB report: Fishing leads in fire casualties
Fairhaven Shipyard built the 90-foot clammer Joey D for Oceanside Marine. She was designed by Farrell & Norton Naval Architects. Steve Kennedy photo.
Massachusetts yard delivers 90-foot clammer; Maine boatshop building lobster-dragger combo
The 45-foot crabber Darean Rose was sponsoned 2 1/2 feet on each side. Giddings Boatworks photo.
Oregon yard still fixing crabber after Coos Bay crash; Alaska boatbuilder offers alternative to monohull
The Lillie M after being lengthened and sponsoned goes back in the water at Fred Wahl Marine Construction bearing its new name, Taryn Rose. Fred Wahl Marine Construction photo.
West Yacht exchanges helicopter pad for crab gear; gillnetters get on step with 10,000 pounds
The Blue Pacific was hauled at Zerlang & Zerlang Marine Services, where David Peterson worked on her deck and fish hold. Zerlang & Zerlang Marine Services photo.
Boat owners learn how to make needed repairs; first comes sponsoning, then a new wheelhouse
Peregrine Boats’ new Bristol Bay gillnetter features a net reel that travels bow to stern in the tracks on the deck. Peregrine Boats photo.
A gillnetter with a very different wheelhouse; good-bye hatches, hello manholes
Holland’s Boat Shop is building this 32-foot tuna boat with a 650-hp Cat for a Maine fisherman. Jon Johansen photo.
Rebuild of well-known race boat is put on hold; boatyard says 50 feet is a good cutoff point
Wesmac Custom Boats built the RV Pilar for a San Diego, Calif., owner as a tuna boat and to be chartered out for scientific research. Wesmac Custom Boats photo.
Maine yard sends tuna boat to California; Coast Guard gets a ‘make-believe’ lobster boat
The 36-foot Robin Lyn was hauled at Farrin’s Boatshop to be repowered and overhauled. Bill Sherburne photo.
Marine patrol boat will replace one that burned; Downeast boatyard finishing off Canadian hull
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