Boats & Gear

Green lobster boat engineer Dr. Doug Read at Maine Maritime Academy expects to generate interest with the launch of a 22-foot model of the fuel-efficient trimaran. MA/MCCF Image.

Rising fuel prices might attract fishermen to fuel efficient multi-hull vessels

Paul Molyneaux

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.

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Record-breaking Maine lobster boat race season in final stretch

Michael Crowley

Workmen at Jennings Boatyard in Reedville, Va. are cutting windows in the new house/pilothouse on the 46' oyster boat Yeocomico. Larry Chowning photo.

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Rebuilding an oyster boat on a good foundation

Larry Chowning

26'x8'6" aquaculture support vessel. US Watercraft photo.

US Watercraft building new Virginia oyster farm support vessel

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Afloat again after a massive rebuild the Western Flyer, once a highline sardine seiner, will become a research and education vessel as part of the Western Flyer Foundation. Port Townsend Shipwrights photo.

Return of the Western Flyer

Paul Molyneaux

Marwear designed its first products based on testing and feedback from longline fishermen. Marwear photo.

Marwear capitalizes on rough weather lessons from Iceland

Brian Hagenbuch

Many eVTR apps, like Deckhand Pro, work on Apple products, but other developers are opening the door to Android phones and tablets. Chad Lowenberg photo.

Captains and vessel owners are climbing the learning curve of electronic vessel trip reporting

Paul Molyneaux

Fishing Smarter: AI and new technologies revolutionize fishing

Jose Antunes

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

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New sponsoning jobs at Giddings Boatworks

Michael Crowley

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.

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A cold start to Maine lobster boat race season

Michael Crowley

The Chesapeake buyboats Linda Carol and 55th Virginia are being repaired in Poquoson, Va., for the upcoming annual buyboat rendezvous. Larry Chowning photo.

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Chesapeake craftsmen prepare classic buyboats for summer rendezvous

Larry Chowning