Boats & Gear

Boat of the Month: Alsek

Charlie Ess

The Millie, a Duffy 35 designed by Spencer Lincoln, is the first boat for Richard Duffy’s recently launched R&R Duffy Boats. R&R Duffy Boats.

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A classic 35-foot Maine lobster boat design is back; new wooden lobster boat to be launched in fall

Michael Crowley

This 27-foot garvey is going to be worked in Virginia’s gillnet fishery by Bill Harris. Larry Chowning photo.

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Ala. yard converts oil supply ship for Va. oysterman; ample work lined up for wooden boat pros in the bay

Larry Chowning

Paul Hebert, one of the stars of the TV show “Wicked Tuna,” bought a new H&H 40-footer, the Wicked Pissah, powered by a Volvo-Penta 625-hp D11. Terry Boivin photo.

Driving forces: Power, efficiency and alternative fuels push the marine diesel market into new territory

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Control systems for smoother, more precise maneuvering.

Waterjet control: Kongsberg Maritime launches two new jet control systems

Brian Hagenbuch

New Intellian antenna brings high-speed connectivity to small boats.

Big data for little boats: Intellian leverages high-throughput for boats under 80 feet

Brian Hagenbuch

The Killer will be easy to spot amid the densely packed gillnetters in Alaska’s Bristol Bay — Getting up on step with the twin FPTs and Ultrajet 340HT jets, the Killer will be easy to spot amid the densely packed gillnetters in Alaska’s Bristol Bay. Randy Wells photos

It’s a wrap: Launching a work of art for Bristol Bay

Paul Molyneaux

An HI500 Thrustmaster waterjet and a 500-hp Cummins will power this 20-foot seine skiff being built at Rozema Boat Works. Rozema Boat Works photo.

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Wash. boatyard builds jet-powered seine skiff; covid-19 dragging down boatyard production

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Paul Stoffer installs a new plank on Defiance, a 1947 58-footer built in Tacoma for a Gig Harbor fisherman. Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op photo.

They saw a lot: Washington’s Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op is still buzzing

Paul Molyneaux

Killer gillnetter Bristol Bay stern shot — Using art to sell engines, Killer and FPT Industrial aim to make a splash. Randy Wells photo

Killer revealed: Building a Bristol Bay gillnetter like no other

Jessica Hathaway

Southwind was one of the last round-stern deadrise boats built by George P. Butler at Reedville Marine Railway in Virginia. When Butler died in 1976, his son took over. Larry Chowning photo.

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Butler family sells railway after 106 years; Butler-built classic wooden boats still at work

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