Boats & Gear

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

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

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

Larry Chowning

The Killer is coming: Have you ever seen a boat like this?

Jessica Hathaway

The Syringa, a 36 Calvin lobster boat, pulled into Dana’s Boatshop to have its deck covered with a new rubber mat. Dana’s Boatshop photo.

Michael_Crowley

Maine yard sends tuna boats to Massachusetts; lobstermen are laying down rubber decks

Michael Crowley

Maui Jim, Costa and Native are all good options for eye protection.

Jumpers on the flats: See more of the action with good glasses

Brian Hagenbuch

New options are making PFDs harder to argue against.

Float on: PFDs are becoming more viable, even for gillnetting

Brian Hagenbuch

A steel housing with access panel protects multiple transducers installed by Lunde Marine in Seattle. Lunde Marine Electronics photo.

Returns & rebounds: Electronics suppliers and installers are ready for service

Paul Molyneaux

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

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

Michael Crowley

This Eaton Boat Shop 25 will be going to a tuna fisherman. Eaton’s Boat Shop & Fiberglassing photo.

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Maine shop seems to have a winner in 25-footer; magic has its place on the lobster boat racing circuit

Michael Crowley