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Imtra photo.

PME exhibitor preview: Imtra

NF Staff

David Santos is ZF's senior manager and commercial fast craft manager for North America and Central America. ZF photo.

PME exhibitor preview: ZF Marine

NF Staff

The Oscar Dyson and Henry B. Bigelow modernization contracts bring roughly $195 million in NOAA vessel work to Ketchikan Shipyard. Photo courtesy of NOAA

NOAA ship arrives in Ketchikan for $95 million overhaul

Carli Clancy

The Wescom sMRT SHIELD and sMRT SHIELD+ personal locator beacons (PLBs) break new ground with two-way communication. On both units, a blue light will indicate when a distress signal has been received. Wescom photo.

Two-way personal beacons can help survivors hang on

Paul Molyneaux

Raritan Engineering has manufactured marine toilets since 1958, making it one of the industry’s oldest and best-known names. Photo courtesy of Raritan Engineering

Head of the class: The oldest name in marine toilets

Paul Molyneaux

Adorned with birds and an awning to help keep the heat off shrimp she brings aboard, the Miss Caylee plies the waters of Mobil Bay in Alabama, as she has for 85 years. David Bryan photo.

Boat of the Month: Miss Caylee

Paul Molyneaux

The 282-foot pelagic trawler Borkur, from Iceland, sporting a pair of Twister doors. Vonin is receiving positive feedback from all the European skippers using the Twister. Now the company wants to bring it to the US market. Vonin photo.

The Vonin Twister

Paul Molyneaux

The F/V Element at the dock in Homer, Alaska, ready to make the trip across Cook Inlet to Westport, from there by land to Lake Iliamna and then down the Kvichak River to Bristol Bay just in time for the sockeye salmon season.

Boat of the Month: Element

Paul Molyneaux

Powered by a Cummins 8.9-liter engine and an AWT JT342 jet, Wadsworth’s amphibious skiff can reach a top speed of 30 knots and is equipped with bunks and a small galley. Photo courtesy of Ray Wadsworth

Keeping up with Ray Wadsworth

Paul Molyneaux

Finn Furth strips nets while the rest of the crew winterizes the boat, sorting lines for next season and sending clean monofilament to Net Your Problem for recycling. Photo courtesy of Finn Furth

Putting a Bristol Bay boat to bed

Paul Molyneaux

Mark Urwin relies on a Sonos sound system aboard the Kaitiaki while fishing for albacore offshore. Photo courtesy of Toura Boat Craft

Rocking the boat: Sound systems built for life at sea

Paul Molyneaux