Boats & Gear

Ernie Piton of Key Largo, Fla., outfitted his 17-foot Mako skiff with a 2,000-watt Honda generator and twin 500-watt underwater lights for bully netting spiny lobster. Sue Cocking photo.

Boat of the Month: Bully net boat

Sue Cocking

NF_September_20_ATY_South_Lead_Parker — This Parker 25 worked by Nathan Everett on Chesapeake Bay recently got a new 300-hp four-stroke outboard engine. Larry Chowning photo

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New power for a 25-footer in Chesapeake Bay; Wright skiff is ready for sale in Deltaville, Va.

Larry Chowning

Knute Aarsheim has spent decades in the New Bedford, Mass., scallop fishery. In December 2019, he and his son Keith took delivery of the Aarsheim Junior. Duckworth Steel Boats Photo.

Every engine needs a boat

Paul Molyneaux

Getting in and out of Dutch Harbor was never easy, but an October accident plus COVID-19 led to a RavnAir shutdown and bankruptcy filing. Bri Dwyer photo.

Ups and downs: Alaska’s remote fishing hubs grapple with ferry and flight shutdowns

Bruce Buls

NF_September_20_ATY_West_Lead_Petrzelka — Petrzelka Brothers will be finishing off this 32-foot Norcraft hull for Bristol Bay with a Scandia engine and Namjet propulsion package. Petrzelka Brothers photo

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Washington builder prepares to close its doors; new boatyard takes shape in northern California

Michael Crowley

Joe Letourneau sorts haddock, cod, cusk, pollock and redfish

Killin’ With a Purpose

Paul Molyneaux

Make your metal boat a fish in water with Smart Solution’s new biocide.

Solutions for a slick hull

Brian Hagenbuch

Omega Shipyard in Moss Point, Miss., delivered the Little River to the Omega plant in Reedville, Va., in April. Omega Shipyard photo.

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Menhaden steamer launches from Mississippi; Maryland builder makes oyster boat with a bed

Larry Chowning

Patricia Noreen removes her gloves to feel the edges and sand rough spots on a covid-19 face shield cut-out. Shields are then cleaned. Jonesport Shipyard photo.

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Maine boatyard builds covid-19 face shields; illness prompts four-week shutdown for one yard

Michael Crowley

The 54-foot longliner/tender Charles T first came to Alaska as a cannery shrimper in the 1920s. Cheryl Ess photo.

Boat of the Month: Charles T

Charlie Ess

Velocity Marine’s Point Steele is powered with a pair of Ultrajet 340HT jets and twin 600-hp Cummins QSC8.3 diesels. Velocity Marine photo.

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Boatyard sends two gillnetters to Bristol Bay; wooden-boat specialist keeps older boats working

Michael Crowley