Boats & Gear

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

US Watercraft building new Virginia oyster farm support vessel

NF Staff

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.

Michael_Crowley

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

On Deck in the Pacific Northwest & Alaska: Boats & Gear

NF Staff

Reuben and Clifton Ivanoff and their family have fished on the New Dawn since 2000. Charlie Ess photo.

New splashes in Alaska

Charlie Ess

The Chuck Norris, a new Bristol Bay gillnetter, was designed to fish in extremely shallow water and stay there longer than other gillnetters. Shiloh Seymour photo.

Michael_Crowley

New Bristol Bay gillnetter with shallow draft – and a side house

Michael Crowley