Boats & Gear

Paul Molyneaux photo.

Chance encounter: A day’s haul on a historic Chesapeake Bay oyster skipjack with Stoney Whitelock

Paul Molyneaux

Wesmac Custom Boats built the RV Pilar for a San Diego, Calif., owner as a tuna boat and to be chartered out for scientific research. Wesmac Custom Boats photo.

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Maine yard sends tuna boat to California; Coast Guard gets a ‘make-believe’ lobster boat

Michael Crowley

The 36-foot Robin Lyn was hauled at Farrin’s Boatshop to be repowered and overhauled. Bill Sherburne photo.

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Marine patrol boat will replace one that burned; Downeast boatyard finishing off Canadian hull

Michael Crowley

SuperFabric over a breathable nylon base. Grundéns photo.

Tough new trap gear: Grundéns’ Ironclad stands up to a thrashing

Brian Hagenbuch

Outfitter Satellite photo.

F/V Phone home: Satphones, apps, text-only and emergency options expand for fishermen in an increasingly connected world

Paul Molyneaux

Power brokers: Fiat Powertrain Technologies gains traction in Alaska through distributor Motor Services Hugo Stamp

Brian Hagenbuch

The 42-foot crab and oyster boat Miss Lynette had six bottom planks replaced at Smith Island Drydock at Rhodes Point, Md. Smith Island Drydock photo.

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Smith Island yard repairs Crockett-built deadrise; Virginia railway runs maintenance on wooden boats

Larry Chowning

Cody Vandecoevering took over the F/V Karen, his late father’s 75-year-old, 58-foot wooden dragger, earlier this year.

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Boat of the Month: Karen

Samuel Hill

Furuno’s NXT line of radars give fishermen a new way to use radar, providing detailed information on targets.

Beyond magnetron: Solid-state technology opens up a new world of possibilities for radar

Paul Molyneaux

Blue Eyed Girl is the fastest working lobster boat. She hit 49 mph at Portland. Jon Johansen photo.

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2020 lobster boat racing season wraps up; six races draw 379 competing boats

Michael Crowley

Decaying sharks release necromones that scare off other sharks. Shark Defense Technologies photo.

Keep sharks at bay: Shark Defense Technologies reduces bycatch and attacks

Brian Hagenbuch