Boats & Gear

The collision left a 30-foot gash in the side of the tanker. Coast Guard image

NTSB: Mates share blame for scalloper, tanker collision

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Sailor's Way (right) wins the 2019 John's Bay Boat Co. Race at Stonington, Me. Jon Johansen photo

Stonington lobster boat racing draws fleet of 109

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Beals Lobster Races — Jeremy Beal's Semper Fi, a rebuilt Crowley 28, won the Diesel Class G race at Moosabec Reach in June 2019. Jon Johansen photo

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Fastest lobster boats: Racing on the Reach

Michael Crowley

Boothbay Harbor racing finish — Screaming past

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Wild Wild West dominates high-test lobster boat races

Michael Crowley

Maine Lobstering — Hauling lobster traps out of Stonington, Maine, the state's lobster capital. Maine Lobster Marketing Collaborative photo

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Feature: The Entanglement Tango

Samuel Hill

Ivy Jean — Built at Mainely Boats in Cushing and launched in March 2019 at Journey

Red, white and bluefin

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Shishaldin, Isanotski and Roundtop volcanoes as seen from the Unimak Pass in morning light. Unimak Island is the largest island in the Aleutian Islands in Alaska. Gordon Spear photo.

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Busted up in the Bering Sea

Michael Crowley

Product roundup: Improved catch sensors

Brian Hagenbuch

The 131-foot trawler Progress left Fred Wahl Marine Construction Jan. 8 to return to fishing in Alaska. Fred Wahl Marine photo. — The trawler Progress was towed to Fred Wahl Marine Construction with her windows boarded up after they were blown out in rough seas. Fred Wahl Marine Construction.

Feature: A year of Progress

Paul Molyneaux

NET Systems' Ultra Cross Knotless Netting will be the first polyester salmon seine to serve in Alaska salmon fisheries in the summer of 2019.

NET Systems: Polyester netting was never so strong

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Chesapeake Marine Railway hauled and repaired the Miss Stevie B in 2012. The yard has stopped using this railway because of repair issues, leaving only its smaller one in operation. Larry Chowning photo.

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Feature: Off the rails

Larry Chowning