Boats & Gear

NF_Sept_20_Market_ATL_Groundfish_NOAA trawl net — Groundfish trawl. NOAA photo.

Video: Lights help salmon escape trawl nets

Laine Welch

The Smoky Point barely touches the water when planing without a load. Built by Peregrine boats, the vessel has twin UltraJet 340 HT jets powered by Cummins QSC 3.8 engines. Quinn Selitsch photo

MJP’s UltraJets help power Alaska’s gillnet fleet, seine skiffs

Brian Hagenbuch

This Hill Innovations Hi600, installed on a newbuild in late November 2021, has a 24-inch impeller that provides maximum thrust at midrange speeds. Jason Hill photo

Uplifting: Jet power moves fish fast

Paul Molyneaux

The F/V Highlander hits the water with a twin Hi500 water jets ready to get the vessel to the grounds in reasonable time, and get up on plane when returning with fish. Bay Welding photo

The unlikely engineer who makes a favorite Bristol Bay water jet

Paul Molyneaux

The Dark Star caught fire at Journey’s End Marina in Rockland, Maine. Stephen Betts photo

On fire and foundered: A rough week for East Coast commercial fishing boats

Jessica Hathaway

To the tender and back to the line in no time. Elliott Bay Design Group photo

New Bristol Bay boat packs a punch

Brian Hagenbuch

The crew of the F/V Devotion easily handles a lightweight CodCoil pot with live blackcod. Ryan Johnson photo

Fishermen give feedback on gear innovations

Guest Author

Petrzelka Brothers’ last commercial fishing boat was the Thunder, a 32-foot Bristol Bay gillnetter. Petrzelka Brothers photo

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Wash. boatshop closing up after 44 years; boatyard specializes in aluminum crabbers

Michael Crowley

The 1925 Chesapeake Bay buyboat Peggy is getting a new 56-foot waist, made from PVC sheets. Larry Chowning photo

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PVC is the choice material for one Virginia builder; new version of a classic Chesapeake style

Larry Chowning

The Vansee has been in the Odegaard family since the early 1960s. A partial owner since the late 1960s, Odegaard bought out his father Nils in 1982, and Odegaard’s son, also Nils, now crews.

Boat of the Month: Vansee

Brian Hagenbuch

The New Jersey-based Relentless was repowered at Garpo Marine on Staten Island, New York. Jake Smith photo

Still Relentless: Crew keeps scalloper afloat in engine room flood

Paul Molyneaux