Boats & Gear

A Florida fisherman wears ACR’s overboard location alert system tag linked to a mobile phone or base station on the boat. ACR photo.

Where you at?: Competition and tech advances make life-saving measures more accessible

Paul Molyneaux

The CodCoil is an affordable small-boat pot revolution.

Spring a trap: Slinky pots take over for Alaska’s blackcod hooks

Brian Hagenbuch

The Deltaville-built Nassawadox is on the rails at A.C. Fisher Jr. Marine Railway in Wicomico Church, Va., to receive a new horn timber. Larry Chowning photo.

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Wooden deadrise gets a new horn timber; Chesapeake legend Willard Norris dies at 94

Larry Chowning

Chad Lowenberg takes Deckhand’s electronic logbook for a trial run in the Bering Sea crab fishery. Chad Lowenberg photo.

Logged on: The venerable captain’s logbook is moving to digital

Paul Molyneaux

Feeney Boat Shop is building this 35 Mitchell Cove with a 705-hp Cat for a Cutler, Maine, lobsterman. Feeney Boat Shop photo.

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Boatshop expands Mitchell Cove 35 hull; plenty of repair work at Friendship shop

Michael Crowley

After an encounter with a large rock, the 58-foot Defiance was hauled at Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-op to have part of her bottom rebuilt. Port Townsend Shipwrights Co-Op photo.

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Abrupt stop sends seiner in for planking work; seine skiff meets the builder’s expectations

Michael Crowley

Alex Oczkewicz photo.

Have it both ways: After more than 20 years, Maritime Fabrications launches a new and improved through-picker

Paul Molyneaux

Fairhaven Shipyard built the 90-foot clammer Joey D for Oceanside Marine. She was designed by Farrell & Norton Naval Architects. Steve Kennedy photo.

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Massachusetts yard delivers 90-foot clammer; Maine boatshop building lobster-dragger combo

Michael Crowley

Knock out engine room fires with a single heave. Hercules SLR photo.

Fire backup: Aerosol fire suppressors proving useful for fishermen

Brian Hagenbuch

Zoleo shifts between cellular, Wi-Fi and satellite networks. Zoleo photo.

Better onboard cell messaging: Zoleo fills in gaps for more seamless messaging

Brian Hagenbuch

The Rose Marie was built to work in Chesapeake Bay’s blue crab and oyster fisheries. Evans Boat Repair photo.

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First and last: Maryland builder Eugene Evans crafts the 40-foot fiberglass Rose Marie for himself

Larry Chowning