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Boats & Gear

Winfred and Faith Melle Alley fish and lobster together on their new boat, the Faith Melle, a Libby 34 hull with a 425 Cummins engine. Jay Perrotta photo.

Some Maine lobstermen build their boats more for racing than fishing

Paul Molyneaux

The Deliverance, a 58-foot steel pot-fishing boat out of Homer, Alaska, came in to be hauled at the Port of Toledo Shipyard in Toledo, Ore. Port of Toledo Shipyard photo.

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Delivering a new Deliverance

Michael Crowley

After being completely rebuilt at Cape Codder Marine, the Happy Trails is ready to go back to lobstering. Cape Codder Marine photo.

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New life for a Novi lobster boat on Cape Cod

Michael Crowley

The Ocean Queen was launched earlier this year at Jemison Marine & Shipbuilding. The firm is currently building a sistership just like her for Warren Alexander of Cape May, N. J. Jemison photo.

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New scallop vessels from Bayou La Batre

Larry Chowning

De Nora launches Mariner M64 sewage treatment plant for vessels

NF Staff

Review: ‘Working Boats: An Inside Look at Ten Amazing Watercraft,’ by Tom Crestodina

Rozema Boat Works’ 47-foot crab and prawn fishing boat is designed with a raised pilothouse on a planing hull. Rozema Boat Works image.

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Rozema’s fast, new 47-foot design

Michael Crowley

The Stormline Oilskin Fishing Flotation Pants offer only 11 pounds of buoyancy, but that has proven sufficient, and lobstermen like that they don’t have to think about another item to put on. Photo: Northeast Center for Occupational Health and Safety.

The skinny on PFDs

Paul Molyneaux

At the Long Island races in Maine, Downeast Nightmare was the fastest boat at 48 mph, while sometimes going airborne to do it. Jon Johansen photo.

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The 2022 lobster boat race season wraps up

Michael Crowley

Simplicity is the watchword for the ACR Bivy Stick. Advertised as the smallest and lightest of the satellite communicators, it connects to an app that does the heavy lifting. Credit: ACR Electronics

Apps and sats: the lowdown on handheld short burst data devices

Paul Molyneaux

A researcher discusses vessel tracking system gear with a group of artisanal fishers in Indonesia. UC Santa Barbara photo.

Tracking small-scale fishers

Sonia Fernandez