My View of Life on the Dock
FOB Carol McKenna writes-
Who needs to travel anywhere when you live on beautiful Cape Ann ~ Happy Labor Day.
Schooner Festival Morning From FOB Alice Gardner
Eleanor Lawler Submits-
FOB Charlie Carroll Submits-
Joey…
I was fortunate and was able to get out to view the Mayors Race today…
I thought your readers might like to see a few of the shots I was able to get this afternoon.
More will follow on my PhotoSite tomorrow afternoon.
Charlie
A free public reception takes place on Saturday, Aug. 31 from 2 to 5 p.m. At The State Of The Art Gallery On Rocky Neck Next to The Cultural Center.
By Gail McCarthyStaff Writer
The son of a Gloucester fisherman, the late Paul Francis Frontiero Sr., began fishing with his father at the age of 12.
He did not know then that this would become his way of life for many years. He never finished Gloucester High School because his father was injured while fishing and he had to leave his studies. As a result, he spent many years laboring in jobs at sea.
Frontiero, born in 1925, even worked as a doryman, an avocation that became extinct; with the innovation of the motorized trawler, the dory fishing industry began to wither in the late 1930s. However, he remained in demand on the port’s fishing vessels because of his skills as an engineer and cook.
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Degelis Tufts took a break from the hustle and bustle of New York City this August to roll up her sleeves and get busy banding on a father-daughter lobstering trip aboard the Degelyse. This is nothing new to Degelis, as she’s been playing with lobsters since she was a baby and has been helping dad on the boat since age 6.
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So the massive push cart that saves Frankie and my backs from having to drag the thousands of lbs of lobsters and totes of bait around the dock had rotted out wheels. It happens- Saltwater’s a bitch, turns everything to shit.
So I asked Jeff from J and L Welding to take a look at our rusted out and broken wheels and order new ones to do the job. Only hitch is that this piece of equipment is vital to our operation and to be without it for even one full day would kill us. Brought the cart in at 7:40AM I got a call by 10:00AM to come pick it up, it had been all rehabbed before the boats would start hitting the dock with lobsters.
Huge huge thanks to Jeff and his crew at J and L welding. If you need this type of work done- do not hesitate to call them- 978-283-3388
and check them out online- www.jlweldingmachine.com
Fred Bodin Submits-
Tonight (Sunday 8/18/13) Janet and I went to the final hour of the Waterfront Festival. After a brief stop in the gallery, we decided to take our cars to Captain Carlo’s for dinner, and on the way to our cars, Janet pointed out a large motor yacht tied up at the Fort. I immediately saw the possibilities of an interesting post of our old harbor and what’s ahead in the future, so I told her I’d meet her after taking a few shots from behind Latitude 43.
Out of the corner of my eye I saw a very large tuna being unloaded at the Intershell dock. The tuna boat was Second Source of Marblehead. Even the Intershell fish cutter/processor (orange foul weather pants) was taking photos of this exceptional fattie monster tuna.
It looks like they were in awe of this fish. The Intershell employee is holding a fillet knife to cut out samples to check for quality, and they’re all hoping it won’t fall on them. That would be bad – real bad. Taking into account the relative size of the fishermen, we estimate this tuna to be at least 12 feet in length. Tomorrow, I’m walking down to Intershell and getting us a piece of this beautiful giant for the grill. This island we live on is very, very special.
I hope I got this correct, I matched up with what appears to be the steeple at Our Lady of Good Voyage. 
Fat Tuna from New Bern N.C. lands 310 pound tuna in Gloucester.
Lobsterman and Captain Mark Ring of the Beautiful Stanley Thomas Lobster Boat
Mark and Frankie Ciaramitaro Getting the Job Done!
Part III
years of duty. eroded by time and elements
Part II
Part I
The tall ship “Amistad” from New Haven Connecticut is a replica of a historic slave ship and will be at the end of Maritime Gloucester pier until Sunday, helping prepare the Schooner Adventure for the Schooner Festival. You may see the Amistad in the next Pirates of the Caribbean movie! –Len Burgess
Hey Joey,
Just shooting you an email regarding what could be one of the biggest threats to lobsters. Almost every striper we catch charter fishing on my fathers boat, The Connemara Bay, it is loaded up with juvenile bugs. We caught one the other day that had 10 lobsters in it! I attached the picture which includes the Bass along with the 10 victims. 
The last time we were on your page was from the blue lobster we had a few years back that we donated to the heritage center.
Kellen O’Maley
https://www.facebook.com/gloucesterfishing
Recommended reading by an Off Shore Lobster Boat Captain, “John C.”
Fred Bodin Submits-
This iconic smokestack is being slowly taken down, in anticipation of a
housing development planned for the site. It’s scary to see how high up these workers are as they attack the masonry. The "Tool" closed in 1987 after almost a century of manufacturing drop-forged metal tools. Sailors will miss the navigational marker, but now we have GPS and cell phones. The black ring marked the very top of the tower. In the foreground is Pigeon Cove Harbor.
These workers have been working hard with powerful and noisy equipment, and this is how far they got. Implosion is not an option because of nearby homes, boats, cars, and its proximity to Route 127, the major and only road that circumnavigates this island of Cape Ann.
I’ll report on this project as things change, including the mandated public access to the shoreline and water.
Fred
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