My View of Life on the Dock
Here’s another comparison of The Red Baron lobster boat model and Mark Ring’s lobster boat The Stanley Thomas. Note the same windows in the trunk cabin. Note the same color scheme. Note the same hand rails along the roof. Mark Ring has since taken the windows out of the trunk cabin in The Stanley Thomas (the photo was taken in 2002).
Red Baron Lobster Boat Model At GMHC Gift Shop, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Normally I wouldn’t post a picture of a Lobster Boat Model but in this case, this particular lobster boat model looked almost like an exact replica of the Stanley Thomas, Mark Ring’s Lobster Boat. They sell these models at The GMHC gift shop.
Red Baron Lobster Boat Model At GMHC Gift Shop, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
While Ron Gilson was talking about various boatyards where the Draggers were built, It dawned on me that my father bought an old Jonesport hull at Mongomery’s for $400.00. He built the super-structure on it from plywood. It came out as a pretty nice little lobster boat. I remember we had lots of fun on that old boat. “Haulin the traps”
Randall Lindberg
Capt. Horace E Lindberg Jr. on Brother II
RIP Cap!
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Virginia Townsend Hand Painted Pottery At Local Colors, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Lobstermen are starting to gear up for the coming season. They go through the rope and take out knots. They clean and repair the traps. They paint buoys. It’s coming. As the water warms the lobsters will be on the move and our lobstermen will be ready to catch em.
The Dog and I, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
There are controls to pause the pictures of go directly to the album by clicking on the slide show.
This is an updated version of the old “Freaks Of The Lobster and Crab World Slide Show”. I doubt anyone else has a collection of pictures that they’ve taken first hand of this many mutations.
Minimal Editing – Minimal Commentary – Just A`Slice Of Time On Gloucester Harbor
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Being the coffee freaks that we are in our house you just knew that Jake Lobster mug was going to be part of our coffee mug collection, didn’t ya? This happens to be the mug of choice when going to the cabinet(the lobster one) Problem is we only have one. I’ll have to swing down and grab another one so the Mrs and I won’t have to fight for it.
These Life is Good coffee mugs have some weight to them and feel good in your hand. A great gift for the lobsterman or lobster lover in your life. Look for the Life is Good Video interview with Christopher at 10:00AM
Harbor Goods- Gloucester Life Is Goods Store Jake Lobster Mug, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Gloucester At Dawn- Beat Up Lobster Gear 4:50AM 3/30/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Joey remembered where that sign is. If I hadn’t taken the photo yesterday, I wouldn’t have known. One of those things you just don’t notice. And my son who delivers there everyday for Ocean Crest didn’t recognize it either!
Dear Joe,
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They pour cement in the bottom of the crab traps so they will land bottom first once set off the boat. This way they will fish properly. Very few lobstermen pour cement in the bottom of lobster traps but I have seen it here and there. The prefered method of weighting a lobster trap is with bricks. This is another difference between lobster traps and crab traps.
Crab Traps,Naples Florida, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
How do you know it’s low tide? Look at the pilings and how far they stick out of the water.
Tully IV and The Dog and At Captain Joe and Sons, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Tully IV and The Dog and IAt Captain Joe and Sons, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
This rare blue lobster was caught by Horace Lindberg Jr. (Dad) aboard the Brother II circa 1970’s. He gave it to the UMass Marine Biology Station in Bay View. They said the chances of “catching” this rare lobster was about 1 in 5 million. He had t-shirts mad up with the boat name and the slogan “one in 5 million”
Around one in two million lobsters is blue. A research study conducted by Professor Ronald Christensen at the University of Connecticutdiscovered that a genetic defect causes a blue lobster to produce an excessive amount of protein.[4] The protein, and a red carotenoidmolecule known as astaxanthin, combine to form a blue complex known as crustacyanin, giving the lobster its blue color.[5]
Funny, notice the pegs, haven’t seen those in a long time.
Good Morning Gloucester 