
My View of Life on the Dock
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Beautiful Industry Winch Series, originally uploaded by captjoe06.


I’m not sure if the GMG readers find the beauty in these but I sure do.
Beautiful Industry Block Series, originally uploaded by captjoe06.


Beautiful Industry, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

This is one of many blocks aboard the Plan B, a former tuna seiner that is being converted to a herring seiner by the folks at Cape Seafood on the State Fish Pier. The reason they are converting the Plan B is because the boat had seine history for herring. During summer area closures which restrict the Cape Seafoods Mid-Water Trawling herring boats from fishing for herring, seine boats are allowed to fish for them. So now they will still be able to catch and provide fresh lobster bait rather than rely on costly frozen lobster bait for their customers.
Beautiful Industry – Block, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Beautiful Industry- Cape Pond Ice Winch, originally uploaded by captjoe06.


Gloucester At Dawn Cape Pond Ice 4:40AM 6/2/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Gloucester At Dawn Cape Pond Ice 4:40AM 6/2/09, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Here is one of the winches that haul the trawl doors in on the Dragger Pamet. This winch is manufactured by Hawboldt Industries in Chester Nova Scotia, Canada. What is interesting and makes for a great winch is the galvanized steel that holds up well to the salt water as opposed to the old metal winches which wouldn’t hold up nearly as well to the salt water conditions that these winches operate in.
Beautiful Industry Pamet Winch, originally uploaded by captjoe06.


Beautiful Industry- Winch, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Gloucester At Dawn-4:50AM 5/19/09 Rose’s Marine Travel Lift, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
I like this one.
Gloucester At Dawn-4:50AM 5/19/09 Rose’s Marine Travel Lift, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
There’s something beautiful about this old winch at the Maritime Heritage Center. Knowing that it must have been responsible for pulling up millions and millions of pounds of fish right til the end of its working life.
I wonder what it’s going to be like for me when I’m gone from the dock. I think about the winch that we’ve had at the head of the dock to unload boats forever. It’s the same winch that was there when my grandfather and father were working. It’s worn and rusty but it will be strange one day when I’m no longer here for it to not be part of my every day life. Strange, huh?
Beautiful Industry- Winch, originally uploaded by captjoe06.


It’s been a while since the Vincie N’s winch has seen any new wire. Head down to the Gloucester Maritime Heritage Center to check it out in person.
Beautiful Industry- Winch, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Beautiful Industry Herring Net Floats, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Beautiful Industry Working On Herring Net, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
You don’t get to shoot scenes like this in Hamilton, I can assure you.
Beautiful Industry- Working On Herring Net, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Gloucester Zen Video coming at 8:00AM
Beautiful Industry Working On Herring Net, originally uploaded by captjoe06.