My View of Life on the Dock
As the net reel reels the net on, the crew guide it back and forth so it will be loaded evenly onto the spool. A net this large you wouldn’t want all bunched up in the middle.
Western Venture Net Loading Onto Net Reel, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Here you see the men guiding the net off of the boom truck. They are making sure it is spread properly so once it gets loaded onto the net reel on the boat, it will set off from the boat properly and not all messed up when it hits the water fishing. On evenly distributed=off evenly distributed.
Western Venture Net Loading, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
I wonder how much the nets weigh? I mean the nets these boats tow are enormous, filling up this big truck. My guess is wet they would weigh 18,000 pounds and dry 15,000 pounds.
My guess is based on the size of that truck bed. It looks like it could carry 8 vats, and each vat holds roughly 1500 pounds.
Swan Net Boom Truck, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
The New Face Of The Gloucester Waterfront, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
It Doesn’t Suck, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Maritime Heritage Center Dive Exhibit 4:50AM 7/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Here’s the cruise ship that pulled into port Tuesday. It looked kinda old by today’s cruise ship standards, but well maintained (at least from the outside).
American Glory Cruise Ship at Cruiseport, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Massachusetts Whale Safe Lobster Bands, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
BOSTON (AP) — New green rubber bands that will bind the claws of Massachusetts lobsters beginning this weekend won’t save the lobsters from the dinner table. But they signify a state initiative aimed at saving whales.
Lobsters caught in state waters will be given the bands, stamped “Massachusetts” and depicting whale tails, to highlight the state’s efforts to make the seas safer for whales by requiring lobstermen to use rope to connect their traps that rests on the ocean floor, rather than line that floats and could entangle whales.
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WHAT UP HOMIE?, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Another handbag design from Freida at Again and Again at East Gloucester Square.
Again and Again, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Wouldn’t now be just about the right time to start heading over to East Gloucester, past my dock and to Smokin Jim’s for some delicious BBQ for lunch?
Smokin Jim’s BBQ, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Jim and his crew are not messing around. Their sauce is sweet and tangy with just the right amount of spiciness.
Smokin Jim’s BBQ Chicken, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Using a portable boom truck equipped with a power block, the huge herring nets are loaded onto the midwater trawler the Western venture at The State Fish Pier in Gloucester.
Western Venture Net Loading, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Watch as the massive net gets offloaded from the Swan Net’s boom truck and onto the net reel aboard the Western Venture. Swan Net has a facility to mend and create fishing nets up at the Blackburn Industrial Park, over a mile from the waters edge. They can work on these huge nets inside of buildings with controlled environments instead of taking up valuable real estate on the waterfront. They can do this because of the boom truck that can load and offload these nets for more efficient handling.
Maritime Heritage Center Dive Exhibit 4:50AM 7/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Think we should name him Pinkie?
Lobster Claw Regeneration Pictures, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
If anyone has been following the George Hardy Broken Davit debacle, there is hope. Watch the video.
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Hey George, you have no idea how happy I am that you decided to make the new davit out of steel instead of knotty pine. It was painful watching the frustration as you disassembled that second one. Video coming soon! Looks like the third time is a charm.
George Hardy With New Steel Davit, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Good Morning Gloucester 