This is one of the prettiest lobster boats I’ve ever seen. I’m not sure if this guy fishes it(my guess is he doesn’t) but boy this boat has some pretty lines.
Lobster Boat, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
Lobster Boat
Tag: gloucester
WHAT UP HOMIE?
WHAT UP HOMIE?, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Net Offloading/Loading on The Western Venture
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Western Venture Net Loading Onto Net Reel
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.
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Western Venture Net Loading
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.
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Swan Net Boom Truck
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.
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The New Face Of The Gloucester Waterfront
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It Doesn’t Suck
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Maritime Heritage Center Dive Exhibit 4:50AM 7/25/08
Maritime Heritage Center Dive Exhibit 4:50AM 7/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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American Glory Cruise Ship at Cruiseport
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).
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Massachusetts Whale Safe Lobster Bands
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Whale Safe Green Lobster Band Article From Jay Lindsay-AP
Mass. lobstermen promote practices as whale safe
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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Lobster Claw Regeneration Slide Show
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What Up Homie?
WHAT UP HOMIE?, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Again and Again
Another handbag design from Freida at Again and Again at East Gloucester Square.
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Smokin Jim’s BBQ
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?
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Smokin Jim’s BBQ Chicken
Jim and his crew are not messing around. Their sauce is sweet and tangy with just the right amount of spiciness.
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Western Venture Net Loading
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.
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Westen Venture Loads Net From Swan Net Boom Truck Video
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.
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Maritime Heritage Center Diving Locker 4:50AM 7/25/08
Maritime Heritage Center Dive Exhibit 4:50AM 7/25/08, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
