Tag: Herring Boat

Another Page From Glamour UK’s Gloucester Spread

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This is the current issue of Glamour UK. The one that has the photo shoot with Victoria Secret Model Cintia Dicker that was shot down our dock and at various other Gloucester locations.
Here is a picture taken with Cintia Dicker, Victoria’s Secret Model aboard one of the Cape Seafoods Mid-Water Trawlers.  The crew from Glamour UK were taking a break in their trailer in the lot here at Captain Joe’s and I was heading over in the big truck to pick up bait so I told David Burton, the photographer that they ought to hop in because they could probably get some decent shots over on the State Fish Pier.
Here’s a pic of Cintia who literally just hopped right up on the huge chains and started posing from the magazine-

And here is the scene from that day July 9, 2008-

Western Venture Net Loading

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Here you can see the green groundlines ready to be attached to the brown net.

Western Venture Net Loading, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

These pins and shackles will connect the two-

Western Venture Net Loading

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Video coming…….

Western Venture Net Loading, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Western Venture Net Loading

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Here’s a picture left from the other day when the Western Venture was loading it’s net from the Swan Net Boom Truck.

What is interesting about it is how high it sits out of the water so that the opening in the stern of the boat is perfectly lined up with the level of the pier so the net slides right into the stern of the boat and onto it’s net reel in a straight shot.  Do you see those two rectangular openings in the stern of the boat that look like garage door openings?  Just inside there is where the net reels are located.

Western Venture Net Loading, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Net Offloading/Loading on The Western Venture

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Western Venture Net Loading Onto Net Reel

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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.

Western Venture Net Loading

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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.

Swan Net Boom Truck

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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.

Western Venture Net Loading

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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.

Westen Venture Loads Net From Swan Net Boom Truck Video

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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.

Western Venture Herring Boat Slide Show

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Galley Of The Herring Boat Challenger

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Galley Of The Herring Boat Challenger, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

View Of the Aft Stern On The Western Venture

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View Of the Aft Stern On The Western Venture, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Here is the view from the wheelhouse looking directly toward the stern of the Western Venture. Note the enormous winches that will haul the nets in from the ocean. Hopefully full of herring.

High Tech Controls Aboard The Western Venture

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High Tech Controls Aboard The Western Venture, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Down The Engine Room Of The Western Venture

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Compared to the much smaller engine rooms of our lobster boats, the room to walk around the individual engines aboard the Western Venture seems downright cavernous. Spotless all the way around. You could eat off any of these engines the way they are kept so clean.

Down The Engine Room Of The Western Venture, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

Western Venture -Herring Assassin

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Western Venture Herring Assassin, originally uploaded by captjoe06.

 

Galley and Living Quarters Aboard The Western Venture Herring Boat

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Western Venture Herring Boat

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The video taken in the above post was taken here in the wheelhouse of The Western Venture.

Western Venture Herring Boat, originally uploaded by captjoe06.