Obviously this guy has way more balls than me. He just nonchalantly placed this somewhat narrow plank from the pier to the roof of the boat and proceeded to walk across carrying a box full of heavy parts about 25 feet up in the air. My knees would be knocking and I’d be crying for momma before I’d walk across, lol.
Tag: Plan B
Beautiful Industry – Roller and Gear
The seine net will come over this roller as it comes back aboard the boat. Inside these housings there are bearings which allow the roller to turn freely. You see those bronze nipples sticking out? Those are grease fittings where they pump grease into the bearings and roller so it doesn’t get covered in salt water and freeze up.
Beautiful Industry – Roller and Gear, originally uploaded by captjoe06.
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Beautiful Industry – Block
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.
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