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SW Boatworks: A full stable of Beals Island designs<\/b><\/a> A visit with Osmond Beal: Corned Hake & ginger cake<\/b><\/a> Truly one of a kind<\/b><\/a> New scalloper Kodiak joins Vinjerud\u2019s New Bedford fleet<\/b><\/a> Wayne Hamilton: \u201cBelieve in what you\u2019re doing\u201d<\/b><\/a> Heather Thompson: \u201cI love what I do\u201d<\/b><\/a> Tom Peacock: wrenches, engines, and many miles<\/b><\/a> There & Back III: Benny, Tommy & the Donna Marie<\/b><\/a> New scalloper Orion joins New Bedford fleet<\/b><\/a> A Wednesday with Rusty Wallis<\/b><\/a> Sharing stories with Paul McFarland<\/b><\/a> NEW BOATS 2016 - Insert<\/b><\/a> Wesmac\u2019s Steve Wessel: In for the long haul<\/b><\/a> CFN Shakedown Cruise: FV-Tuna.com<\/b><\/a> 40th Annual Maine Fishermen's Forum: One for the books<\/b><\/a>
(02-27-2018)\n
\r\n\r\nBy Brian Robbins\r\n\r\nLAMOINE, ME \u2013 The year was 2008.\r\n\r\nThe economy was soft.\r\n\r\nLobster prices were down.\r\n\r\nIt seemed that the last thing anybody was thinking about was having a new boat built.\r\n\r\nSo what did Stewart Workman, owner of SW Boat...
(01-30-2018)\n
\r\n\r\nby Brian Robbins\u00a0\r\n\r\nBEALS ISLAND, ME \u2013 The thermometer was struggling to get above zero \u2013 and who knew what it was with the wind chill.\r\n\r\nIt was a Saturday, the end of a week that reminded you of what winters in Maine used to be: cold with...
(12-27-2017)\n
Whether you\u2019re talking about multi-talented NJ fisherman Bruce Klawunn or his 50\u2019 C\u00a0Rae, the term applies\r\nBy Brian Robbins\r\n\r\nKEYPORT, NJ \u2013 I\u2019m not a betting man, but if I was, I\u2019d wager that you\u2019d be stumped trying to guess the pedigre...
(12-27-2017)\n
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(11-21-2017)\n
by Brian Robbins\r\n\r\nSEARSPORT, ME \u2013 There are two really good reasons to include a feature on Wayne Hamilton in this issue of Commercial Fisheries News.\r\n\r\nFirst, his Searsport, Maine-based Hamilton Marine is celebrating its 40th birthday.\r\n\r\nAnd s...
(09-26-2017)\n
\r\n\r\nBy Brian Robbins\r\n\r\nHARRINGTON, ME \u2013 It was something to watch: a living, breathing version of a well-oiled machine.\r\n\r\nI was doing my best to stay out of the way with my camera as the 36\u2019 Gold Digger made its way through a string of lobster ...
(08-04-2017)\n
by Brian Robbins\r\n\r\nFREEPORT, ME \u2013 For someone who spent the biggest part of his working career on the roads of Maine, Tom Peacock is looking pretty comfy at home these days.\r\n\r\nOh, don\u2019t worry: he\u2019ll jump behind the wheel in a heartbeat if the...
(05-03-2017)\n
by Brian Robbins\u00a0\r\n\r\nJONESPORT, ME \u2013 We\u2019ve written about a lot of boats in Commercial Fisheries News over the years: small boats; big boats; real big boats.\r\n\r\nWooden boats; fiberglass boats; steel boats.\r\n\r\nNew boats hitting the water and ready...
(01-30-2017)\n
\r\n\r\nNEW BEDFORD, MA \u2013 The 101\u2019 big steel scalloper Orion is the latest newbuild to join the fleet at the Eastern\/Nordic Fisheries\/O\u2019Hara docks here.\r\n\r\nLike her sister ship Monomoy, (see CFN May, 2016) Orion was built on a standardized John W. ...
(12-27-2016)\n
BARRINGTON, RI \u2013 It all began with piss oak, actually.\r\n\r\nBack in February of 2013 I received an e-mail out of the blue from a fellow named Russ Wallis, writing in response to a Bearin\u2019s column I\u2019d written about long-ago smells of winter.\u00a0 It ...
(10-25-2016)\n
\r\nby Brian Robbins\r\n\r\nROCKLAND, ME \u2013 I\u2019d heard Paul McFarland\u2019s voice nearly 40 years before I met him face-to-face.\u00a0 I can\u2019t tell you that I recognized the voice when the tall, smiling man met me in the main office of the O\u2019Hara Corporati...
(02-02-2016)\n
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(11-24-2015)\n
by Brian Robbins\r\n\r\n \r\n\r\nSURRY, ME \u2013 Mention Steve Wessel\u2019s name to anyone familiar with Maine boat building and their reply is likely to be: \u201cYou mean the Wesmac guy?\r\n\r\nMan \u2013 they\u2019ve built some boats over the years.\u201d\r\n\r\nWhich is tr...
(07-01-2015)\n
\r\n\r\nWelcome to another CFN Shakedown Cruise.\r\n\r\nPeriodically, we will focus on a new launch and dig a little deeper into what went into the project \u2013 whether it be a new model or a hull well-known to the New England commercial market.\u00a0 What we hop...
(03-31-2015)\n
It had all the makings of a great movie: you had the glory of the Maine Fishermen\u2019s Forum celebrating its 40th\u00a0anniversary mixed with the drama of worrying about what the weather might be.\u00a0 The Samoset Resort crew sent out an e-mail on Monday mo...