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Article: Rebuilt to suit: a Maine fisherman sticks with his 28-year-old wooden lobster boat.(The Merganser)
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- National Fisherman
- Article date:
- October 1, 2005
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In June, Donny Drisko was saying, "Both of us feel a little strange." Besides himself, he was referring to the Merganser.
The Merganser is a 33' x 10' x 3' wooden lobster boat that Drisko, who lives in New Harbor, Maine, has fished every year since she was built in 1977. The months since the Merganser was hauled in December represent the most time Drisko and the boat have been off the water.
The boat's builder was Calvin Beal Jr. of Beals Island, Maine. Beal was building her for himself in the winter of '77, until Drisko's father, Edgar, showed up on the island looking for a boat for his son. He was thinking of a used boat, but "He happened to stop into ...
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Article: Drisko Studio Architects Wins $25,000 Contract
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July 14, 2008 ;
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...OAKLAND, Calif., July 14 -- The U.S. Department of the Interior has awarded a contract valued at up to $25,000 to Drisko Studio Architects Inc., Santa Monica, Calif., for architect and engineering services. The contract was awarded by the ...
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