Article: Maine lobster boat builders feel economic pinch.(Q)

Article: Lobster boat builders pinched as catch ...
AP Online;  May 8, 2008 ;     700+ words ... ... where lobster is king, Beal and other lobster boat builders are braving tough times. With the lobster ... Independence Day celebration features lobster boat races. Here and elsewhere, lobster boat builders enjoyed boom times as the annual harvest ...

Lobster Boat Builders
AP Images;  January 1, 2000 ;     231 words ...Wayne Beal stands in front of his 42-ft. lobster boat which is under construction at his boatyard in Jonesport, Maine, Thursday, April 17, 2008. With the lobster catch down and ...

Article: Wooden lobster boat is built; owners want larger ...
National Fisherman;  September 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... June 28, a 44-foot wooden lobster boat slid down the rails of the ... in that period. The new lobster boat was built for Chris Lutygens ... Though Maine's summer lobster boat races have just started ... would make fishermen and boat-builders happy.

Article: Patrol vessel jets around; 50-foot lobster boat ...
National Fisherman;  August 1, 2003 ;     700+ words ... ... long time, aluminum-boat builders have tried to get lobstermen ... an aluminum 36-foot lobster boat with water jets and an aluminum 50-foot lobster boat with a traditional shaft ... 50-foot fiberglass lobster boat, which C.V. Goreham ...

Article: Hollywood: gillnet and lobster boat. (Boat Of The ...
National Fisherman;  July 1, 2003 ;     497 words ... ... basically bent the boat," Burgess says. Home port: Gloucester. Mass. Owner: Richard Burgess Builder: Camille d'Eon Boat Builders Ltd., Nova Scotia Hull: Wood with fiberglass Length: 38 feet Beam: 15' 6" Draft: 4 feet Tonnage: 4 tons net Main ...

Article: Lobster boat gains two feet; Maine gearing up for ...
National Fisherman;  July 1, 2002 ;     700+ words ... ... process of being completed, and one, the lobster boat Lady Gambler, was having a few finishing ... stipulation that it not be used in a lobster boat, because it wasn't fit for that purpose ... worked pretty well, pushing the wooden lobster boat along at a good 10 mph. Young decided ...

Article: Fancy lobster boat will travel; less horsepower ...
National Fisherman;  January 1, 2009 ;     700+ words ... ... out information on Piper's 46-foot lobster boat. [ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] Wessel calls Piper's boat, Old Glory, a "fancy lobster boat" because it has full live-aboard ... boat will be rigged like a New England lobster boat "with a trap hauler and the whole works ...