Fish is very much a status item. As is steak, lobster and many other 'foods'. Been too busy fishing to follow the thread much, one of our boats...
Kanfish-Its a great boat. Not for me. I would guess it might be a little while before theyre getting built 5 at a time, give some time for fuel...
I have been busy blowing aluminum boogers out of nose, sorry to stay away from the conversation. Some good stuff here. A couple points- 1. On...
Im sure you know about dock street brokers, and the other alaska websites. Pick up an old copy of pacific fishing if you see one, they often run...
cthippo, for what youre looking for, take a look at some shrimp boats on the gulf when Ken Feinberg gets done collecting interest on the money...
This is very funny. In the spring of 2007 I painted the engine room of this boat to keep myself afloat until salmon season. It was at some...
Tad-That is a great looking design, everything looks easy to work and strong. Youre traditional bent also makes things look good, too. :) There...
If I had extensive knowledge, I wouldnt need to be studying :). I've got quite a bit of experience, but the technology changes often. There are...
That's not something that can be determined before you know what you have to work with. There are lots of different ways to skin a cat. It doesn't...
So, are there local minima/maxima that kind be found relating different displacement configurations to sail area? Is there a computer program out...
It's hard to say. I was wondering if the sail area/wetted surface thing was linear.....if theres a point right before the graph goes up, i'd look...
I was just trying to see if I was barking up the right tree, before I started worrying about climbing it, but since there seems to be a good bit...
Absolutely. If this thing breaks even, i'll be happy. One good thing about seasonal work is you don't have to 'quit your day job' to explore...
Tad- Most of the longlining around your area is for halibut/blackcod, which is done in a different way (you probably know this but just in case...
keysdisease-I saw the Bottom Liners when I first started looking around at this thing. They were built for bandit fishing grouper/snapper on...
