September 9, 2024
Sponsoning is steady work at Giddens Boatworks
The Sea Princess sponsoring is nearly completed. The bow has been extended; the hull was reframed and most of the new hull plating is in place. Giddings Boatworks photo.
In May, the crabber and shrimper Sea Princess arrived at Giddings Boatworks for the same reason that has driven previous vessel owners from California to Alaska to pull their boat off fishing grounds and steam to the Charleston, Ore., boatyard: improved sea keeping, greater fish hold capacity, and carry more deck gear. In a word, sponsoning.
Sponsoning is something that Giddings Boatworks is well-known for. “It seems like we do one or two a year,” said Ray Cox, Giddings Boatworks owner. The…
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Michael Crowley is the former Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.
