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Michael Crowley

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Michael Crowley is the former Boats & Gear editor for National Fisherman.

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Fred Wahl Marine Construction sponsoned and lengthened the Winona J. Fred Wahl Marine Construction photo.

Oregon yard extends a couple of crabbers; dragger and crabber repaired at Washington shop

The Lynn Marie, hitting 27 mph, beat Hook & Ladder at the Long Island races Aug. 21, 2021. Jon Johansen photo.

It’s a wrap for 2021 lobster boat race season

At Boothbay, Heather Thompson in Gold Digger, a Wayne Beal 36 with a 675-hp Scania, wins the Diesel Class J race — 551 to 700 hp, 36 feet and over — hitting 43.9 mph. Jon Johansen photo.

It’s time to put everything on the line for Maine’s lobster boat racing season

Bue Eyed Girl in the lead at the 2021 Maine Lobster Boat Races at Pemaquid. Jon Johansen photo

Lobster Boat Race winner takes home new engine

The Mary Lu left Fashion Blacksmith with a new stepped pilothouse that provides better visibility all the way around, especially toward the back deck. Fashion Blacksmith photo.

Better visibility for Texas step-pilothouse; boat carpenter clamps down worst leak he’s seen

The Millie, a Duffy 35 designed by Spencer Lincoln, is the first boat for Richard Duffy’s recently launched R&R Duffy Boats. R&R Duffy Boats.

A classic 35-foot Maine lobster boat design is back; new wooden lobster boat to be launched in fall

Blue Eyed Girl was a force to reckoned with at the Boothbay and Rockland races. Jon Johansen photo

Maine’s Lobster Capital hosts boat races this weekend

An HI500 Thrustmaster waterjet and a 500-hp Cummins will power this 20-foot seine skiff being built at Rozema Boat Works. Rozema Boat Works photo.

Wash. boatyard builds jet-powered seine skiff; covid-19 dragging down boatyard production

Maritime Fabrications is finishing off this 48-footer as a coastal crabber and Dungeness tender for Puget Sound. Maritime Fabrications photo.

Level-wind pivot named in honor of bay fisherman; gillnetters get repowered at Southeast Alaska boatyard

The Syringa, a 36 Calvin lobster boat, pulled into Dana’s Boatshop to have its deck covered with a new rubber mat. Dana’s Boatshop photo.

Maine yard sends tuna boats to Massachusetts; lobstermen are laying down rubber decks