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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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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.

Sponsoning is steady work at Giddens Boatworks

In the Fastest Lobster Boat race, Maria’s Nightmare II leads Black Diamond and La Bella Vita. Maria’s Nightmare II won, Black Diamond dropped out, leaving La Bella Vita in second place. Jon Johansen photo.

Record-setting fleet at Winter Harbor wraps up Maine Lobster Boat Racing

At Long Island the best battle was between Lynn Marie and Black Diamond. In the Gasoline Class E race it looks like Black Diamond is ahead but at the finish Lynn Marie slid by for the win. Jon Johansen photo.

Maine Lobster Boat Racing season’s home stretch

In the Diesel Free-for-All, the Regency is trying to keep pace with Lil’ Lisa Maria and Mean Kathleen. Lil’ Lisa Maria won at 42 mph, Mean Kathleen took second and Regency placed fourth. Jon Johansen photo.

Maine Lobster Boat Racing heads toward home stretch

The 34-foot, 53-year-old Dab Chick has gained five fish holds, a new fuel tank space (white hold) and a trolling cockpit at the transom. Coamings down the center of the deck will support a sliding drum on an I-beam. Veronica Staggs photo.

Alaska yard helps fishermen diversify

At the Harpswell races July 28, Black Diamond barely leads Lynn Marie in their first race of the day, Gasoline Class E, V8, Over 525 ci, 28 feet and over, Turbos/superchargers, Alcohol and Nitrous. Black Diamond won at 51.4 mph. Jon Johansen photo.

A long voyage to win at Harpswell

The winner of the first race, Work Boat Class A, for skiffs 16 feet and smaller was Jenily. Jon Johansen photo.

Equal opportunity at Friendship races

In the Jimmy Stevens Cup Fastest Boat Afloat race at Stonington, Foolish Pleasure leads My Turn and Witching Hour. Foolish Pleasure won with a speed in the low 50s. Jon Johansen photo.

Lobster boat racers throng Stonington

The Jean C., a 35-foot salmon troller built in Washington about fifty years ago, was brought down from Newport, Ore., to be hauled at Zerlang & Zerlang in mid-May 2024. Zerlang & Zerlang photo.

California yard busy with the wooden fleet

Size Matters took second place behind Obsession, which won at 43 mph. Next to Size Matters is the Natalie E, which won at the Rockland and the Bass Harbor races, but at Moosabec Reach Natalie E kind of “went kind of dead in the water," finishing in 8th pl

Big fleet for Moosabec Reach races