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Stick-built Sponsons for a West Coast Fishing Vessel

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Old school,” that’s what Wayne Garcia, general manager at Giddings Boat Works in Charleston, Ore., calls the yard’s latest sponson project — adding 10 feet of beam to the F/V Collier Brothers.

Old school is appropriate for this boat, built long before the age of digital hull models, plasma cutters and computer design programs.

“The Collier Brothers was built in 1978 in Bayou la Batre, Alabama,” say Garcia, who comes from the Gulf Coast himself. “The owners like to keep a low profile. But they have been coming to us for a long time.

See Full Story Here: https://www.nationalfisherman.com/boats-gear/stick-built-sponsons-for-a-west-coast-trawler

May 26, 2020/by admin
Tags: Commercial Fishing Boat Retrofit Oregon, Sponsoning Large Fishing Vessels
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