I worked on this boat when Pete had it delivered brand new was quite a vessel the wire traps look funny all wood back then ,guy from Vinalhavens a punk who wouldn’t make it 1 trip baiting bags.
The Rachel Leah is def a gentleman boat 4 guys on deck and a very safe and cautious as well as conservative captain everything is timed based on the allotment. They shoot for 15 30-40 pot trawls a day cause they shared the ground with the direction and William bo. This was an owner operator boat until it was sold to shafty. Pete brown wanted the boat to be a family like atmosphere and not a place of abuse. I think cause his dad was “suicide” bob brown and peter was a lot different. It was a fun and profitable place to work. Cape cod casual. Baby. But shafty owns it now. As far as the final haven inshore guy... hey there’s a lot of line on that trawl on the ends bub still fishing deep that time a year. I didn’t meet a lot of punks in vinyl haven when i was there working for frank Thompson but its a different eco system bubba thats why plus you can see he’s pushing the boat into it so his crew can comfortably get thier job done. Alright I’m going fishing peace and love guys. Fish on.
Wow, I've been hauling outa Vinalhaven Maine my hole life, if you wanna get a real work out try working aboard a Vinalhaven lobster vessel.. that video i just watched is the slowest trawl operation I've ever seen..Lol haha stern men around here could do that shit blind folded.
