Category Archives: Working Boats

Gloucester Harbor Dock Shots From 25 Years Ago Including The Hannah Boden From Ann Kennedy

Ann Kennedy Writes- Hi All! We haven’t really had any winter here yet this year, but we’re already thinking of our summer or fall return to Cape Ann. Here are some favorite dock shots, 25 years ago. Love the Friday … Continue reading

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High and Dry

Rockport Harbor Dry Dock

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Winterful Color

 

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Padre Pio

 

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Fish on Fridays

The Fish on Fridays series is a collaboration between Gloucester photographers Kathy Chapman and Marty Luster. Look for various aspects of Gloucester’s centuries-old fishing industry highlighted here on Fridays. Fishermen on the Native Son repair and tag their nets for landing perch.  Rose … Continue reading

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Ron Gilson’s An Island No More

Thank you Ron for this treasured gift of An Island No More!!! Yesterday on our front porch my husband found a wonderful surprise package, not long a mystery from where it came with a lovely inscription from the author himself, Ron … Continue reading

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On a gray day

Even on a gray day the harbor and the boats looks wonderful.

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Andrea Holbrook from The Gloucester Daily Times Reports Equiptment From The Foxy Lady II Found in Saugus and Hull

Click the link below for the entire story- December 19, 2012 Equipment from Foxy Lady II found in Saugus, Hull By Andrea Holbrook A rescue pod, marked Foxy Lady II on the side, was discovered in a Saugus marsh Tuesday … Continue reading

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Pumps On Wicked Tuna Dave Marciano’s Hard Merchandise After She Sinks At The Dock

Check out Dave’s website http://fvhardmerchandise.com//

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The Work Is Hung! Hope To See You Tonight At Alchemy 5:30-7:30PM For Our Two Buddies Show

Thanks Cape Ann Giclee, Thanks EJ. Thanks Matty Rose and Staff At Alchemy, Thanks ED, Thanks Gloucester Education Fund, Thanks Gail McCarthy and The Gloucester Daily Times, Thanks Judy Robinson Cox and our buddies in Rocky Neck! Couldn’t be happier … Continue reading

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Inner Harbor

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Gloucester MA Sunset 12/11/12

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OMG- Outstanding Cartoon Based Off Our Exit Interview With Lobsterman Wannabe Ben Grenon From North Carolina

From YouTube User EKAJ13 We taped this interview two days ago and I posted it last night.  I have no idea how you could turn this around in a full animation in less than 24 hours.

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The Infamous One Has The Answers To The Mysteries of The 19th Century Gloucester Windmill and It’s Photographer (Natch)

hey joey – this is the photo al mentions in gordon thomas’ ‘wharf & fleet’, shot by martha harvey (not hovey), one of gloucester’s photographer legends.  she grew up on prospect court as martha rogers, married the artist george harvey … Continue reading

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Gloucester Harbor December 2, 2012 3:57PM Black and White

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Happy Birthday To Captain Dave Marciano and new Promo For The Upcoming Wicked Tuna Season

Dave is the skipper of The Hard Merchandise. You can see him on Wicked Tuna. Video- Dave Marciano Skipper Of Hard Merchandise On Wicked Tuna here’s what I wrote about Dave on April 5th this year- Posted on April 5, … Continue reading

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Chickity Check It! Tugster Does Gloucester

hi joey– sorry we didn’t meet up, but our stay was fantastic.  causeway A+, seaprt grille A+, vista motel A+.  my wife elizabeth used to live on atlantic road one summer and we went back there, she’d never walked around … Continue reading

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Captain Joe and Sons- Lobster Company- Evening 5:57PM 11/24/12

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Beautiful Industry- Captain Joe and Sons at Dusk 5:00PM 11/24/12

Shot with my trusty Sony NEX-5N. BTW right now Amazon has a great deal on memory cards.  For a 32GB Class 10 SD Card for only $19.99. Considering Apple charges you an extra hundred dollars for a jump up from … Continue reading

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Video- Lobster Fishing 101 Aboard The Degelyse- Measuring Oversized Lobsters

Measuring lobsters another part of the conservation measures lobstermen use.

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Video- Lobstering 101- Messing Around On The Way Home Aboard The Degelyse

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Video- The Crew Of The Degelyse Demonstrates How To V-Notch A Female Egg Bearing Lobster

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‘Nother Calico Lobster Landed At Captain Joe and Sons- November 17, 2012

Skipper Gil Mitchell Aboard The Lobsterboat Gone Fishing Landed This Bad Boy Today- Click for larger photos Back on June 1st The New England Aquarium declared the Calico Lobster as one in 30 Million which of course we made found … Continue reading

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Update: Fishing Vessel David & Jenna that drifted to Cohasset from Gloucester back in the water today.

Boston Harbor Beacon Reports- 11/17 Update: Fast forward a week and the vessel has been salvaged from the Cohasset beach. Her name is David & Jenna, which i discovered recently. Allegedly, after heading out to sea… click here for the … Continue reading

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Video- Lobster Fishing – Meteghan, Nova Scotia

So interesting to see what they do differently and the same as our guys do it down here. Thank You Carol McMahon For Forwarding The Link

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