Lobster Boat

Maybe it's me, what am I missing? In what universe is this a lobster boat?

https://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/boats/solaris-48-open-review

This is the boat you use to go and buy your lobster when living on a 300 feet yacht [emoji1787]

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Lou_tribal said:

This is the boat you use to go and buy your lobster when living on a 300 feet yacht [emoji1787]

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No, this is the boat the hotel staff on your 100m yacht use to go to the fish market.

Lou_tribal said:

This is the boat you use to go and buy your lobster when living on a 300 feet yacht [emoji1787]

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Ahhhhhh, very good! I think you are right, that explains it.

backinblue said:

Maybe it's me, what am I missing? In what universe is this a lobster boat?

https://www.powerandmotoryacht.com/boats/solaris-48-open-review

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Maybe the shape of the bow?

Looks like an interesting boat for warm water boating. I was surprised at the interior cabin space and the rib storage under the sundeck.

Way out of my budget, but I like it!

Jim

I thought the description of flared bow and deep vee at the transom was a sure sign that the article has some questionable wording.

Looks like a lollypop.
One thing I like about the type is the clean and innovative way many of them deal w the anchor issue. Get’s rid of the bow pulpit.

It's in the same world wherein 99% of the boats represented on this forum are trawlers.

caltexflanc said:

It's in the same world wherein 99% of the boats represented on this forum are trawlers.

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Good point but I would propose that most boats on this forum are close to a trawler than that boat is to a lobster boat!

I think it's called a lobster boat because that's the color your hide will be
after a few days in the open cockpit!

Deep vee lobster boat! Good one. Pure hogwash.

Perhaps it's the large sun beds on the bow and stern for the tired lobstermen to take a break on.

backinblue said:

Perhaps it's the large sun beds on the bow and stern for the tired lobstermen to take a break on.

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Or maybe for the fresh lobster to get some tan before going to the pan

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backinblue said:

Good point but I would propose that most boats on this forum are close to a trawler than that boat is to a lobster boat!

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I would propose not. By a lot.

Let's consider the boat in question.

Bluff bow.
Fast
Similar sheerline
Mostly open



And in comparing our various boats here is an actual trawler for reference.

The word "Trawler" has been misused and very popular for a number of years. Guess maybe it's time to misuse some other boating words.

I would like to hear the definition which covers a true lobster boat and can also cover this rich mans toy.

pete

caltexflanc said:

I would propose not. By a lot.

Let's consider the boat in question.

Bluff bow.
Fast
Similar sheerline
Mostly open

And in comparing our various boats here is an actual trawler for reference.

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I guess this depends where you are.
The boats below are lobster boats from Nova Scotia and hardly look like the pimp boat shown in the first post.







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Bear in mind that they’re referring to sweet Italian lobsters of the double breasted variety.
Boats like that are very effective at harvesting them.

kapnd said:

Bear in mind that they’re referring to sweet Italian lobsters of the double breasted variety.
Boats like that are very effective at harvesting them.

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Oh I see, the ones you catch with leather shows and wallet bait [emoji28]

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Even if I had the extra money for that boat, it would never make the list of boats I would buy.

Lou, pay attention to the sheerline, the deck plan and hull form. I've spent a lot of time up in all of the Maritimes and there isn't much basic difference between the fundamentals of the boats up there vs Maine. Versus, say your boat (or my old Hatteras ) and the trawler in my picture?

I always thought Georges got it right when he named the email list "Trawlers and Trawlering". Most of the subject matter on this forum falls into the latter.

I got your point about hull design but really... Lobster boat don't have cushions on fore or aft deck nor they can go 30 knots, nor they have tek deck, or (and there I am opening the pandora box) twin engines.




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Lou_tribal said:

I got your point about hull design but really... Lobster boat don't have cushions on fore or aft deck nor they can go 30 knots, nor they have tek deck, or (and there I am opening the pandora box) twin engines.




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Neither do trawlers yet here we are

Lou_tribal said:

I got your point about hull design but really... Lobster boat don't have cushions on fore or aft deck nor they can go 30 knots, nor they have tek deck, or (and there I am opening the pandora box) twin engines.




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https://www.nationalfisherman.com/boats-gear/fastest-lobster-boats-racing-on-the-reach

".......was a major force in lobster boat racing for a good 10 years, setting the speed record of 72.8 mph in his Foolish Pleasure."

Comodave, I couldn't agree more. With that money I would buy a very beautiful boat that looks absolutely nothing like that one, or most modern boats for that matter.

backinblue said:

Good point but I would propose that most boats on this forum are close to a trawler than that boat is to a lobster boat!

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NOT!!!

psneeld said:

https://www.nationalfisherman.com/boats-gear/fastest-lobster-boats-racing-on-the-reach

".......was a major force in lobster boat racing for a good 10 years, setting the speed record of 72.8 mph in his Foolish Pleasure."

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Lol yes like comparing usual family minivan with this:

https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1995_Renault_EspaceF1Concept1.jpg

(This is the renault espace F1, a family van with a renault F1 engine).

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One attribute to a real lobster boat is it is built as a working vessel, so it can not stand idle.

The use of a keel cooler and dry stack makes winter operation with little effort a snap.

Many lobster boats can change engines overnight , another delight.

Lou_tribal said:

Lol yes like comparing usual family minivan with this:

https://www.supercars.net/blog/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/1995_Renault_EspaceF1Concept1.jpg

(This is the renault espace F1, a family van with a renault F1 engine).

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Not really, the hulls of new working lobster boats have evolved somewhat and many have some pretty good sized engines. 30 knots isn't out of the question anymore for some working men's lobster boats (unloaded of course).

Early 70's I spent many a day on lobster boats in Penobscot Bay Maine.

Occasionally [4th o' July and the like] we had some BIG parties on small islands... boiling lobsters in a caldron with melted butter by the pound and kegs in tubs of ice - cold beer always on tap! They'd be several lobster boats in a small harbor. Need more lobsters for the three day party - no prob... Crazy K, John E. or another lobsterman would just go out in their boat to haul more traps.

Then, the traps were all oak... hand made. I know, worked in the Rockport Trap Stock Mill when Pecky owned it... building oak lobster traps from start of big oak rounds to finished traps stacked in the pickup yard. The mill burned to the ground later in the 70's.

Yeah - I know old lobster boats and now still have some old lobstermen friends. Hell of a lifestyle! Talk about some tough folks! Say Howdy!

Italian lobster boat

Amici! The Italian word for "lobster" is "aragosta." It's really an Aragosta Boat. Now, Doesn't that clear things up?