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"22-footer to target bass, eels; largest buy boat still working," Buoy 8 Ship Store, Saluda, Va.; Chesapeake Marine Railway, Detaville, Va. |
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National Fisherman Articles by Larry Chowning |
Catalog Number |
2020.9.2.489 |
Date |
FEBRUARY, 2013 |
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NATIONAL FISHERMAN, FEBRUARY, 2013, Pgs. 36-37 AROUND THE YARDS, SOUTH "22-footer to target bass, eels; largest buy boat still working," By Larry Chowning Wally Bowler of Buoy 8 Ship Store in Saluda, Va., delivered a Bayport 22 to Keith Hoff- man of Lindenhurst, N.Y., in September. Hoffman is using the boat in the commercial hook-and-line fishery for striped bass and for running American eel pots. The 22' x T 9" fiberglass boat is pow- ered by a 150-hp Yamaha outboard with a top-end speed of 50 mph. "It’s a veiy dry boat and it handles well and tracks well," says Bowler, who markets the boat, which was designed by Gil- lie Boatworks of Deltaville, Va., and built by Wave Rider Manufacturing of Topping, Va. Hoffman’s Bayport 22 was built with several custom features, including a cen- ter console and rod holders strategically located in the washboards for the hook- and-line striped-bass fishery. Hoffman also had a 40-gallon fuel tank installed under the deck and near the stem. Atlantic Metal Products in Topping fabricated the tank of 3/16-inch 5052 aluminum. The tank has three baffles to reduce the movement of fuel inside the tank when the boat is turning or miming in a heavy chop. The boat's sides are 8 inches higher than normal, and the flare was extended in the bow," says Bowler. "When un- derway, the flare and extended sides help knock the water down and away from the boat." Bowler says another Bayport 22 is being built on specu- lation. It will be an open boat with a small anchor locker in the bow. "In this new style, we are going to install a step- up in the bow so a commercial or rec- reational hook-and-line fisherman can step up on the steps to cast. This one will also have a center console," he says. In September, the 72’ 2" x 24’ 6" x 5’ 5" Mobjack, a Chesapeake Bay buy boat had some in-water work done at Chesapeake Marine Railway in Del- taville, Va. The boatyard replaced most of the rub rail with white oak, anchoring it in place with stainless steel fasteners. They also tore out some decking, replaced it with fir planks, and rebuilt the starter on the air compressor. "The starter was locking up so it needed to be taken apart, reshimmed and resealed," says the boatyard’s Jon Farinholt. The boat’s owner, Jonathan West- brook, plans to use the Mobjack for pleasure and for planting oyster seed in Chesapeake Bay. The Mobjack was built by Linwood Price in 1946 and is the largest working Chesapeake Bay buy boat. She was the fifth largest wooden buy boat built in the Chesapeake Bay region. The largest was the 97 6" x 28' 2" x T 7" Marydel, built in 1922 at the same boatyard where the Mobjack was being repaired. The second largest buy boat was the Chesapeake, measuring 92' 9" x 24' 9" x T. The Chesapeake was built by Lep- ron "Capt. Lip" Johnson of Crittenden, Va., in 1936. Next was the Elizabeth at 75' x 15' x 5' and built in 1913 byj. Wood Tull of Irvington, Va. The Fisherman was the fourth largest, measuring 72' 9" x 22' 2" x 5' 5" and built by E.J. Moore & Son in Crittenden in 1921. The Fisherman was enlarged in 1926 to 96' 2" x 23' x 5' 5". Over the years several other boats were lengthened, making them larger than the Mobjack, but today she’s the only one left of all those buy boats. "The Mobjack is quite a special boat," says Farinholt. "We love to see the old wooden boats at our yard because so many of them were built right here on this spot." Prior to coming to the Chesapeake Marine Railway, the Mobjack spent several years at Smith’s Marine Railway in Dare, Va. The boat was tied up in a lawsuit because the previous owner refused to pay Smith’s for repair work. Eventually the railway assumed owner- , ship of the boat and sold it to Westbrook. Before the Mobjack left the Dare, the boat was hauled to have its bottom and wheelhouse painted and some repairs done to the deck. |
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Chowning, Larry |
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