steveinak
Admiral
Anybody have any pictures of smaller gillnetters ?? like under 35'. I'm looking for ideas ?? Looking for boats with crosley lifters or the spencer carter type haulers. Not interested in boats with reels on deck.
I'm sure you have already but if you didn't check out the 31 BHM for sale thread. He's got a lifter, I don't think there's any net box or flaker set up but you get the gist.
I'm trying to think if there was any one using a shaker along with the lifter set up in Barnegat. All of can think of is the net reel guys when the mackerel were thick, there was one bow picker down the road that had something set up that looked a lot like what you had on your Henriques.
The Seafarmer Had a set up just like that for monk gear (first group of pics). Much bigger but it did well. The bow picker down there at that time (10 years ago) was a Luhrs hull I think. Looked like a back yard custom job but he would get his trips in.
Check out athearnmarine.com and look at the 38 dixon in the gillnetter section. The only variation from how my boats are set up is stearing station behind the hauler with a joglever. That is set up for tension setting. When I get back from vacation I will take pics of mine. Tension setting saves space but can be dangerous with no experience. If you have any question send me a PM I can help you out.
The Rev Chu looks like a neat little inshore rig, the Judith Ann is pretty interesting man! I could be and probably am totally wrong but I think the Sea Tractor might be up in Belford now. It looks like it'd make for a sweet small crew longliner, lose the net reel and A-frame, out riggers and all that drop a set out shack on her stern and a smaller LP spool with some beepers and you got a nice tuna/sword boat. Sorry man I know were talking gillnetters here but I got tuna on the brain.
Just found this on Athearn, same hauler/lifter the Seafarmer had with a flaker. http://athearnmarine.com/photogalleries/LB3305/index.html