
Memory can be undependable, so it’s not clear just when this fascination with shrimp trawlers began. Possibly it was on the first trip to race sailboats in Oriental, NC, where several shrimp boats were always berthed in the town harbor. As racing boats crowded in we temporarily tied up close to if not right to them. They seemed enormous and so perfectly suited to purpose.
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Sharon Nichole with fisherman, Hobucken (film)
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Trawlers at Mayo Seafood, Hobucken (film)
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Harkers Island Harbor
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Nets and Chain, Harkers Island Harbor
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Little Allen II, Harkers Island
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Earl's Girl, Bayboro
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Brittany Faye, Wright's Creek, NC
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Brittany Faye, Wright's Creek, NC
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Kyle Lynn and Tina Marie, Upton Gut
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Laura Wynn and the wreck of the Seine Woman, Upton Gut
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Sharon Nichole, Hobucken
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Mattie Marie, Harkers Island Harbor