Who Was the Solomon Jacobs of Solomon Jacobs Park? Today he is almost forgotten. Yet the Boston Globe said that Capt. Solomon Jacobs was “known among the English speaking people of two continents as the most daring and intrepid master … Continu…
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Tuffy writes- Pictured here is my buddy Maya . She managed to land this barracuda off the north coast of honduras . Her father and myself helped her land it outside of the reefs of the island of roatan. Maya … Continue reading →
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On February 1st 2012 the History Channel was at the Lone Gull to tape segments talking about the fishing industry and how the wives and daughters of Gloucester fishermen remember the industry. Here are some photos I took at the … Continue reading…
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Jan 27th, 2012 by Joey C posted in Captain Joe's, Degelyse, Fishermen, Fishermen Profiles, Good Morning Gloucester, Lobstering, Lobstermen, Sean, Tuffy, Video, Working Boats, gloucester, lobster
Jan 27th, 2012 by Joey C posted in Captain Joe's, Degelyse, Fishermen Profiles, Good Morning Gloucester, Lobstering, Sean, Tuffy, Working Boats, gloucester, lobster
There’s nothing quite like that feeling when the last load of lobster gear comes out of the water for the season. A long grinding year of hard core lobstering comes to an end and the boys enjoy the fruits of … Continue reading →
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Jan 26th, 2012 by Joey C posted in Ben and Josephine, Captain Joe Ciaramitaro, Captain Joe's, Family, Fishermen Profiles, Fred Buck, German Sub, German U-Boat, Good Morning Gloucester, Working Boats, gloucester
The Infamous Fred Buck At The Cape Ann Museum found the article from the Times with the account of how our Grandfather’s boat was sunk by the German Sub on June 11, 1942 Gloucester Daily Times, June 11, 1942 ENEMY … Continue reading →
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Cod cut loss to city: $70M By Richard Gaines PROVIDENCE, R.I. — A statutory need to address a reported widespread decline in the status of the Gulf of Maine cod was translated Wednesday into terms of a potential economic … Continue reading &…
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Jan 25th, 2012 by Joey C posted in 2011, Fishermen, Fishermen Profiles, Good Morning Gloucester, Joe Testaverde, Midnight Sun, Video, Whiting Fishing, Working Boats, gloucester, summer
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Today’s buoy is a very special one painted by Gloucester painter Bruce Herman in honor of Joe Garland. Not much else to say about it other than thank you to Bruce for this beautiful piece of artwork! This is the … Continue reading →
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The Degelyse is taking the gear out of the water. Three more loads and it is finito for the season.
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Here’s the account of the sinking of our Grandfather Captain Joe Ciaramitaro’s Ben and Josephine- http://www.wholesalelobster.com/ David Teele forwards the link to the account of the last days of the German U-boat the 432 on the 11th of March 1943-…
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Jan 11th, 2012 by Joey C posted in Atlantic Fisherman, Ben and Josephine, Cape Ann Museum, Captain Joe, Captain Joe's, Dragger, Family, Fishermen Profiles, Fising Boat, Fred Buck, Good Morning Gloucester, Working Boats, gloucester
The Infamous One Found this courtesy the Archives At The Cape Ann Museum. It was listed in The Atlantic Fisherman, April,1941 As I’ve said at least a hundred times now, if you haven’t gone to the Cape Ann Museum whether … Continue readi…
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Jan 9th, 2012 by Joey C posted in Ben and Josephine, Captain Joe, Captain Joe Ciaramitaro, Captain Joe's, Everatt Gallagher, Family, Fishermen Profiles, Frd Buck, German Sub, Good Morning Gloucester, Seal Island, U-432, gloucester
Article by Charles Dana Gibson, undated- On June 2,1942, the Ben and Josephine, an otter trawl dragger, left Gloucester, Massachusetts, at 7 p.m., in company with another dragger, the Aeolus. Both were bound for the Seal Island fishing grounds off R…
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Nubar writes-
Hey Joey: just came across this portrait I did of George Morey in Lanesville in front of his shack down in the cove. It was taken in 1971 with a view camera
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