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| Fisher Girl running the gear from the pit. |
Our boat is small but quite comfortable for the 2 of us. The
aft deck is the larger portion of the boat at 18’, as it should be since we are
in it to fish! From the back of
the boat forward, first is the troll pit, where we stand as we run the gear. I
like that there is a pit here as it comes up to my waist and gives me security as
I lean outside the boat to pull gear or land a fish! Next is the landing deck,
where the fish go as we clear them off the hook and where they are cleaned. Then is the fish hold area. We have ice
below in the hold where we pack the fish but we also have 2 large (blue in picture below) totes on deck
that we use to “slush” fish in iced water. Our tender (the boat we deliver our fish too) prefers we slush our Coho salmon as it is a quicker off load then pulling the “hard packed” fish up from the
hold (raised grey area just behind the blue tote). In fact, Doug ordered some slush bags that we picked up in Juneau
to put down in the hold so we have more slush capacity for the Coho season that
starts July 1st.
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| Landing deck to wheel house |
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| Captain's seat with look down into focsle |
Forward of the deck is the wheelhouse, which is our indoor
living space at 11’ by 9’ (plus the focsle below the bow which is bunk area
for crew but we use it as storage). I love the large windows we have that give
us a nearly 360 degree view of our surroundings. Unlike the cabin area of our
sailboat, we sit up high in the wheelhouse on PacSon so helming out of the
weather with unobstructed views is really a pleasant change!
There is a small galley area (kitchen) with a Dickinson diesel
stove. The stove is another one of my favorite parts of the boat as it not only
allows us to stovetop or oven cook, it also keeps the wheelhouse nice and
toasty warm (too warm sometimes : ).
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| Fajitas on the Dickinson |
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| Galley |
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| Cut down table and sleeping area |
Then there is the Captains seat where the
helm is and our cut down table which converts into our sleeping area.
That’s our space - other than the tiny head
(bathroom/hand shower area). Good thing we really like each other, right?
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| Head/shower area |
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