A 20-year dry spell comes to an end; Washington yard builds two seiners

摘要

It's been a long time since Giddings Boat Works built a commercial fishing boat, 20 years, in fact, since the Charleston, Ore., boatyard has done much more than repairs, rebuilds, re-powers and sponsoning jobs. But this October, Mike Pettis pulled away from the dock at Giddings Boat Works in the 67' x 25' Patriot and steamed to his home port of Newport, Ore.But a single boat after two decades wasn't enough for the yard. And so on Dec. 23, Todd Whaley of Brookings, Ore., headed home in his new 72' x 28' Miss Emily, which was named after his daughter.