Class rules threaten new construction; Boston fireboat converted for the bay

摘要

Williams Fabrication of Bayou La Batre, Ala., recently finished hull No. 123, which will become an 85' x 25' x 12' combination lobster, crab and scallop boat, and the first to be built and launched at Williams Fabrication's new 6-acre boatyard. The previous boatyard was a 0.8-acre site in nearby Coden. The 85-foot Eagle is for LarsVinjerudII of Ocean Fleet Fisheries in New Bedford, Mass. Its also the 11th boat Williams Fabrication has built forVinjerud.