• Address: Gloucester, MA 01930 (map)
• Date Posted: 11/01/09

Available now. Ready to fish. Includes Federal Permits.

Phil Bolger designed ‘Blackliner.’

1. Only 330 hours on boat and engine.
2. Fully US Coast Guard equipped, including life raft and EPIRB
3. 31 ft length, 8 ft beam
4. Recorded speed: 29 knots.
5. Documented fuel consumption: less than 1.8 gallons per hour!

Price includes valid NE Fishing Federal Permits for:

6. NE Multi Species - Open Access
7. NE Multi Species - Open Hand Gear
8. Monkfish- Incidental Catch E
9. Squid/Butterfish – Incidental
10. Atlantic Mackerel
11. Spiny Dogfish
12. Bluefish - Commercial
13. Tilefish – Incidental
14. Herring. Open Access Possession Limit
15. Red Crab – Incidental Bycatch
16. Skate

This boat has just been hauled out after a working shakedown cruise, in which the performance of the boat was praised by it’s skipper. To fully appreciate this boat, one must consider the point of view of Phil Bolger. Phil was not only a greatly respected and prolific designer, he was also a pioneer in boat design.

Gloucester-born and raised, Bolger is credited with designing some 680 boats, including the world's smallest dinghy, "the folding schooner," a novelty innovation of convenience, and the HMS Rose, which was given celebrity in the 2003 movie, "Master and Commander: The Far Side of the World."

The ‘Blackliner’ is one of his last designs. A comment from a subscriber to an online boat design group sums it up most eloquently:

“Someone above mentioned Bolger. Check out the fairly recent ‘Blackliner’ design he has done. Now there is a sensible boat designed for simplicity, trailering, economy, durability, and seaworthiness.”

Quotes from Phil:

“Most modern vessels are horsepower intensive concepts with often oversized drive trains that cost extra in terms of hardware, operation, repair and replacement. ... today this is as economical and sustainable as taking a Suburban™- size SUV to the mall to buy a pair of socks!”
“Large expensive complex boats demand taking a high number of fish to be economic, and that simpler lower powered and lower cost boats can still be economical with lower fish catch rates. The existing fishing fleet, composed of ever larger boats with high construction costs, debt loads and operational costs, in the long run forces fishermen to search for ever increasing catch sizes to remain economic, in a fight against regulatory quotas. Ultimately, fishermen would find it more economically sustainable to do more with less. A consolidated fleet could make it possible for fishermen to survive with lower catch rates, lower debt load, lower fuel burn, lower insurance rates and lower depreciation.”

This is your opportunity to own a boat that can make money even in these times!

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