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Western Flyer - purse seiner

94-85-02 Western Flyer
Accession # 94-085-0002 Tacoma, Washington State, circa 1937
This is the purse seiner Skippered by Tony Berry that John and Carol Steinbeck and
Ed Ricketts made the Sea of Cortez trip on in March-April of 1940.
The crew was Horace "Sparky" Enea, Hall Travis "Tex as engineer", and "Tiny" Coletto.
The Western Flyer a 76 foot purse seiner she was built in Tacoma, Washington State in 1937.

We also have photos many of the fishing boats from the early feluccas, Monterey Clipper, lampara and Half Ring boats and the purse seiner that fished in Monterey Bay anf the California Coast.
Early Monterey Fishing industry Gallery.

Ships and boats from our photo collection
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