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Thanks for the info. BayouBoy. How far are the Canyons? We have alot of local boat builders in Hawaii as fishing is a huge part of growing up in the islands. We have a 30 footer called "Knife" thats supposed to be based off a cigarette hull and another boat refered to as an Islander. My friend has one and his registration say Boston Yankee Voyager. So I can attest to the singel hull deep v Yankee Voyager existing and not just being a nautical myth.

It may be called and Islander due to the fact that I heard the Yankee Voyager was taken over by Nauset Marine. The boat is an excellent rough water boat. My friends boat is powered by a VP AD41B 200 hP diesel and a 290 Duoprop sterndrive. We refer to sterndrives as "leg" boats and direct drives would be "straight shafts." My friend with the Yankee Voyager has it built as a command bridge. I think it refered to as a sport bridge in the states.

He has frequently come back with his in hull fishbox stuffed with a half ton of Dolphin in the 20+ to 30+ lb. range. He is a commercial fisherman and "baits" them with a local fish called opelu (Oh-peh-loo) similar to a mackeral and shaped like a fat cigar. He has also caught over a half ton of Otaru (Bonito over 20 lbs.) which comes to about 50 pieces depending on the size. Thanks for the info. I hope to get more replys and learn alot more.

I'd love to go on a party style long range tuna boat with my wife, dad and brother in the near future. Not sure how the back will hold out using stand up gear. We usually fight our fish from the rod holder. If you look at the pics of my dad's boat you can see the rods are set at about a 40 degree angle. We put a pipe into the rod holder that pivots, allowing us to keep the rod tip in line with the fish's trajectory. We refer to is as a "Shotgun." Seems like most fishermen in the states use stand up gear or a fighting chair and gimble. Aloha, Greg