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by ronm » Fri Oct 17, 2014 10:10 pm
Surprised I was when the first pic on this thread is of my Edwing! I had done a search on Edwing boats and I clicked on a result, got this thread. I see from reading the thread that there is another Edwing 23 ft pilothouse, aka walk-around, model, I thought I had the only one. I looked at a 20 ft model before mine was made, like mine it had an enclosed PH.
I picked mine up in Aug of 04 and it's seen a lot of use since. I retired in '03 and fishing the ocean (this boat isn't much good anywhere else!) is what I like to do, most years about 50 trips. I mostly fish out of Newport or Depoe Bay, OR. It's been out of the CR once and Garibaldi once for the Oregon Tuna Classic a few years ago.
I've had a few modifications, additions actually, done on the boat. Unfortunately I never learned how to weld, but I found a great guy to work with in Lebanon OR. There are two half-totes on the boat, one in front of the PH and one behind it, they make good fish boxes. The front one is only used on tuna trips. The boat is great for fishing and crabbing, not so good for the crew when running out or back in tough conditions as they sit on a cooler on the back deck.
BTW, I think there are at 6 of us on the ifish Salty Dog board that have Edwings.
ronm