MEN AND MATERIALS: What is the curse and joy of men the world over? To produce and reap the product which comes from the toil.

                                          Mike Smith welds a stainless cleat onto the 73 ft fishing vessel the Haida.

Mary D. Hume, she served for 97 years as a fishing vessel, and tug boat.  She now rests on a sand bar on the outskirts of Gold Beach Oregon.

Crab line, Fisherman's storage. Brookings Oregon.