For more than 60 years, sailboats dominated Bristol Bay’s commercial fishery. This year, local historians are bringing the sailing tradition back to the bay.
Motorized vessels were illegal. Then, in 1951, the federal government finally allowed motorized fishing vessels in Bristol Bay.
“I think it’s literally down to 50 or 46 boats or something like that in 1954, and then they just disappear,” she said. This year, local historians are bringing the sailing tradition back to the bay with a vessel named the Libby, McNeil & Libby No. 76. Tim Troll is the executive director of the Bristol Bay Heritage Land Trust and one of the sailing crew. They launched from Homer on July 5.
Troll said in an email that they made it to their first stop, Williamsport, on Wednesday night. They carried the boat across the portage to Lake Iliamna and planned to reach Pedro Bay that evening.
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