F/v Orca

She is a 39' crusader originally built in Key West, Florida in 1978 as a 34 footer, in 1990 she was cut and stretched an additional 5' to help facilitate commercial net fishing. She is powered by the reliable and trustworthy 250 horsepower cummins 6BTA and cruises well at 14-16 knots. She has earned her stripes over the years and has carried the badge as the "Highliner" of the Gulf of Mexico Shark Fishery for nearly a decade. In the winter of 2022 she began a complete strip down and rebuild with a new wheelhouse, cabin floor, fish box and engine/transmission. She is the workhorse day in and day out and consistently makes 400 miles round trips to fish the winter season fishery southwest of the Mississippi River. The deck has a full length shade top and a 6000lb fish hold for handling the "big" sharks. Inside the Orca, we have both Air conditioned wheelhouse and lower cabin, along with toilets and changing facilities down below.