FISHING TACKLE AND COMMENTS 



long a run. If I were buying a boat for extended cruising and 

 sleeping aboard offshore, my choice would be a forty-two- 

 footer. If you can afford it, a speedy craft is an asset, not only 

 in going to and from the fishing grounds but primarily be- 

 cause of the territory she can cover. This ranging radius is 

 especially desirable when swordfishing. Usually the more 

 territory you can cover, the more finning fish you can find. 

 I have fished from many beautiful boats of all descriptions 

 but if I were asked to name a couple of the best I would pick 

 the Cape Island boats at Cabo Blanco as far the best. They 

 are better than any I have fished from although I have been 

 aboard many excellent thirty-two- to forty-two-footers. It is 

 tough to pick one that is better than the others. For a Diesel 

 engine I much prefer the General Motors; for gasoline the 

 Chrysler. 



All of my ideas on boats, how to build them and equip 

 them, are in my book Sport Fishing Boats, published in 1 949 

 by W. W. Norton & Company, Inc., New York City. 



I like a boat that has the fish box and a bait box large enough 

 to hold several 15 -pound baits in the cockpit. I prefer a king- 

 post to other devices for hoisting fish aboard. For instance, I 

 would rather work the block and tackle from the side of the 

 boat and a kingpost than from a roller on the stern. I think 

 every boat should have some kind of lookout or mast; this, 

 of course, is indispensable when swordfishing. Uptop con- 

 trols, of course, provide for this. 



Many anglers are very particular about a fighting chair. 

 I was, too, until I had taken fish while sitting on top of ice- 

 boxes, bait boxes, fish boxes with the gimbals screwed into 

 them. Of course, there are many wonderful fighting chairs 



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