tubber
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HALILLAMA's post on the jump ring thing got me thinking about the time the brand new seine boat I fluked a job on in 1979 pulled into Sooke to buy rigging at what the skipper referred to as "Pallister's". I was the 17 year old greenhorn dumbass who stuck the hairpin in backwards on our first ever set on the blueline a few days later. We stopped at a dock and the boss and the older crew members made multiple trips up the ramp to an old building and returned with many used, but useful pieces of gear like nylon lines, triple blocks, snatch blocks, pulleys, enormous manilla fenders, scotchmen, shackles, blondies, anchor cable, and all kinds of other cool marine surplus junk.
I regret not looking inside the place as the stories of the piles of fishing related items, and mostly the way it was stored so haphazardly in a maze that would make collectors of all things maritme drool were part of the lore of our boat for years.
"Hey, your stateroom looks like Pallister's place, clean it or get off the damn boat, you green %*#$^&^*!"
Whatever happened to that place? Is that the same place/company where Pal spoons were made? What happened to all the stuff when it closed? Thanks
I regret not looking inside the place as the stories of the piles of fishing related items, and mostly the way it was stored so haphazardly in a maze that would make collectors of all things maritme drool were part of the lore of our boat for years.
"Hey, your stateroom looks like Pallister's place, clean it or get off the damn boat, you green %*#$^&^*!"
Whatever happened to that place? Is that the same place/company where Pal spoons were made? What happened to all the stuff when it closed? Thanks
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