Trawling the Chesapeake Bay in a Grand Banks Trawler | Bottom’s Up
September 7, 2012
Slower and slower she went. As the months passed in the brackish waters of the Chesapeake, the boat speed of our 36-foot Grand Banks trawler,
Slower and slower she went. As the months passed in the brackish waters of the Chesapeake, the boat speed of our 36-foot Grand Banks trawler,
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