This seiner wasn’t in San Diego that often, but when it was you knew it was. [email protected]
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This seiner wasn’t in San Diego that often, but when it was you knew it was. [email protected]
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what did the L. stand for?
L stands for Lococo. Andrew Lococo was a campo with the LA Mob and their HQ was the Cockatoo in LA. He wanted to get into the tuna business and bankrolled the Margaret L. The boat was named after one of his relatives. The first trip they were in Panama pouring cement into the stern because they kept rolling up. The big joke was he put the designer in first…
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God did I ever hate a net Roll-Up! Those & "Bullits" were at the bottom of my fun list.
Clyde Williams
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Margaret was his wife.