| Hi, my name is Jimmy, I’m second generation Portuguese on my Dad’s side and first generation on my Mom’s. I’ve always had a passion for Tuna Boats and their colorful history and have, over the years, amassed a large library of photos and many stories to go with them. In the hopes of keeping some of this history alive — and perhaps passing this tradition on to my son — I’ve created this site to share my memories and photos in honor of my Portuguese heritage and for the men that made their living at sea and also to those who lost their lives at sea, may they rest in peace. I hope you enjoy my photos and ramblings. Please feel welcome to share your thoughts and pictures too, I’ll be happy to post them for you. Many of the pictures you’ll see have been donated by other Portuguese and Italian friends/families and many are from my own collection, but all are treasured. Please enjoy… |
I saw Pietro Balistreri in that video too. It looks like they gave a lot of fish away to the Uncle Louie. That was quite a large set of Skipjack in that haul.
Pacific Princess at 2:19. This a great video!
Cool video Jimmy, Nothing like a salty looking Claire P getting the rings up in time to haul it all in, plus some leftovers to transfer over to the Louie.
I like the Deck Boss's football -hard hat. Unique.
Thanks for the sharing,
Clyde Williams
That's Pasquale Brunetto, fished with him on the Antoinina C. In the mid 80's. He use to stack the chain, that helmet protected him all around. Good times!
i fished with with spencer when he ran his first boat [ golden pacific, wooden boat ].
fished with him for afew years, good man and on e heck of a fisher man, is his brother stever still with him?
ron lewis
Ron I'm trying to get a hold of you can you email me at [email protected].
jimmy i will try to e-mail you, i have been having some trouble on my end from time to time,
hope it works. take care.
ron lewis