I believe Joe Scafidi ran the boat in the early 70's. Scafidi is credited as the first captain to use speed boats to chase porpoise on the LIBERTY BELL.
Yes. My dad ran this boat in 1977-1978. It was the sister ship of the Margaret L. It held about 2,200 tons when loaded with skipjack. It was owned by Dr. Pozzo of Viareggio, Italy and registered in the Congo in Africa. I was aboard when it unloaded its haul in Carupano, Venezuela in 1978. The crew included: Joseph Scafidi (the captain), Joe Nunez (the navigator), Raymond Fischer (the assisatnt engineer), Mena (the Panamanian cook), Chino (crew member), Joseph Scafidi, Jr. (crew member), Filippo Battaglia (skiff man), Atilio Lazzaro (crew member), Joe Scarrafone (crew member), and Pedro (the deck boss). It was built in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to the best of my recollection.
That "little" freezer storage plant in Carupano was a busy place in the late 70's, as we the (Toro Bravo) unloaded there several times also, when we not trans-shipping in Taboga Bay. I can remember the tuna being cargo-netted into dump trucks, then hauled to a truck scale, then headed for the freezer plant for storage. Cutri the owner, along with Fuzeta & Joe Machado -all would "stock-up" with that Venezulan rum called Cacique. It must have been good. It was a fun Port of Call.
I believe Joe Scafidi ran the boat in the early 70's. Scafidi is credited as the first captain to use speed boats to chase porpoise on the LIBERTY BELL.
Yes. My dad ran this boat in 1977-1978. It was the sister ship of the Margaret L. It held about 2,200 tons when loaded with skipjack. It was owned by Dr. Pozzo of Viareggio, Italy and registered in the Congo in Africa. I was aboard when it unloaded its haul in Carupano, Venezuela in 1978. The crew included: Joseph Scafidi (the captain), Joe Nunez (the navigator), Raymond Fischer (the assisatnt engineer), Mena (the Panamanian cook), Chino (crew member), Joseph Scafidi, Jr. (crew member), Filippo Battaglia (skiff man), Atilio Lazzaro (crew member), Joe Scarrafone (crew member), and Pedro (the deck boss). It was built in Green Bay, Wisconsin, to the best of my recollection.
That "little" freezer storage plant in Carupano was a busy place in the late 70's, as we the (Toro Bravo) unloaded there several times also, when we not trans-shipping in Taboga Bay. I can remember the tuna being cargo-netted into dump trucks, then hauled to a truck scale, then headed for the freezer plant for storage. Cutri the owner, along with Fuzeta & Joe Machado -all would "stock-up" with that Venezulan rum called Cacique. It must have been good. It was a fun Port of Call.
Clyde Williams