San Diego Tuna Boats

This shot shows seiners everywhere, body of school fish near Papua New Guinea in 2013. Special thanks to Robert Silva for sending this shot in. send your pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

Sunset aboard the Proud Heritage in the late 70s. Hopefully they filled a well. Send your pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

American Eagle from above, Thanks again to Mike Ryle for the American Eagle shots. Classic Campbell built seiner Built in July 75. Send your pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

Sea Gem anchored. Classic Martinac built seiner. Originally built for the Medeiros family back in 1975. Always will remember the lucky dice on the bridge. Send your photos to sdtunaboats@cox.net

Jaiwon Master , one of the last seiners built at Campbell’s in San Diego. Great shot going out of the Bay with Point Loma in the background. In the 70s and 80s you couldn’t spend a day in the bay without seeing a seiner move around. Memories. Please send your memories to sdtunaboats@cox.net

Thanks again to Kevin Madruga for sending in this shot of the Cape May in Samoa. I appreciate all your help. Cape May i believe was once part of the Gann’s fleet. Send in your favorite pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

A couple more  from our good friend Mike Ryle. Collision happened around 2am if he remembers correctly, Obviously a very scary time and took the crew a little to realize what happened. Mike says it took about 30 minutes before they realized the boat wasn’t sinking. Horrible experience . Send your pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

Great shot of the bow of the American Eagle after colliding with a tanker in the Gulf of Mexico. Heading form Puerto Rico to Panama . Serious damage but it could have been deadly . Believe it was in early 1981. Huge thanks to Mike Ryle who was on board  at the time. Send your photos please to sdtunaboats@cox.net

This shot of the classic seiner Pisces taken from the Cherly Marie by Kevin Madruga. Skipper on Pisces at time was Carlos Paiva. Send your pictures to sdtunaboats@cox.net

If not my favorite one of my top 3 favorite seiners. Sea Treasure in San Diego Bay in the 70s. Built in 1973 by Martinac shipyard. Someone out there has a great shot of the Sea Treasure. Please share, send your photos to sdtunaboats@cox.net