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The “WIZARD” is a single deck crab fishing vessel designed for ocean service with a single diesel-oil propulsion engine, single rudder and single propeller. The vessel was built in 1945 by Ira Bushey and Sons, Inc. of Brooklyn, NY to a US Navy design as a yard oiler.
Wizard. 1 Caterpillar D399 V16 Turbo Diesel × 1,125 bhp (839 kW) engine, 1 shaft. Auxiliary power: 3 × Caterpillar 3306 I6 Turbo Diesel Engine and 1 × Caterpillar 3304 I4 Diesel. The F/V Wizard is a crab fishing boat that can be seen on Discovery Channel's TV show Deadliest Catch.
F/V Wizard "Professional Crabbers of the Bering Sea" Owner: Daniel’s Father Home Port: Seattle, Washington Description. Length: 150.7 ft (46 m) Draft: CREEPY CLARY
3 gru 2022 · With that weight, the boat is the second largest crab fishing vessel in the Bering Sea fleet, with only Fierce Allegiance being larger at 166 feet long and boasting an additional 100 tons...
The Wizard started out as a U.S. Navy yard oiler, built at the end of World War II, but never put into naval service. The boat sat mothballed in Boston Harbor until 1978 when she was purchased by fisherman John Jorgenson who oversaw her conversion into a crab boat that went to work in the Bering Sea fisheries the following year.
Last season Robby showed he could handle a full season of crab fishing on the Wizard. Robby has officially become part of the Wizard's solid crew of salty sea dogs. This season Robby will continue to learn and grind under Keith's harsh tutelage.
F/V Wizard is tucked in her per usual dock stern to stern, bootie to bootie with F/V Pinnacle, an Alaskan Bering Sea Crabber, Pinnacle is a beefy huge massive girl of a crab boat!
