Wizard



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. Both Keith and Monte Colburn learned many of their crab captain skills while working for John on the Wizard. In 2005, Keith and his wife Florence purchased the vessel with the confidence that they could maintain the boat's consistently high production levels. These high yields are possible, in part, because of the large tanks inherited from her original construction.

Keith's rough temper sets the mood for the boat. The veteran deckhands are known for hazing anyone of lower rank, and the Wizardburns through greenhorns nearly every year. Expensive repairs, upgrades and deep debt put endless financial pressures on Keith, and this year he took a risk by installing an expensive new sorting table that still needs an extensive sea-test. In order to catch the crab, Keith will take enormous risks, such as fishing in huge weather and diving beneath his boat for repairs. On occasion he has put himself and his crew in harms way... but hey, that's crabbing.

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