Fishing Vessel Lihue II #2

I worked on this boat off and on over the years. We fished for Albacore Tuna, Black Cod (Sable Fish), Dungeness Crab, Slime Eels (Hagfish) etc...The boat was owned by Richard (Dick) Arnold. The boat came from Hawaii and was a tug boat. Dick mostly fished out of Astoria Oregon. Dick put a new wheel house on it, the one in the picture above. He also enclosed the bow with steel, the boat is a wood boat. He added lots of other systems to the boat like fiberglass fish hold with a blast freezer, long line reel, trolling poles and gurdies, crab block for hauling crab pots, new electronics like navigation and communication equipment. Dick was a good friend on mine, he passed away a few years back. His son, Stuart owns the boat now and I think he mostly fishes for tuna. Rest in peace Richard.

I can't find a way to respond to the above two inquiries other than to post another comment here on the chance that the above two people might visit the page again. Lihue II is moored at the municipal mooring basin in Warrenton, Oregon, on the Skipanon River, a small tributary of the Columbia River near where the Columbia meets the North Pacific Ocean. The vessel has been in the same slip at least three years. I was attracted to the vessel's design. I have a friend here (Astoria, Oregon--nearby) who owns a somewhat similar boat; His was built in Norway or Sweden prior to World War II. I am also a longtime owner of old wooden boats, so I'm easily attracted to interesting designs. My caption with the image calls her a long-liner. I believe I was wrong. She is rigged with trolling booms, which places her in either the salmon or tuna fishery here, but I don't think she's been fishing lately. I suspect she wasn't built to troll; more of an old-fashioned dragger, I'd guess. I don't recall ever seeing her slip empty in the years I've been paying attention to her. Nor have I seen anyone aboard the vessel. However, she is kept clean by someone. The Warrenton harbor master may have more information: harboroffice@ci.warrenton.or.us. The part of the marina where she is moored is the home mostly of larger draggers (trawlers) that go for bottom fish or shrimp, all about 80 feet long. I would guess Lihue II to be 60-some feet, maybe 70

Mr. Haist- I am curious about this vessel as I grew up in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii. What else do you know about it?

Do you know the story behind this boat? I was born and raised in Lihue, Kauai, Hawaii........