F/V Melissa B
by MMM on July 2, 2008
in Commercial Fishing
The Melissa B has been in the driveway for renovations. She gets a lot of looks from passers by! She was originally owned by Perry Buchanan and he taught his sons, Steve & Tom to fish on her. She’s seen a lot of modifications over the years.
Eventually Steve bought a boat, the F/V Marathon, and Perry commissioned a new boat, the F/V Dolly B, and Tom bought the boat and renamed her to his daughters’ name – Melissa. Tom fished the boat for many years, and taught his son Thomas and daughter Melissa to fish on her.
In 1998 Perry retired from fishing, Tom bought the Dolly B, and his son owns the Melissa B. Here they are working on her today.
