By Ariana Crockett O'Harra
Nome’s crabbing fleet this summer saw a somewhat unconventional vessel. Gabriel Smith used a 22-foot open skiff dubbed the Ripley, hauling in more than 12,000 pounds over the 10-day commercial summer crabbing season.
Was it scary? Not really, said Smith. “It’s got a self-bailing deck, so as long as you’re under power and moving, it’s easy to avoid taking waves from the wrong direction or doing anything scary,” he said…
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