boatingnovice
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Hi, I am writing a book currently, part of which takes place on a boat in New Jersey. I need the characters to be in an old (1970s era) wooden boat that has a lot of character. I'm thinking it was once a boat used for commercial fishing and maybe also took fishing parties out on day trips to supplement the owner's income. Also, and this is really important, one of the characters now lives on the boat full time. I need the living quarters to be down below (that's about as technical as I'm able to get when it comes to boats!)
As you can probably tell, I know nothing about boats. NOTHING. I did a little research and was thinking maybe a crabbing boat would do, since blue crab are plentiful in New Jersey. I just don't know what sort of boat to research so that my narrator can sound at all like he knows what he's talking about!
Any advice you good people could throw my way would be a massive help.
As you can probably tell, I know nothing about boats. NOTHING. I did a little research and was thinking maybe a crabbing boat would do, since blue crab are plentiful in New Jersey. I just don't know what sort of boat to research so that my narrator can sound at all like he knows what he's talking about!
Any advice you good people could throw my way would be a massive help.