outreach789Sep 61 minOPHELIA WILLIAMSThis Biloxi lugger was built by and for DeJean Packing Company in the 1930s. It was part of a 35-vessel fleet maintained by DeJean...
outreach789Sep 61 minPECK WILLIAMSBuilt in Mobile, Alabama, in 1971, Peck Williams was the largest steel hull fishing vessel in operation in Biloxi. The vessel was...
outreach789Sep 61 minPAN AMERICANIn the early 1920s, Peter Skrmetta, Sr. realized a long-held dream, he commissioned his own schooner-lugger. He’d worked as a captain on...
outreach789Sep 51 minH.E. GUMBELThe schooner, H.E. GUMBEL, is legendary. It is possibly the iconic Biloxi Schooner, especially with regard to the Biloxi Regattas of the...
Trevor ReidAug 281 minI.HEIDENHEIMI. Heidenheim, built in 1917, was part of a grouping of four identical “spoon bowed” schooners. The schooner was built by the legendary...
Trevor ReidAug 281 minSONJA WEEMSBuilt at Toche Boatyard in 1956, Sonja Weems measured as follows: length 54.3 feet, breadth 17.3 feet, and depth 4.8 feet. It weighed...
Trevor ReidAug 281 minJUNIE DOFFIEBuilt in Biloxi, the Junie-Doffie was the dream-boat of Capt. Eley Ross. During his early fishing career, Eley operated many boats: the...