Here are some photos I took of Cohasset Harbor yesterday morning, (Saturday 12/1) as the snow came down.
Yesterday’s snowfall was the first of the season, and just about all the boats that lined Cohasset Harbor this summer are out for the season. The exception is the commerical fishing boats that continue to stay in the harbor. It was empty and quiet as the snow fell straight down without the slightest gust of wind. Against a gray sky, the calm and clear water reflected the image of the colorful trawlers gently leaning back from their moorings.
No wonder they call this place 02025 Paradise!
Thanks for the photos. Very nice. All the commercial boats look identical. Is that a style that’s customary on the South Shore?
I got to your website from GMG. I live in Cambridge, led a group saving the Old Northern Ave Bridge in the late 90’s, so I enjoyed seeing it the other day on your blog. Also have a book on tugs coming out in 2014.
Keep up the good work.
Thanks for your reply! There are about 30 commercial boats in Cohasset Harbor, and they are substantially all lobster boats. As the northernmost of the five natural harbors lying between Boston Harbor and the Cape Cod Canal, it is a good place for harvesting lobsters near shore on day boats. However, it is a small harbor, which is less accommodating to large offshore trawlers. Some of these can occasionally be found in harbors further South like Scituate or Green Harbor. However, once you get down to New Bedford, you get a whole new type of fleet: Big offshore trawlers and western-rigged scallopers that dredge far offshore. That is a high volume harbor which feeds distribution across the country- Cohasset is just a small time regional harbor.