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On Tradition and Future
This first episode of Crossing the Bar features an in-depth interview with local fisherman and angling advocate Ken Bates, who talks about his history in the business, his passion for hands-on work, and his love of the ocean. Historian Jerry Rohde then expounds on shipbuilding on the North Coast over the past two centuries, and provides other local historical context.