Here you see “Christopher-Devin III” anchored in Center Harbor in yesterday’s cold weather. She’s the only Novi (“NO-vee”) in our local fleet of lobster boats that are fitted out as scallop draggers in the winter. That is, her Novi nickname reflects the fact that her basic design originated in Nova Scotia, where you’ll apparently find more Novies than New England-style lobster boats.
Usually, these Canadian vessels have stepped up hulls, utilitarian cabins with banked windows, and rounded hull bottoms. They’re angular compared to the more swept-back New England boats such as “Captain Morgan,” shown below with a temporary shelling hut behind the cabin:
(Images taken in Brooklin, Maine, on February 2 [CM] and 6 [C-D III], 2025.)