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Handsome lines and luxurious details belie Bella Rosa’s bluewater fishing mission.
by Mark T. Masciarotte
photography by Neil Rabinowitz
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01/01/2005
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May has come to Seattle and, with it, the start of the boating season. Moored
alongside the dock at Vic Franck’s Boat Co., appropriately dressed for
the
occasion in flawless navy blue and crisp white, Bella Rosa graces
the
waterfront, proudly proclaiming her debut into the area’s
ever-growing fleet.
The latest delivery from the Franck yard, she is
for her owner the culmination
of years of careful planning for the good
life, boa vida in his patriarchal
tongue.
 Built on a beamy Northern Marine hull, this luxury fishing yacht has an extended
aft sport deck plus four ensuite staterooms and two crew cabins. (Click on image to enlarge)
When Bella Rosa’s owner thinks about boating, he thinks about
fishing. Generations of his Portuguese family have been seafarers,
first as
whalers in the Azores and in New Bedford, Massachusetts,
then as
commercial fishermen in San Diego. It was an enticing career,
especially during
the heyday of the eastern Pacific tuna
fishery.
“I was always around
relatives who were in the
business,” he recalls. “But my dad always tried to
talk me out of
fishing commercially. Those young men were making quite a bit of
money,
you see, and they’d stop going to school. My dad wanted me to get an
education, so he wouldn’t allow me to go away for the long trips.”
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