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Read Captain Len's Editorial -- Offshore Oil Drilling Good for fish, Good for the U.S. Bring on the rust!

  Did you ever hear the expression, “rust never sleeps,”...how true is that! The best we can do is get a little Rust-oleum and we then slow the process down on things like wrought iron furniture and house trimmings. The same is true about the mysteries of galvanic corrosion, aka electrolysis. In layman’s terms, electrolysis is the destruction of metals from electro-chemical reactions in a saltwater environment. Once this reaction is in motion, like rust, it never sleeps! more

  In the beginning, 1977 to be exact, I created RAJ Yachts, Inc. on a very small budget. Without proper funding, the company only lasted about one year. But I must have done a darn good job, because the boat is still in some sort of production 31 years later.
Back in 1973 or 1974, I attempted to develop a program to build 65-foot motor yachts in El Salvador, Central America to take advantage of the VERY low labor rates in that country. Although the labor rates were low, so were the skill rates. Toss in some gunfire, and arson and we began to believe we had made a mistake coming to this country. more

  The challenge was simple – take a bunch of New York/New Jersey canyon tuna fishermen, combine them with a Carolina billfisherman (who was already building the best riding boat we’ve ever been on), and come out of the shop with a world-class fishing machine. Now we’ve spent years fishing the northeast canyons on our 48-foot Viking, as well as dozens of other production boats before that for several good reasons. more