FV Maverick
The F/V Maverick is a commercial crab fishing vessel that featured on the first three seasons of the Discovery Channel's reality television show Deadliest Catch. The F/V Maverick was built by Giddings Boat Works in 1982. She is a 92-foot house aft vessel that holds 120 pots and sleeps between nine and ten people. She was purchased by Rick and Donna Quashnick of Warrenton, Oregon in 1991. The F/V Maverick was selected for a camera crew for season one in the 2005 opilio crab season, as partner vessel of the F/V Cornelia Marie. The Maverick took part in the rescue efforts for the F/V Big Valley, which sunk on the first day of the opilio crab season off Saint Paul Island, Alaska losing all but one crew member. She became a featured vessel beginning in the second and third season of Deadliest Catch, joining the F/V Cornelia Marie, F/V Northwestern and F/V Time Bandit.
| History | |
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 United States | |
| Name: | F/V Maverick |
| Owner: | Rick Quashnick and Donna Quashnick |
| Operator: | Rick Quashnick |
| Builder: | Giddings Boat Works, Coos Bay, Oregon |
| Completed: | 1982 |
| In service: | 1982 |
| Homeport: | Astoria, Oregon |
| Identification: |
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| Status: | Active |
| Notes: | Featured in the Discovery reality television show Deadliest Catch |
| General characteristics | |
| Class and type: | Fishing vessel, former Power scow |
| Tonnage: | |
| Length: | 92.7 ft (28.3 m) |
| Beam: | 24 ft (7.3 m) |
| Depth: | 7.6 ft (2.3 m) |
| Installed power: | 2x 570 hp Diesel Marine Engines |
| Propulsion: | Two propellers |
| Speed: | 8.5 knots (15.7 km/h; 9.8 mph) |
| Capacity: | 120 pots |
| Crew: | 9-10 |
| Notes: |
Hull and superstructure, black; trim/wheel house/lettering, grey and red |
Current status
While the F/V Maverick is no longer on Deadliest Catch, she is still fishing with owners Rick and Donna Quashnick. The F/V Maverick's homeport is Astoria, Oregon. As shown in the third season of Deadliest Catch, Captain Rick gave control of the Maverick to the late Blake Painter for the 2006 king crab season. After the 2006 king crab season was over, Painter gave the Maverick back to Rick and Donna Quashnick.
Specifications
- Year of Construction: 1982
- Engine: Diesel
- Hull Construction: Steel
- Length: 92.7′
- Breadth: 24.0′
- Depth: 7.6′
- Gross Tonnage: 173
- Net Tonnage: 148
- Built in 1982 at the Giddings Boat Works in Coos Bay, Oregon