Though we’ve never met, we’ve enjoyed a cordial nodding relationship for years.

LABOAT is photogenic. There’s a line of LABOATS. Here’s #1, ‘LaBOAT’, photographed a few years ago. These days, he’s on LABOAT III. All the LABOATS seem related.

Here’s his dog, the only crew I’ve ever seen onboard LABOAT.
Often, I see the lobsterman’s partner waiting for him on the public landing. I’ve never met her either, but it’s easy to put them together. The license plate on her Subaru reads, LA GIRL