FV Time Bandit
Encyclopedia
The F/V Time Bandit is a commercial crab
fishing vessel co-captained by brothers Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand. It is featured on the Discovery Channel
series Deadliest Catch
. The Time Bandit is a 113-foot house aft boat owned by the Hillstrand brothers that was designed by the Hillstrands' father. The five men helped custom-build the boat's interior, including some comforts unheard of in a crab boat: a four-man sauna
, state room
s with queen-size beds and a dishwasher
. The vessel carries 137 pots.
Justin Tennison, an engineer on the Time Bandit for two seasons, was found dead in a Homer, Alaska, hotel room on February 22, 2011..
Crab
True crabs are decapod crustaceans of the infraorder Brachyura, which typically have a very short projecting "tail" , or where the reduced abdomen is entirely hidden under the thorax...
fishing vessel co-captained by brothers Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand. It is featured on the Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel
Discovery Channel is an American satellite and cable specialty channel , founded by John Hendricks and distributed by Discovery Communications. It is a publicly traded company run by CEO David Zaslav...
series Deadliest Catch
Deadliest Catch
Deadliest Catch is a documentary/reality television series produced by Original Productions for the Discovery Channel. It portrays the real life events aboard fishing vessels in the Bering Sea during the Alaskan king crab and C. opilio crab fishing seasons.The Aleutian Islands port of Dutch Harbor,...
. The Time Bandit is a 113-foot house aft boat owned by the Hillstrand brothers that was designed by the Hillstrands' father. The five men helped custom-build the boat's interior, including some comforts unheard of in a crab boat: a four-man sauna
Sauna
A sauna is a small room or house designed as a place to experience dry or wet heat sessions, or an establishment with one or more of these and auxiliary facilities....
, state room
State room
A state room in a large European mansion is usually one of a suite of very grand rooms which were designed to impress. The term was most widely used in the 17th and 18th centuries. They were the most lavishly decorated in the house and contained the finest works of art...
s with queen-size beds and a dishwasher
Dishwasher
A dishwasher is a mechanical device for cleaning dishes and eating utensils. Dishwashers can be found in restaurants and private homes.Unlike manual dishwashing, which relies largely on physical scrubbing to remove soiling, the mechanical dishwasher cleans by spraying hot water, typically between ...
. The vessel carries 137 pots.
Crew
Three of the five Hillstrand brothers make up the six-man crew along with Johnathan's son Scott. Manning the helm are either Johnathan Hillstrand or Andy Hillstrand with their youngest brother Neal Hillstrand and Johnathan's son Scott Hillstrand working as deckhands. Additional deckhands include Eddie Uwekoolani Sr., Mike Fourtner, Travis Lofland (originally crew from the F/V Wizard - who now also races with the "Time Bandit Offshore Racing Team") and Eddie Uwekoolani Jr. .Justin Tennison, an engineer on the Time Bandit for two seasons, was found dead in a Homer, Alaska, hotel room on February 22, 2011..
Additional specifications
- Engines: two 425 hp CumminsCumminsCummins Inc. is a Fortune 500 corporation that designs, manufactures, distributes and services engines and related technologies, including fuel systems, controls, air handling, filtration, emission control and electrical power generation systems...
diesels - Props: two 52x58 propellers
- Hydraulics: two 125 kW auxiliaries
- Crane: 10 ton 40’ knuckle boomKnuckle boomA knuckleboom crane appears similar to a standard crane, except that the boom articulates at the 'knuckle' near the middle, letting it fold back like a finger...
- Built in 1991 at the Giddings Boat Yard in Coos BayCoos BayCoos Bay is an S-shaped inlet where the Coos River enters the Pacific Ocean, approximately 10 miles long and two miles wide, on the Pacific Ocean coast of southwestern Oregon in the United States. The estuary is situated south of the Salmon River. The city of Coos Bay, once named Marshfield, was...