Lobstering
Lobstering is, evidently, what one needs a lobster boat for. A good deal of lobstering involves going out to sea, even in the most treacherous of conditions, and setting up lobster traps that would, of course, culminate in the acquisition of the much-desired crustacean. Of course, lobstering requires a great deal of patience as well. Even if you do decide to do your lobstering where one is most likely to find the lobsters (for example, off the shores of New England), one cannot really expect to catch lobsters that are of the ideal size all the time. There is also the problem of competition: because lobsters are considered to be a delicacy that is on high demand an often sold at some very high prices, there are many lobstermen out there who are willing to do anything to get the prized loot of the sea. Couple this with the fact that lobstering itself is very dangerous – you have large ropes that are attached to the pulleys or other similar mechanisms of the boat on one end while holding a series of crate-style traps that are meant to be dragged down into the cold depths of the ocean. It is very important that if you ever get into lobstering, you get a true-blue lobster boat: one that will be able to handle not just the potentially dangerous conditions of the waters, but also the weight of all the traps – whether or not they have caught the lobsters.