Meet Charles Lindsay, a traditional boat builder from Salem

I drive up to Friths, to connect with my cousin, traditional bait builder and fisherman, Charles Lindsey, beside the new vessel he has built for his son by hand. We wander through stories of his early days fishing inshore to the long runs to Redonda, his experience shark fishing .. Charles shares how his boat took shape plank by plank, the skills passed down through family and community. Along the way he shares his encounter with a whale. This is an unedited and raw conversation about heritage, hard work and the thin blue line that connects a backyard to the future of our ocean economy… to be continued… C’