Fish Tugs of the Greatest Lake

VAGABOND

Built by Peterson Builders Inc., Sturgeon Bay, Wis., forerunner to Peterson Boat Works, in 1951 for Julius Yauger, Two Rivers, Wisconsin. The 42 ft. x 12 ft. steel hulled vessel was equipped with a 65 hp. Caterpillar diesel. In 1958 Lawrence Pulda, Racine, Wisconsin, bought the boat, repowered with a 220 hp. Cummins diesel and operated until 1967, when he sold her to Clifford and Harvey Hadland, Bayfield. Operated by them until 1988, the boat was sold to Keith Peterson, Bayfield, who had the boat until 1993, when he sold her to Tim Matson, Munising, Michigan.

Photos: Top, VAGABOND on Lake Superior east of Cat Island, 1989; bottom, breaking ice in Bayfield harbor, April 1982.