This N.L. fishing vessel endured stormy seas and heartbreak before it ever touched salt water 
By Terry Roberts CA Source: CBC News 1/25/2024
Terry Roberts
Credit: Mark Blundon
Petten's Legacy, named in honour of Dw
Sitting in a thick leather chair on the bridge of his newly launched fishing vessel this week, Matthew Petten has the look of a man who's endured an ocean full of adversity.
 

Sitting in a thick leather chair on the bridge of his newly launched fishing vessel this week, Matthew Petten has the look of a man who's endured an ocean full of adversity.

His eyes are heavy from a lack of sleep, many days of intense stress, and sadness over the fact that his father, noted Port de Grave fisherman Dwight Petten, is not at his side for a milestone moment in his life — the launch of what is likely the most expensive and largest fishing vessel ever built in Newfoundland and Labrador for the modern inshore sector.

 
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