Boat captain Doug White stands on the Rouxstir charter boat in the West End neighborhood in New Orleans, La., Wednesday, July 3, 2024. (Photo by Sophia Germer, The Times-Picayune) ...

The Western Flyer is famous for being the fishing boat that John Steinbeck and his biologist friend Ed Ricketts used on an ecological adventure in 1940 in Moss Landing, Calif., on Thursday, Nov. 2 ...