Vince and Butch Barcott
She is one of the last of her kind — an icon of days when the commercial fishing fleet and a community of immigrants shaped Everett’s waterfront.
Larger than most of its class, the 60-foot wooden-hulled purse seiner, Pt. Defiance, built 100 years ago in Tacoma, has been decommissioned after it sank October 2014 while moored at the Port of Everett Marina.
The Pt. Defiance had been homeported in Everett since 1947. That’s when Butch Barcott’s father, Vince, bought the vessel and put it to work in Puget Sound waters, taking in bottom fish and salmon. “My father and I both tried to keep tender loving care of the boat, but it was old and showing its age,” said Barcott, who owned the vessel after his father. “It was a very serviceable boat for him and for me. I made a living on it and retired off of it.”
The Barcotts were all fishermen by heritage and by trade. His grandparents from both the Barcott and Borovina families all immigrated in the late 1800s from Yugoslavia.
Mary and Vince Barcott. Vince bought the Point Defiance in 1947.
Mary (Borovina) Barcott and Vince Barcott were both the children of Yugoslavian immigrants and fishermen.
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Nick Barcott pilots the Pt. Defiance. Nick is the son of Butch Barcott, who bought the Pt. Defiance from his father and made a living on it until he sold the vessel to its final owner.
The Pt. Defiance in 1974
The Pt. Defiance in 1984
The Pt. Defiance at the Port of Everett. Built over 100 years ago in Tacoma, it was decommissioned after it sank on October of 2014 while moored in the Everett marina.
Pt. Defiance at the Port of Everett.
The Pt. Defiance at the Port of Everett with Capt. Butch Barcott.
The Pt. Defiance at the Port of Everett with Vincent "Butch" Barcott.
The Pt. Defiance with Vincent "Butch" Barcott aboard.
Teresa Thompson, Tam Borovina, MIchael Borovina, Ross Uttley and David Borovina by the Pt. Defiance in Everett in 1988.
The Pt. Defiance at sea.
The purchase of the Pt. Defiance was made with a deposit of $500 to Nick Tarabochia in 1947.
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A net sewing contest found Vincent Barcott and Babe Johncich at the Everett Elk's Club. Net repairs were an off-season activity of the local fishermen.
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An early photo of Capt. Vince Barcott (right) and his shipmate.
Vincent Barcott around the time of the purchase of the Pt. Defiance in 1947.
Vincent Barcott at the Port of Everett Marina. Vince was the son of a Yugoslavian immigrant, many of whom were fishermen. His trade was passed on to his son, Vincent "Butch" Barcott.
Vincent "Butch" Barcott was the son of Mary (Borovina) and Vincent Barcott, both the children of immigrant fisher families of Yugoslavia.
