# Vane bros. questions

**URL:** <https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/vane-bros-questions/12747>\
**Category:** Professional Mariner Forum\
**Created:** [May 28, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/vane-bros-questions/12747 "2014-05-28T16:29:25Z")\
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**Author:** ![bell47](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/bell47/32/52259_2.png) [@bell47](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/bell47)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 4:29pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/vane-bros-questions/12747/1 "2014-05-28T16:29:25Z")

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How many of the Kirby boats did vane bros buy a while back? Were they all just bunkering boats? Does Vane stay pretty busy these days? I know they work 14/14, but when do they do crew changes? How do most of the boats handle the grub money? Does the company seem to be doing well? Did the lay off a while back cure anything? Any other good, bad or indifferent info would be greatly appreciated.

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**Author:** ![PaddyWest2012](https://sea2.discourse-cdn.com/flex016/user_avatar/forum.gcaptain.com/paddywest2012/32/2405_2.png) [@PaddyWest2012](https://forum.gcaptain.com/u/PaddyWest2012)\
**Post date:** [May 28, 2014, 5:06pm UTC](https://forum.gcaptain.com/t/vane-bros-questions/12747/2 "2014-05-28T17:06:26Z")

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[QUOTE=bell47;138245]How many of the Kirby boats did vane bros buy a while back? Were they all just bunkering boats? Does Vane stay pretty busy these days? I know they work 14/14, but when do they do crew changes? How do most of the boats handle the grub money? Does the company seem to be doing well? Did the lay off a while back cure anything? Any other good, bad or indifferent info would be greatly appreciated.[/QUOTE]

The Kirby boats they bought were all harbor stuff, bunkering, that sort of thing. I think I remember hearing at the time that it was about 10 boats but I could be way off on that, I may be remembering wrong.