
The engine and prop upgrades were detailed in a special episode of Deadliest Catch about the history of the Time Bandit on 16 April 2013. As Captain of Time Bandit during King Crab season, he runs a tight ship. The unexpected malfunction caused the crew to miss the crab fishing season that year. All hopes were squashed when the boat’s engine exploded in 2018. However, a disaster derailed any plans for the Time Bandit’s return.

Three of the five Hillstrand brothers make up the six-man crew. As seawater floods in, Wild Bills crew scrambles to locate a hole in the Summer Bays hull. According to sources, Justin was partying with his friends the night before as the next-door guests complained of loud music from the two rooms, that were booked under his name. As of December 2020 the ship is still for sale at $2.8 million dollars by Dock Street Brokers. 22, 2011, Justin Tennison, the deckhand of F/V Time Bandit was found dead in a hotel room at Homer, Alaska. In October 2018 the vessel suffered a major engine failure forcing the crew to skip the season.

The vessel carries 137 crab pots.Īndy Hillstrand, Johnathan Hillstrand and Neal Hillstrand The five men helped custom-build the boat's interior, including some comforts unheard of in a crab boat: a four-man sauna, state rooms with queen-size beds and a dishwasher. The Time Bandit is a 113-foot house aft boat owned by the Hillstrand brothers that was designed by the Hillstrands' father. John and Josh rush a pit stop to get the Time Bandit back in the hunt. Kevin is an ambitious young deckhand with experience in other fisheries, but no time on a crab boat before the 2011 Opilio season.

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It is featured on the Discovery Channel series Deadliest Catch. The FV Time Bandit is a commercial crab fishing vessel co-captained by brothers Johnathan and Andy Hillstrand.
