General Arrangement drawing for an under twelve metre registered length Fishing Boat.

The outline drawing below features an under 12 metre registered length fishing vessel with a threequarter length shelterdeck. The overall length is about 14.0 metres. The vessel is drawn with a steering nozzle to reduce the length of the stern overhang. A buoyant skeg as opposed to a plate skeg would be recommended, scince this would provide more buoyancy aft and help water flow to the propellor. An Innui type bulbous bow is featured in order to reduce resistance and provide buoyuancy forward.

The design is suitable for trawling, potting and dredging and is available for kit form construction.. A main engine of around 300 HP should give a speed of 8 knots with a 1400mm Diameter nozzle. Vessel Capacity Units (VCU's) required with 300 HP are 178. A variety of main deck and accommodation arrangements are possible; split winches ( 5 - 7.5 tonne pull) instead of three drum winch, crew cabin forward, separate from mess/ galley. There would be no problem fitting a hopper/ conveyor. Fishroom capacity is around 38 cubic metres and could be refrigerated.

Registered Length is defined (under UK regulations) as the distance from the fore end of the rudder stock to the foremost extremity of the vessel.

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