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| Steel arrives |
The boat is to be a steel
hulled motor fishing vessel of double chine, transom stern, bulbous
bow, soft nose stem rigged for single and twin rig trawling, with a
crew of 4 men.
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Fabrication of
frames bulkheads well underway |
Forward engine
room under construction |
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| Below
deck to
be subdivided
by four
watertight bulkheads
into: aft peak
steering gear compartment, hold, accommodation, engine room and forepeak
tank / store.
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Bulbous bow plated up. |
Keel laid |
Lifting of engine room |
Final lining
up of engine room |
Fish room coming into
position |
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| Plating started |
Plating well
underway |
A
forward wheelhouse
arrangement, with enclosed focsle for galley and toilet washroom. |
Gunwales well underway |
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| Superstructure comes out
of shed ready for lift |
Superstructure coming
aboard |
Large
aft working deck having, deck mounted split net drum, trawl winch, trawl
gallows and gantry, gilsen pole and fish hopper.
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Nozzle for
prop. |
Stern tube being fitted |
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| Engine and
gear box arrives. |
Auxiliary engine in situate |
Engine and gear box in
place |
Steering gear in process of
fitting. |
Construction of wheel house |
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| Engine cooling system fitted to hull |
10 ton split net drum arrives for Emulate |
Prop fitted |
Birds eye view of Emulate |
Main Dimensions |
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Length overall
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15.95
metres
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| Length register
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15.15
metres
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| Fitting out in wheel house under way |
Bunk boards constructed in oak |
Roger insulating galley before panelingRoger insulating galley before paneling |
Engineer fixng Satellite nav and Rader. |
Breadth moulded
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5.90
metres
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Depth moulded
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3.50 metres |
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Draft
aft |
3.20 metres |
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Fuel capacity
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10000 litres |
| Cocooned for sand blasting & painting |
Painters are now getting some colour onto her |
Main winch installed |
Fresh water capacity
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2,300
litres
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| Birds eye view |
Fishroom capacity
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250 boxes
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Ice
Locker capacity |
5 tonnes |
| Removable fish hopper fitted |
Andrew doing final jobs in engine room |
Galley showing seating & TV area. |
Well fitted wheel house |
Well fitted wheel house |
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| Finishing touches before her launch on Feb 7th |
Paul Robinson shows expertise on Emulate |
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Sarens big crane prepares to lift Emulate |
Howard Locker's daughter Sophie christens Emulate |
Emulate takes to the air |
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View from west side of river |
Emulate on her successful sea trials |
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