Steel hulled motor fishing vessel

Pleides

GARRY AND PHILLIP HEPBURN

Started May 2008
Completed January 2009

Description of Boat
Steel hulled motor fishing vessel, having double chine hull, transom stern, semi bulbous bow, soft nose stem and with a three quarter length shelter. Arranged for single and twin rig trawling.			Steel started arriving for the Hepburn brothers new twinn rigged trawler.	Welding frames in fabrication shed	Accommodation bulkhead under construction	Accommodation bulkhead in place ready for frames	Accommodation section now well under way

Fuel tanks under construction	Transom now fitted	Engine room and fuel tanks	Accommodation access under cunstruction	Accommodation access now fitted	Welding frames in place	Fish room section under construction	Fish room section frames now completed

Box keel under construction		Box keel ready for fish room section to be fitted	Fish room section being lifted onto box keel	Coming into final position		Below deck to be subdivided by three watertight bulkheads into: aft accommodation with steering gear, engine room, fishroom and forepeak tank/store.

	Manoeuvreing engine room section out of fabrication shed		A tight squeeze		Rigging ready for lift	Lifting into position	Coming into position

Accommodation section coming out of fabrication shed	Rigging accommodation section ready for lifting	Lifting into position		Engine room and accommodation sections in position & deck plating started	View looking forward	Hull plating now well under way

Birds eye view showing plates waiting to be fitted	Plating under stern section	Inside galley casing under construction	Perparing galley casing for lifting	The lift	Coming on board	Coming into position	In final position

Main engine coming aboard		Into engine room		Construction started on bow section		Final welding on bow section

Gear box coming aboard and into engine room			Aft shelter and gantry under construction	Bow section comes out of fabrication shed and lifting off		Coming into position	View from deck

Trawl winch ready for lifting onto forward deck	Lifting	Coming on board	Now in final position				Aluminium arrives for shelter deck
				The main deck is to have an athwartships, steel casing centred aft of midships for galley, mess and washroom.
Second net drum ready for lifting	Coming on board	Into position	Now in final position	Net drums coming in for lifting	Preparing net drums ready for lifting	Into aft shelter	Last few bulwark plates coming on board and being fitted

Casing and power block crane and gantry legs	Bilge keels fitted ready for final welding	Fitting rudder tube	Stern tube fitted ready for welding	Auminium wheel house under construction in fabrication shed	Wartsil lips nozzel in place ready for fitting	Banana towing bar being fitted	Final welding of stanchions under way

Pins in place ready to take insulation	Wheel house and mast under construction	Shelter deck and hopper under construction	Progress on shelter deck	View of underside	Aluminium welding under shelter deck	Work started on main mast	Cod end Gilsen frame being fitted

Fitting forward access hatch	Welding shelter deck to bulwarks	Birds eye view	Final welding of coaming on wheel house	Aluminium wheel house being rigged ready for lifting	Coming into position	View from forward
							Aft side to have a steel shelter and integral gallow arrangement over net drums.
Final welding of keel and hull	Final welding of the stern tube		Close-up of completed welding	Radar mast complete and had it's first coat of paint	Galley-Mess deck painted and pinned to take insulation	Insulation now being fitted	Joiners start work in accommodation

Aft roller now fitted	Fending protection bars fitted	Auxiliary engines arrive	Auxiliary engines in place ready for fitting	Service fuel tank fitted	Geneglace ice maker	Watertight doors being fitted	Joiners fitting grounds, ready for fitting out in mess deck-galley

Fitting hydrauic engine, now under way	Fitting hydraulic pipe work in engine room	Radar mast being lifted to wheel house		Jurastic flooring now laid in shower area, lobby and mess deck	Laying floor in wheel house	Insulation now fitted in lobby	Wood work for seating arrangement in mess deck

Last glimpse before covers go on	Birds eye view of completed cover	Welding up in fish room			Fitting pipe work for deck washers	Pipe work in engine room well under way
			Forward, to have a non-weathertight aluminium alloy shelter space for fish handling and winch.
Over head frame work under for monitors in wheel house	Oak framed overhead console fitted with blanks awaiting monitors	Galley units under construction	Fitting fair leads	Welding chine bars	Fitting hand rails well under way	Fitting hydraulics for crane and net drums	Fitting air vent to galley

Fabreicating net pond	Progress in galley	Deck head and painting complete in fish room	Fitting insulation in fish room	Foam insulation now under way	Wheel house windows now fitted	Fabricating fish handling gear	Top section of fish room insulation now complete

Welding pipe work ready for galvanizing	Pipes ready to be sent off for galvanizing	Pipes arrive back from being galvanized	Exhaust from engine now fitted on wheel house roof	Fitting out in wheel house	Welding number plates on Pleiades	Premier Refridgeration fitting ice making machine	Joiner fitting frame work for box stands in fish room

Final welding under aluminium shelter deck	Fitting galvanized pipe work in engine room		Name painted on wheel house roof by Paul Robinson	Monitors in place ready for wiring in wheel house.	Preparing instrument panel for fitting	Progress in accommodation	Finishing touches to forward mast

Paul Robinson preparing lettering for Pleiades	Letters now tacked on stern	Final welding on aluminium hand rails	Final welding on fair lead covers	Good progress in engine room	Transducer now fitted
						Shelter deck to have aluminium alloy wheelhouse, foremast and landing derrick, steel trawl gallows, aft crane with power block.

Lips nozzel, prop and rudder fitted.		Final fitting of prop	Start of sand blasting prior to painting	Sand blasting complete and base coat now applied	Tie coat now applied to hull by Bulldog marine	Final coat of paint applied to upper section of hull .Paul starts lettering	Lettering now complete

Bulldog marine applying final coat of anti fouling.	Bow crest well under way to completion	Paul Robinson completing art work on bow crest	Painting wheel house	Painting wheel house	Painting upper deck near completion	Foam insulation of fish room	Fitting Warkaus boards in fish room

Fitting out in wheel house	Bubber protection against trawl doors fitted	Laying Altro flooring in shower room	Main Dimensions		Ice making machine now boxed in	Fish sorting tray fitted	Refridgeration system now fitted in fish room.
			Main Dimensions
Covers come off Pleiades preparing for launch	Removing blocks while Sarens crane takes the strain	Length Overall		17.00 metres		Concrete ballast being pumped into Pleiades
Covers come off Pleiades preparing for launch	Removing blocks while Sarens crane takes the strain	Length Register		15.70 metres		Concrete ballast being pumped into Pleiades
		Breadth moulded		6.60 metres
		Depth moulded		3.75 metres
Sarens crane takes the strain as it lifts Pleiades off her blocks.	Crane manoeuvring her over the yard towards the river Esk	Fuel capacity (approx)		12,000 litres + daily service tank.		Galley-Mess deck	Bunks in accommodation block
		Draught aft (approx)		3.90 metres
		Lubricating oil storage tank		500 litres (fill and vent at deck)
		Hydraulic oil storage tank		500 litres (fill and vent at deck)
		Fresh water capacity		4,000 litres
Champagne bottle breaks over Pleiadese bow in naming ceremony		Ice Locker capacity		6 tonnes		Engine room	Toilet and shower area
		Berths		6		Engine room	Toilet and shower area
	First tast of water	Bow view	Emblem of Pleides and the pipers before the launch	Wheel house

Net drums

Pleiades coming out of Whitby harbour on sea trials				Preparing to go to sea on fishing trials

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