Skipper David Fraser and the crew of the Wick fly-shooter Opportune WK 171 took their last seine-net shot last month, signalling the end of an era spanning 40 years, reports David Linkie. Having mainly landed into the Caithness harbours of…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News. Name: Jannetje Cornelis H 144 LOA: 28.60m Built: Nodosa Shipyard Pontevedra Spain Type: Fly-shooter/twin-rig trawler Home port: Urk We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus.…
Designed and built at Macduff for St Combs skipper Bruce Buchan, the new 24m dedicated fly-shooter Achieve FR 100 combines well-proven seine-netting principles with modern technology – more from yesterday’s feature… Thistle Marine and Scantrol iSYM auto-fly-shooting Two large-capacity self-hauling…
Designed and built at Macduff for St Combs skipper Bruce Buchan, the new 24m dedicated fly-shooter Achieve FR 100 combines well-proven seine-netting principles with modern technology, reports David Linkie The result is a vessel custom-built to give optimum levels of…
Extensive new-build programme brings a wide range of benefits More than 50 new boats, ranging in size from 7m to 80m, are scheduled to be delivered to UK skippers in the next three years, representing an unprecedented reinvestment in the…
The new Whalsay fly-shooter Tranquility LK 63 fished her maiden trip last month, in the Burra Haaf on the west side of Shetland There was a tangible buzz of anticipation as the crew gathered in Tranquility’s forward messdeck a few…
The continual evolution in vessel design and specification was further advanced earlier this month when the dedicated 27.55m fly-shooter Tranquility LK 63 arrived in Shetland, reports David Linkie Berthing the state-of-the-art vessel in Symbister harbour for the first time was…
DETAILS Owners: Tranquility Fishing Company Ltd, Shetland Designer/boatyard: Vestværftet ApS, Hvide Sande, Denmark Agent: LHD Ltd, Lerwick, Shetland DIMENSIONS and CAPACITIES Length overall: 27.55m; Length reg: 23.98m; Beam: 8m; Depth to shelterdeck: 6.24m; Draft: 5.2m; Tonnage: 324 tonnes gross; Fuel:…
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