David Linkie looks back to 2012 and a trip on the Campbeltown twin-rig trawler Shangri-La CN 394 The distinctive high-rounded profile of Davaar Island was just beginning to gain clarity against the first signs of a slowly lightening sky as…
David Linkie looks back 23 years to a five-day trip on the Fraserburgh twin-rig prawn trawler Opportune BF 19 Eight hours after throwing off the ropes, on the ‘back o’ Sunday night’ at the Broch, Opportune settled her gear in…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Virtuous FR 253 LOA: 24m Built: Parkol Marine Engineering, Whitby 2019 Type: Twin-rig prawn trawler Home port: Fraserburgh We’ll be back next week with our latest boat…
Featuring a new concept of bulbous bow and an aft bagging arrangement designed to enhance fishing efficiency, crew comfort and safety, the 24m twin-rig prawn trawler Virtuous FR 253 significantly advances the parameters of divergent thinking on vessel design, reports…
Each week we bring you the boat of the week, taken from Fishing News Name: Westro PD 20 LOA: 21.5m Built: Macduff Shipyards Macduff 2019 Type: Twin-rig prawn trawler Home port: Peterhead We’ll be back next week with our latest boat focus.…
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