Sparking Star

Project Details

Steel-hulled motor fishing vessel, having a double chine hull, transom stern, bulbous bow, soft nose stem and with full length shelter deck. Subdivided below deck by three watertight bulkheads into: aft accommodation, engine room, fishroom and forepeak tank. The main deck has an athwartships steel casing at midships for galley, oilskins and washroom. Aft side has a steel shelter and integral gallow arrangement, over net drum space, continued to transom. Weathertight shelter on the forward side of the deck house for fish handling, fish hopper, locker for ice machine, trawl winch and focsle store. Shelter deck has trawl gallows, power block crane, net drums, split trawl winches, aluminum alloy wheelhouse, gilsen winch and landing crane.

Photo credit: Andrew Bruce (title image).